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T-Shirt Design Workshop 3: Photos & Type in Procreate App, Photoshop, and Illustrator – Ray Dombroski

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T-Shirt Design Workshop 3 Information Improving your t-shirt designs is the single best way to build your brand and improve your design career, as well as your sales to clients and customers. Stand apart from the crowd. This course will show you how to build a unique photo & type-based t-shirt design to represent your brand. In this course we’ll cover: How to find and apply inspiration The various analog and digital tools you will need to create t-shirt designs. How to move seamlessly between Photoshop, Illustrator, and the Procreate App for iPad so your designs come out as good or better than you had initially imagined Type layout using Adobe Typekit fonts in Illustrator How to incorporate hand-drawn effects into a computer-based design As a bonus you will also receive: All working Photoshop and Illustrator files demonstrated in this class A Photoshop texture brush for you to use with your designs A custom Procreate App ...

T-Shirt Design Workshop 02: Using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Hand-Drawing Techniques – Ray Dombroski

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T-Shirt Design Workshop 02 Information Improving your t-shirt design skills is one of the most rewarding investments that you can make in your design career. In this workshop we will go over the entire process of creating a t-shirt design, from finding ideas all the way to sending your designs out to be printed. We will send out the design to 3 different printers. At the end, those shirts will be unboxed so you can see exactly how they came back from the printer (there will be a few unexpected surprises you can learn from!) In this class we’ll cover: How to find and apply inspiration The various computer tools and traditional tools you will need to create t-shirt designs. How to move seamlessly between Photoshop, Illustrator, and pencil & paper so your designs come out as good or better than you had initially imagined Type layout using Adobe Typekit fonts How to create your own custom Photoshop brushes to quickly add color and texture to your...

Typographic Logos: Typography and Lettering for Logo Design – Ray Dombroski

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Typographic Logos: Typography and Lettering for Logo Design Information Learn the beginning to end process for creating your own custom type-based logo. Type-based logos, also known as logotypes and wordmarks, are a powerful way to define the style of your brand. Creating custom lettering (instead of using a pre-built font) is your opportunity to make something truly unique. Whether you need to design custom lettering for a company logo, a t-shirt, advertising, or your own personal brand, I'll show you how to find inspiration, sketch out your rough ideas, refine your design and bring it into the computer. From there, you will learn how to create color options and add in some shading and texture. In the class, I'll walk you through how to start from (chicken) scratch to create this logo. After that, it's your turn to find your own style and show the world what you can make! Class Outline Welcome . In this typography tutorial, you’ll learn how to design a...

T-Shirt Design Workshop 3: Photos & Type in Procreate App, Photoshop, and Illustrator – Ray Dombroski

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T-Shirt Design Workshop 3 Information Improving your t-shirt designs is the single best way to build your brand and improve your design career, as well as your sales to clients and customers. Stand apart from the crowd. This course will show you how to build a unique photo & type-based t-shirt design to represent your brand. In this course we’ll cover: How to find and apply inspiration The various analog and digital tools you will need to create t-shirt designs. How to move seamlessly between Photoshop, Illustrator, and the Procreate App for iPad so your designs come out as good or better than you had initially imagined Type layout using Adobe Typekit fonts in Illustrator How to incorporate hand-drawn effects into a computer-based design As a bonus you will also receive: All working Photoshop and Illustrator files demonstrated in this class A Photoshop texture brush for you to use with your designs A custom Procreate App b...

T-Shirt Design Workshop 02: Using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Hand-Drawing Techniques – Ray Dombroski

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T-Shirt Design Workshop 02 Information Improving your t-shirt design skills is one of the most rewarding investments that you can make in your design career. In this workshop we will go over the entire process of creating a t-shirt design, from finding ideas all the way to sending your designs out to be printed. We will send out the design to 3 different printers. At the end, those shirts will be unboxed so you can see exactly how they came back from the printer (there will be a few unexpected surprises you can learn from!) In this class we’ll cover: How to find and apply inspiration The various computer tools and traditional tools you will need to create t-shirt designs. How to move seamlessly between Photoshop, Illustrator, and pencil & paper so your designs come out as good or better than you had initially imagined Type layout using Adobe Typekit fonts How to create your own custom Photoshop brushes to quickly add color and texture to your ...

T-Shirt Design Workshop 01: Foundation – Ray Dombroski

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T-Shirt Design Workshop 01 Information Design a t-shirt like a professional: specialty printing methods, fabrics, inks, dyes, and washes. Learning the possibilities and options you have when creating a t-shirt design is an essential investment in becoming a professional t-shirt designer. In this workshop, we'll go over all the ingredients that go into a t-shirt design. *This course does not have step-by-step graphic design or software tutorials (That will be covered in the follow-up course, T-Shirt Design Workshop 02). It does, however, cover a wide range of topics that provide context and essential knowledge for anyone wanting to become a professional t-shirt graphic designer. In this course we will cover: Every t-shirt design should have a story behind it The history of the graphic t-shirt What makes a good t-shirt design The varieties of t-shirts and fabric Garment dyes and garment washes Alternative printing methods like Direct to G...