What are the usage scenarios of cultural shirts? Corporate offices, charity activities, team building gatherings, campus clubs, class uniforms… Cultural shirts are comfortable, unified, and highly themed. Now more and more companies/teams choose to customize cultural shirts. Many people may think that custom-made cultural t-shirts are troublesome. In fact, it is not. As long as you choose a suitable platform, you can complete custom-made t-shirts in just three steps.
Customizing cultural shirts generally includes the following three steps: designing artwork, selecting base shirts, selecting printing techniques, and equally important, calculating prices. We can start from this Let’s talk about some issues that need attention.
1. Design artwork
Online customized printed T-shirts are generally customized based on submitted drafts Yes, that is, the customer provides the design draft himself. After all, it is a customized pattern to be printed on the clothes, so it must be carefully designed. The size, pixels, and tone of the picture/text must be determined. T agency provides free typesetting, and there are also many design materials on the official website for reference.
2. Choose the base shirt
The base shirt of T-shirts can be divided into: combed cotton, High count cotton, Tianzhu cotton, Odell cotton, heavyweight khaki, quick-drying style, etc.;
The styles include: loose version, slim fit, etc.;
The collar styles include: Round neck, v-neck, etc.;
Sleeves include: long sleeves, short sleeves, three-quarter sleeves;
Shoulders include pressed shoulders, dropped shoulders, etc.;
In addition, the color and size of T-shirts need to be chosen according to your own situation and preferences. In summer, loose combed cotton and high-count cotton are very good choices and are more breathable.
(T company customized high count cotton selection)
3. Printing process
If you want to customize printed T-shirts, you must first understand the printing process~The four major printing processes are : Screen printing, direct printing, heat transfer and embroidery.
Generally, companies/teams with large orders will choose screen printing, because screen printing requires plate opening, and the greater the number of customizations, the higher the cost-effectiveness. The mesh of the plate affects the final effect. The more mesh the mesh has, the higher the quality. T Company’s printing plate mesh can reach up to 200 meshes, and it needs to be printed at least 6 times. The printing is delicate and has no edges.
The principle of the direct-injection process is similar to that of a printer. It can print patterns directly on clothes. It is suitable for patterns with more colors or gradient colors. The patterns are clear and colorful.
The principle of the heat transfer process is similar to that of tattoo stickers. The pattern needs to be printed on special paper first, then laser cut, and then the pattern is pressed using high temperature. Printed on clothes, suitable for patterns with rich colors or gradients. The color of the bottom shirt is best to be white or light-colored. The printing will look like nothing and has good breathability. If the dark bottom shirt needs to be reinforced with color paint, the printing will have a slight gelatinous texture.
Everyone is familiar with the embroidery process. It can present pattern effects with traditional charm and is more suitable for the production of small icons.
4. Calculate the price
Price is of course a very important step. The biggest difference between customizing T-shirts and buying ready-made clothes is that the price of ready-made clothes is fixed, while the price of customized T-shirts includes two parts: base shirt and printing. The price of base shirt is fixed, and the printing price depends on the size of the pattern you print. Color, type of process selected, etc. are calculated. Everyone should understand clearly during the customization process, choose and match the pattern with good effect and high cost performance.
If the color is single, you can choose silk screen printing; if the color is rich or has gradient colors, you can choose direct printing or heat transfer; for exquisite small icons, you can choose embroidery. The specific analysis will be based on the design drawings. For more questions related to the customization of creative cultural shirts, please leave a message to exchange!
