T-Shirt Design

1. What was your job for this project?

For this project, We had to design a graphic t-shirt for either a real or fake company. The t-shirt was going to be sold by the company Urban Outfitters. I received the company Elephant Super Car Wash, and had to design the logo for the t-shirt.

2. What was the design process you took to complete the project? Please list your steps below.

First, we had to create an accurate sketch of what our design would look like. This includes the font choices. Second, we had to create our design in illustrator using the pen tool, shape tool, and shape builder tool. After our design was complete, Mr. Kunz would cut it and we would then weed it (which would require pulling off the vinyl that was not apart of the design). After this, we would press the design onto the t-shirt using the t-shirt press. Lastly, we would upload the flat image and image of a model wearing the shirt onto our websites.

3. What did you find most challenging about your design?

The most challenging part of this design was getting the design to look unified. At first I did not have the circle with “Est. 1951 Seattle” surrounding the elephant. The “Est. 1951 Seattle” was squished into the elephant along with the other words, and this made it look messy. Adding the circle made my design more legible and also more unified.

4. If you can change one thing about your design what would you change?

If I could change one thing about my design it would be the shape of my elephant. I wanted the letters to fit perfectly into the elephant so that there would not be any blank space. I chose to make my graphic the shape of an actual elephant and not a cartoon elephant. If I could go back I would make my elephant have smoother edges and look more cartoonish.

5. What do you think makes a good graphic t-shirt design?

I think several things make a good graphic t-shirt. The first would be an eye-catching design. Without a solid graphic the t-shirt would be boring and nobody would want to buy it, The second thing is making sure that all words are legible and easy to read. At first I had all my letters squished together and it was difficult to read. Now that I changed it, the name of the company can be clearly seen. So I believe having large and legible letters add to making a good t shirt.