Pop culture is always a great source of inspiration for t-shirts, bags and whatever else. Music, movies and T.V have inspired gazillions of T-shirts over the last few decades, and if it’s done well, it just never seems to get old. You’re probably not interested in making run of the mill Star Wars or Simpsons prints. If you are, go to the mall. It’s way easier. Try an obscure line from a movie that stands up out of context but will leave people wondering a little. Also, slightly altered famous lines can be funny. On your own computer, or on websites that will make t-shirts for you, you can play around with fonts and print size and put the name of your favorite band, or a song or album title, or even a line from a song that speaks to you.
If you're savvy with Photoshop or some other image editor on your Computer, you can alter photographs, album covers, movie poster images...anything really, and make them yours. Or you can create your own image or logo using the same software, or make a drawing or painting and scan it into your computer. Then you can either send the JPEG or GIF file to Spreadshirt or some other t-shirt creating website, or you can print the image to use in stenciling, silk screening or iron-on transfers.
Please be careful about copyright issues, especially if you're going to sell your shirts!
And of course a scanner can also come in very handy for putting images directly from album covers, book covers, cards, children's drawings, and any other random things you have lying around. I love making things with ridiculous flyers I've been handed on the street from religious fanatics and lunatics about the end of the world and the burning hell. No offense to any of the devout out there, but some of that stuff is priceless! Look around your room for stuff that you've kept for years, stuff you found, things people gave you. You kept it because you like it! Maybe there's t-shirt material there just waiting for you. I met a guy with a short essay he wrote in grade school ironed onto his back. It was so funny and so original! What a conversation piece!
And, moving away from pop culture for a moment, train your brain to notice snippets of your days, keeping in mind what would be funny or interesting or cool on a Tee. Ever have conversations with friends and it evolves the way conversations do, and suddenly out comes a line which totally fits the conversation, but out of context it sounds hilarious? Sure you have! You just may not have noticed. Well, now, mark my words…You will!
Earlier I remarked snarkily that you should go to the mall if you're looking for generic and overdone pop-culture t-shirts, but in all seriousness, the mall can be a great place for inspiration. You see something that's lame, or even oooookaaayyyy, and you'll get ideas about what would make that concept much cooler or funnier. Inspiration is all around you, you just gotta be open to it!
In the next few days, I'm going to be adding much more hands on technical information about how to make your own t-shirts on your own, at home without the use of sites like Spreadshirt.
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The designs of t shirts are unique and impressive too. The variety of designs which we get online is really awesome.create your own t shirt
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