[HeartSting]

Hey, I'm straight out of a New Jersey emo/skater haven. My style of dress and design is definately what would be considered emo. The last couple of years I designed t-shirt and hat graphics for me and a small group of friends and acquaintances. My neighbor had a small side business custom printing cloths. I was able to make small orders (2-5) with him and he had a nice stock of tight, fitted t's. Unfortunately, he sold off all his equipment because of poor business. So, I've been looking for alternatives. I looked over a bunch of sites but they either didn't offer black, tight t's or small enough orders. If anyone has some insight as to what direction I should go for, that'd be great. However, please note that I'm in a college situation and don't have massive funds.

 

[Solmu]

Depending on how simple your designs are, you could consider learning to print them yourself. Simple designs look fine printed on simple equipment, so it doesn't need to cost a lot.

 

[Rodney]

Welcome to the T-Shirt Forums!

Spreadshirt.com has dark t-shirts, and I think they have fitted tees. That might be a way for you to get small runs.

Otherwise, you might want to look into printing them yourself like Lewis recommended.

 

[HeartSting]

Thnx for the info. What kind of cost are we looking at to start printing them myself?

 

[Solmu]

A hundred to two hundred dollars if you just want to buy a starter kit, (or the equipment that would be in a kit - a squeegee, a screen, some ink, etc.)

I've seen some surprisingly good work done with that little equipment, but it's certainly limiting.

From there you can buy a one shirt jig to make things a bit easier, or a two colour jig, or a four screen press, etc. and obviously costs start to rise.

It depends on your budget and what you want to print. If you don't have a lot of money and you can keep your designs simple you can do it for a couple of hundred bucks. Like anything though, the more your budget stretches the easier it is.