Aug 1, 2018
We were grateful to be asked to create a collector’s edition Mile of Music t-shirt design a few weeks back. I believe this is the first time Mile of Music outsourced their design work, which makes sense because Mile of Music is run by Willems Marketing creative agency. Mile of Music has had some nice t-shirt […]
Read MoreJul 20, 2018
Drew sat down with Jason Kobishop this Spring to discuss his journey into Bound by Blood clothing brand. We met Jason as a student at UW Oshkosh, while he was working in the University Center’s marketing department as a student graphic designer about 9 years ago. Jason started his second and current clothing label, Bound […]
Read MoreApr 13, 2018
We have an entire page dedicated to eco-friendly shirts, but we dove a little deeper into RPET t-shirts and fabrics for all the über-eco-conscious out there. RPET T-Shirts & Fabric: Technical Mumbo Jumbo RPET stands for Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate. Really, that just means it’s recycled plastic. Whether it comes from plastic bottles or strands of […]
Read MoreUnderbase, underlay, overprint, print flash print–what does it all mean?! You may have heard a multitude of nomenclatures for this process, but don’t let the laundry list scare you. An underbase by any other name would still be as necessary. It’s a pretty simple concept to understand, once you know a bit about the process. […]
Read MoreMar 20, 2018
SCREEN PRINTING BASICS: AUTO EDITION Here’s an overview of screen printing basics, the auto screen printing version. If you’re looking for a manual edition of the basics of screen printing, we wrote that a few years back. The easiest way to think of screen printing is as a photographic stencil process. First, we print film […]
Read MoreFeb 2, 2018
Get Better Screen Printing with Water-Based Inks In the screen print industry, plastisol inks have long been the go-to option. Compared to water-based inks, plastisol inks are much easier to print with, there is less pre-press work, and essentially any entry-level printer can get away with using them. Because of their ease of use, that’s […]
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