if i designed this i wouldn’t expect any praise for being original or technically prowessed. but for someone running a business and keeping an eye on trends, paper root picked a great iconic image to capitalize on. Im usually not into stuff thats overly satirical, but i dig this image and the era.
altairdesigns said: if i designed this i wouldn’t expect any praise for being original or technically prowessed. but for someone running a business and keeping an eye on trends, paper root picked a great iconic image to capitalize on. Im usually not into stuff thats overly satirical, but i dig this image and the era.
Thanks Derek, you basically summed up what PaperRoot is all about. There is alot of great graphic designers out there that make great t-shirts, but you don’t have to be a great graphic designer to make great shirts. We definitely try to keep with trends and use interesting screen-printing techniques, so it is not always about showing off the technicality of the design, but just making sick shirts in an interesting way. 3D people is printed with discharge inks that remove the color from the shirt, so it feels like no ink at all. Quality is very important when it comes to t-shirts and alot of the really technical designs that end up getting printed may have a ton of colors and inks used, which would probably make the shirt feel like your wearing a chest of armour on you. In fewer words, there is alot of ways to make cool t-shirts. And i like how this is an open forum to discuss all these things. Thanks for Looking
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Courious….GDettra mentions this tee is done using discharge inks. I’d heard discharge inks were not very good to use on 50/50. The tee above is a 50/50.
GDettra or anyone else…do you have lots of success with 50/50 tees using discharge inks. I’m wondering if I was misinformed about having to use 100% cotton w/discharge.
BLACKMOUTH said: I’m wondering if I was misinformed about having to use 100% cotton w/discharge.
Nope. He was misinformed that the ink on his shirts is discharge.
Most likely waterbased. Discharge won’t bleach out plastic – that’s the whole point.
Nope, Jimmy is wrong. I did use discharge inks. These inks can work with any fabric, you have to test them first though as they do not work with some of the colors, in other words, results may vary unless it is 100% cotton. Plus i print everything myself, so it would be hard to be misinformed by myself, HAHA.
BLACKMOUTH said: I’m wondering if I was misinformed about having to use 100% cotton w/discharge.
Nope. He was misinformed that the ink on his shirts is discharge.
Most likely waterbased. Discharge won’t bleach out plastic – that’s the whole point.
Nope, Jimmy is wrong. I did use discharge inks. These inks can work with any fabric, you have to test them first though as they do not work with some of the colors, in other words, results may vary unless it is 100% cotton. Plus i print everything myself, so it would be hard to be misinformed by myself, HAHA.
19 Comments
sittingduck said about 1 year ago
is route supposed to be spelled wrong?
CMYK|BRAD said about 1 year ago
I think its ment as in tree ROOT ?!
derekdeal said about 1 year ago
i have this shirt, its awesome.
but to be a designer prick, you should 86 the bevel on your logo, makes you guys look pretty amature when i know you’re not.
ryanmiller said about 1 year ago
agreed.
GDettra said about 1 year ago
Fixed. Thanks for the advice guys. Working with text is not my specialty. Screenprinting is my obsession.
Ben Danger said about 1 year ago
It would be sick to have red and blue for the lenses.
CMYK|BRAD said about 1 year ago
+1 – Awesome infact
dobi said about 1 year ago
isn’t it just another photo from this shoot converted to one color?
http://www.monroegallery.com/showcase/images/3D_Glasses.jpg
i don’t get it.
derekdeal said about 1 year ago
if i designed this i wouldn’t expect any praise for being original or technically prowessed. but for someone running a business and keeping an eye on trends, paper root picked a great iconic image to capitalize on. Im usually not into stuff thats overly satirical, but i dig this image and the era.
wes_allen said about 1 year ago
+1
GDettra said about 1 year ago
Thanks Derek, you basically summed up what PaperRoot is all about. There is alot of great graphic designers out there that make great t-shirts, but you don’t have to be a great graphic designer to make great shirts. We definitely try to keep with trends and use interesting screen-printing techniques, so it is not always about showing off the technicality of the design, but just making sick shirts in an interesting way. 3D people is printed with discharge inks that remove the color from the shirt, so it feels like no ink at all. Quality is very important when it comes to t-shirts and alot of the really technical designs that end up getting printed may have a ton of colors and inks used, which would probably make the shirt feel like your wearing a chest of armour on you. In fewer words, there is alot of ways to make cool t-shirts. And i like how this is an open forum to discuss all these things. Thanks for Looking
//PR//
jfinley said about 1 year ago
cool print though
jimmyheartcore said about 1 year ago
Damn you.
I had a similar design for Little Red Thread – more colors though.
The Sex Pistols had an old shirt with I think the same image on it.
BLACKMOUTH said about 1 year ago
Courious….GDettra mentions this tee is done using discharge inks. I’d heard discharge inks were not very good to use on 50/50. The tee above is a 50/50.
GDettra or anyone else…do you have lots of success with 50/50 tees using discharge inks. I’m wondering if I was misinformed about having to use 100% cotton w/discharge.
jimmyheartcore said about 1 year ago
Nope. He was misinformed that the ink on his shirts is discharge.
Most likely waterbased. Discharge won’t bleach out plastic – that’s the whole point.
printolithic said about 1 year ago
would be better with 3-d glasses colored.
GDettra said about 1 year ago
Nope, Jimmy is wrong. I did use discharge inks. These inks can work with any fabric, you have to test them first though as they do not work with some of the colors, in other words, results may vary unless it is 100% cotton. Plus i print everything myself, so it would be hard to be misinformed by myself, HAHA.
BLACKMOUTH said about 1 year ago
VERY VERY interesting. Thanks for the info.
noFunk said about 1 year ago
GDettra i tried to e-mail you about doing screen printing for me but my e-mails keep bouncing back, contact me at dan@vendettaregret.com cheers bro