Shirt Designs

I live in Mass by the way and wanted to sell t-shirts across the US to all my member of my website. I was wondering if you need a special type of licence and bassically what other terms do you need to be (aka age, bank account/credit card)

You may need a business license in the town you live in. At the very least you should do a DBA in the newspaper. You may need a tax ID number (state and federal) I don’t believe you will need any special license. Contact the SBA, they can help (for free)

I got a pile of old shirts , I wanted to design them so i don’t need to throw them.
But the problem is i don’t know what materials i should use ?

that sounds like fun, i would make patchwork designs with contrasting colors, use some thread and do some embroidery to increase how much you can sell them for-DETAIL and quality will render you the biggest profit and mabey some piping or ric-rac might be nice…..beads, sequins etc. and store your work in a scented drawer because certain scents may appeal to the customer

What drawing or designs, printings would you like?

vintage swirly thingys and vines with leaves on them

anyone know of a free program? like how do they make those i heart new york shirts? i’m trying to find out how to bring my ideas to life to share with the world!

You can use any graphic program you want to make them. Even MS Word or Paint. You just have to get the right kind of paper, print your artwork onto that paper, and iron it onto a T-shirt.

I used to work for a company that made T-shirts this way. We used PaintShop and/or Corel Draw, but like I said, any program you can draw in, place images in, or whatever you can use.

Oh, one restriction, though.. those iron-ons only work on LIGHT colored shirts, preferably white. The color of the shirt will show through, and if it’s a black shirt, you won’t see it at all.

i am looking for a website where i can design my own tshirt…every one that i have been to makes me order a minimum of 6 shirts…i only need one..please help! thanks

You don’t need a website for that. All you need is a drawing program and or a photography program and a cannon printer package that is designed to make t-shirt transfers. it is that easy. you can find the paper and the program in art and stationery stores. It is not that expensive. It is just like making a picture and then you put it in to reverse transer format or mirror image format and print it on the transfer paper. You then iron the transfer on shirts. That is all there is to it.

where do sport teams for schools design and order t-shirts for them to be delivered?

Here’s an article about Custom Screen Printing for School Teams, School Spiritwear, and more:

http://shirtartinc.blogspot.com/2010/01/custom-printed-school-spiritwear.html

I also do not know what brand heat press machines are good and which type I should get swing back, etc. I don’t even know which type of transfer paper and printers are better than the others. I have a sony vaio laptop computer (windows xp) I will be really appreciative from those who will respond to my answers. Thank you.

i cant help with the machines. but coral draw 12 is the best for t-shirt designing.

i know i like to make shirts with my own kind of design on it (i hand paint them with fabric paint) and i think that selling them for a profit and donating the money to charity is a good idea. what do you think?

This could be your calling, and it doesnt hurt to try. We all want the same outcome, yet our options and gifts are different. Good luck on your project.

So im 15 and my dream job would be designing t-shirts and having my own line…so i need to find a website that gives me a run down of how a person designs shirts, how do they start? with a photo? draw the design with a tablet? i need alot of information…

you just use whatever you have.
a graphic, a photo, a drawing.
usually you design your shirt then send the design to a tshirt manufacturing company.

here is a shirt i photoshoped up for a band.
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=38516856&albumID=2606382&imageID=54044625

and here is a tutorial for you

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/2d__and__photoshop/photoshop_t-shirt_design

im getting tired of buying things at the mall and then seeing someone at school with the same top. and i also really like buying things online! so whats a good website where you can buy cool t shirts or make your own?

Here you go
http://www.onlineclothing-stores.com/page-designyourownclothesus.html