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My name is Darko, aka XLonche on 99designs, and I recently started designing T-shirts. I would love to share what I’ve learned about this field so far. In this tutorial, you will learn what it takes to design a T-shirt and most importantly, how to prepare the files for print. Before jumping into the computer, you will need to create a sketch — it will be your guide while inking the outlines of the design. All right. You have the sketch. Tee_tut Lets import it into Adobe Illustrator CS6 (note: this can also work in CS5, but I’m not sure about older versions). I am using a template for the brush settings — you can find it at cartoonsnap. In Illustrator, you’ll notice you can choose different weights for a brush: Ultra fine, Fine, Medium, Bold and Bolder. Let’s open the brush template by going to File > Open Recent Files > find the file My_Inking_template from where you downloaded it, or if you’ve used it before, go to Open Recent Files and it will be there. 1. Open the template Now, let’s open our sketch.
Go to File > Place > find your image and press Okay. Or you can drag your sketch from Photoshop to the Illustrator document. 2. Import the sketch Double click the layer with your sketch, and check the box that says Dim Images to: 50%. Then, lock the layer by clicking the box next to the eye — a lock symbol will appear. 3. Lock the sketch layer Create a new layer and name it whatever you want. You can do that by clicking the little paper icon at the bottom right of the Layers Palette. 4. New layer Select a background remove service brush and start inking the sketch. All the brush settings are set up, you just need to select the brush with a weight that varies from Ultra-fine to Bolder. I’m going to use a Medium and Bold brush. 5. Choosing a brush Coloring Once we are done with the inking, we need to turn all the brush paths into objects and merge them. To do this, go to Object Menu > click Expand. Then, go to Window > Pathfinder, click on the Unite icon. Chose your colors, and go to Object > Live Paint > Make.
You can paint the places you want with one click. Choose your color and choose the Live Paint Bucket tool (K). 6. Live paint Now click on the fields you want to color. Note: Make a new layer below your lineart. For each color, make a new layer. 7. Colors are set up Let’s add some highlights and shadows. Draw new objects above the color layers using the Pen Tool (P). Here’s an example: 8. Shadows and lights Now, make things interesting and play some music And finally… place it on a mockup. 9. On a mockup Preparing design for print 1. Use PMS or CMYK color modes You might be used to doing online artwork in RGB, but to ensure the most accurate colors with a silk screener, definitely use PMS and CMYK color modes. This also makes the color separations easy and accurate. 2. Convert all text to outlines Sometimes your artwork may call for a very obscure font or maybe even a custom designed font. When sending your artwork off for print, the last thing you want to see, is a substituted font in your design. By converting the text to outlines, any computer that opens the artwork will view the text as an image.
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發表於 2022-10-22 16:43:50