[Fragems]

So which method of T-shirt creating would be best for a comfortable feeling t-shirt with professionally taken pictures presented on them?

I want to take a picture of "x" and put "x" on the front of Black and white T's.

Any advice to a newbie? im currently reading these two threads to help me out.

http://www.t-shirtforums.com/general-t-shirt-selling-discussion/t48532.html

http://www.t-shirtforums.com/general-t-shirt-selling-discussion/t37985.html

 

[binki]

1) Crappy artwork yields crappy results

2) DTG is great for this type of thing, look at some of the prints from Justin Walker

3) Refer to item 1

4) Your RIP software can make your images much better but cannot fix crappy artwork (see item 1)

5) Customer supplied artwork will be one or more of the following:
Taken from the internet, basically stolen (72dpi at 1 inch)
Over exposed pictures (if emailed from the phone or camera will be 72dpi) and will be washed out in print
Under exposed pictures (if emailed from the phone or camera will be 72dpi) and will be dark in print
Not framed or cropped for the size the customer wants

Refer to item 1 over and over again. There is not substitute for good artwork.

There you have it. 99% of your customers will supply you with garbage for artwork. Get used to it.

Good luck.

 

[GraphixGuys]

1)
There you have it. 99% of your customers will supply you with garbage for artwork. Get used to it.

Good luck.

And then there is the 1% with good art that will send gigantic files in the 2 gig relm which takes hours to load

 

[binki]

Yeah, we get those too. 100 inch picture at 600dpi and we are going to print at 10 inches at 200dpi. At least the artwork is good.

Really though, the difference in good and bad artwork is really critical in final print quality. The worst offenders are customers that want to be or think they are artists. You will spend more time fixing their crap than you will with the average joe that comes in with a snapshot they want printed.

 

[Fenrir]

Proof it on plain copy paper. Say unless you pay me X amount to fix it, this is exactly what you're going to get Make a contract template to go with it so they can't come back and say it isn't what they paid for.

 

[dmMatrix]

But my daughter could have done a better job in Microsoft Word......

..... UGH, wanted to punch that guy in the face.

He had the worst cell phone camera ever... and he took the pictures from his own "mobile uploads" album on facebook.

I get upset just thinking about it.

 

[Decal_Designs]

Ha!, binki is so right. I love those 1" pictures.

But, to answer the question, as binki also stated, DTG would probably be best for decorating shirts with a photo and have a nice feel. Other methods will give you a sharper looking photo, but will not feel very nice.