Tangerine Speedo

I am looking for an online pattern of sorts for the American Apparel V-neck T-shirts I just bought. I once saw someone have on, perhaps it was in Photoshop?, but I could make my design within the image and then print it out so it would be in the perfect shape of the T-shirt.

Does anyone know where I can find this online pattern/design/image? Or if I need a specific pattern for it?

Thanks.

 

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electrosketch

For years I always started with a Photoshop window that was the same size as the press platen. In recent years the trend has been to display (on websites and catalogs) artwork on a shirt. So, to save myself some time, I photographed an XL t-shirt, measured it across and then made a life size Photoshop blank with the t-shirt image in it's own layer. I used a white shirt for this, so I could easily color the shirt whatever color I wanted.

Now, not only is the artwork is 100% to scale, I can use the same document to make a web and or catalog image. Also, seeing the art on the shirt as I was developing it opened my eyes to new design possibilities.

If you don't want to build your own, GoMedia has an excellent package of blank tees that look very realistic. The finished product can be made to look like you've actually photographed a screen printed shirt. They are not full size, but you can easily resize them in Photoshop.

There is a trade off;-- if you don't have a very powerful computer, you may have to reduce the monitor resolution of your work in order to accommodate working with a life size image of a t-shirt. Even at 200dpi, multi-layered documents can quickly exceed 500 MB, with long operation times for even simple effects.

To some, this may be overkill. And, while nice, it's not really necessary. You can always create artwork using the platen's dimensions and then drag your finished artwork to a blank shirt (from GoMedia for example) for display purposes.

 

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