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Illustration

Custom t-shirt illustration is a great way to add originality to your custom project. Illustration can take many forms. We have 2 professional illustrators on staff with different drawing abilities. Our creative staff gets inspiration from a variety of sources, allowing us to create in a variety of styles. We illustrate both by hand and digitally, finishing every t-shirt illustration in professional design programs.

Illustration Capabilities

As illustrators, we have been drawing since we were kids. Due to our devotion to the craft, our skills have evolved and we have earned over a dozen years of illustration experience. We draw by pencil, ink pen, digitally and sometimes we even paint. We’ve illustrated hundreds of t-shirt designs over the years. We’ve also illustrated marketing materials, event promotions, magazine covers, websites and more. We know the capabilities of screen printing and how to best illustrate in order to maximize the print quality and our clients’ budgets.

The T-Shirt Illustration Process

Our illustration process starts with understanding the client’s needs and evaluating the goals. Once we have a strong understanding of the project priorities, we can define the project, research the subject and formulate a plan. A great illustration is much more effective with a great idea behind it. Therefore, the conceptualization process includes sketches, research and figuring out the details of the project.

We share our sketches with our clients and get their approval before we move forward with the final illustration. We finalize the visual style and details so we can create a brilliant illustration. The final illustration may be done with a combination of ink pen scanned to a computer and cleaned up, or it may take the form of a fully digital illustration, drawn by tablet within Illustrator or Photoshop. The details are dissected with the right line work, print details and coloring to bring the original idea to life.