Posted on October 9, 2019November 7, 2019 by Iana Guzhyk — Leave a comment

DTG Printing vs Screen Printing

DTG Printing vs Screen Printing

We are pretty sure that you have already researched what DTG and Screen printing is and maybe you already have an idea of what is the difference between them. But we believe that visualization is the key. So we thought of creating a comprehensive table where you can see the pros and cons to each method and decide what is better for you!

Before we list all of the positives and negatives, we would like to give a few definitions, so the picture is completed.

What is DTG Printing?
DTG printing involves the use of a digital printer to apply ink directly onto the fabric of the apparel you’re customizing.

What is Screen Printing?
Screen printing is the classic, tried-and-true method of pushing ink through a woven mesh stencil onto the fabric.

DTG Printing

Screen Printing

Pros

Better option for small batches and one-off pieces (orders of less than 100 pieces)
Maximum detail in design that is easily customized
Extensive color options: DTG is printed using a digital printer, it has less color limitations than screen printing, which allows for more versatility since you are not required to match colors by inks and pantones
DTG prints colors more accurate to the original art file. DTG will match the artist’s original colors
DTG uses a printer to spray the ink into a garment
All of the designs in a batch can be unique
DTG can more accurately depict details without the compromise of knocking a design down into a certain number of colors. This particularly favors heavily colored and illustrated designs, gradients, and even photography
Minimal upfront investment
Most third-party printers have no order minimums for DTG products, so you don’t have to worry about keeping stock. This printing method also enables businesses to use printing services on-demand

Cost effective for large batches (100 pieces and more) with just a few limitations
The more product ordered, the cheaper they are. Screen printing can average 1,000 garments and upwards per hour
Saturation is much higher in screen printing
Halftones with higher frequencies can be achieved nicely.
Screen printing layers the ink on top of the fabric

Cons

Not cost effective for extremely large batches
The DTG printing process is slower than Screen printing when it comes to huge orders

Simple designs and shapes are all that can be printed
Setting up the process can take a lot of time (up to a few days)
You have to order in bulk
Narrow number of colors (up to 8) and less cost effective the more colors used
Screen printing has to find the closest pantone match which can cause a bit of variation in design
Large upfront monetary investment
One design per batch
It’s unsustainable in the long run, especially if you want to offer a variety of colorful designs

The most important things to consider when choosing between them:

Are there fine details and/or many colors you want to incorporate? Or is it a simple design with only a few colors?
What is the size of the order – is it quite large or rather small?
Are you willing to invest in the stock upfront?

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Posted on September 10, 2019November 7, 2019 by Iana Guzhyk — Leave a comment

How to choose the ideal artwork to print on your t-shirt

How to choose the ideal artwork to print on your t-shirt

We are completely aware of how important it is to express your inner beauty in a different, unique way. Well, it can be multiple ways and options and sometimes we just cannot think of the right one for us at this particular moment. Or, which is even worse, we cannot find a design that is exactly what we are looking for.

You can sit down and draw your artwork by yourself. But not all of us have spent years studying design, so basically, not all of us can make a perfect design happen. And in some cases, even well-trained artists find it hard to come up with a design that would work perfectly on a t-shirt.

So you guessed it right (hopefully, the title was clear enough!). We decided to guide you, our customers, through some very useful websites where you can find and download your perfect artwork free of charge.

Hope you’re gonna like it! So we present you with the list of websites that are particularly useful when it comes to looking for a great design for free.

1.Freepik

There you can find the best high-quality content: illustrations, photos, icons, mockups, and presentation templates etc.

2. Pixabay

On Pixabay, users can find and contribute quality images and footage films. For uploading files and downloading full sized images, a free registration is required. By uploading files, the contributors waive their copyright and related image rights.

3. Vecteezy

This is one of the largest vector graphics community in the world. Here you can explore and discuss the creations of other artists from around the world, or just find that perfect little freebie for your next project. Vecteezy makes it easy to explore thousands of graphics created by vector artists from all over the globe. Most of the files are free to download and, depending on the license, free to use in your projects.

4. Unsplash

Here you can find over 1,000,000 free high-resolution photos brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers.

5. Death to Stock Photo

Death to Stock is a resource, belief system, and call to action for artists around the world who unite in their individual journeys to make their own way. They create and share beautiful unique media to be remixed, with more than 500,000 artists around the globe.

6. Gratisography

The world’s quirkiest collection of free high-resolution pictures, comprised of the world’s best, most creative images – photos you just won’t find anywhere else. All completely free to download without copyright restrictions.

7. Morguefile

Morguefile is a free photo archive “for creatives, by creatives.” It is a community-based free photo site, and all photos found in the Morguefile archive are free for you to download and re-use in your work, be it commercial or not. The photos have been contributed by a wide range of creatives from around the world, ranging from amateur photo hobbyists to professionals.

8. Stockvault

The web-site is a collection of high resolution photographs that photographers, designers and students can share and use for their personal and non-commercial design projects.

9. Pexels

Pexels provides high quality and completely free stock photos licensed under the Pexels license. All photos are nicely tagged, searchable and also easy to discover through our discover pages.

10. Picjumbo

It is a free stock photo site created in 2013 by designer & photographer Viktor Hanacek. It all started when all regular stock photo sites rejected his photos due to “lack of quality”. Two years later, people have downloaded more than 2,500,000+ pictures from picjumbo and now it’s one of the best sites with free stock photos featured in the biggest online publications.

11. Pikwizard

It is a huge library of stunning, high quality, royalty free stock images. No attribution required.

We wanted to take you through some of the most popular web-sites where you can easily find yourself the artwork of your dream, but there are more and it is always up to you to break all of the limits and create, create, create!

We welcome you to our expanding community of people who cannot live without expressing themselves! And wish you the best in your search for the mind-blowing drawings, patterns, photos, etc.