One Color Designs

My friends' band is doing a huge show they do every year on Halloween and we decided to print a shirt for it but to keep the cost down we want to do just one color.

Any tips on keeping the design looking sick and only one color?

ANY tips.

I know it’s a broad thing to look for advice for but I don’t want it to look flat and... like shit.

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   RustyEight said 2 months ago

   Halftones halftones halftones.

   That is all

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   shmokey said 2 months ago

   halftones yes! white on a bright shirt looks nice too.

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   discordantart said 2 months ago

   1 color prints are the SHIT.

   if you are into lineart, this will be fun. i’m personally all about one color prints, and wish more people would do them well enough.

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   nelloforesto said 2 months ago

   buh.. nothing new. you need a good design
   shock color or red blood.
   try with halftones for shades.
   a thick rough print gives depth to the tee.
   or low quality ink but big sized print.

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   Josh | Diamond Diet said 2 months ago

   Alright, sick. I just started using halftones because of this site... It’s going to be orange print on black I think, so I might go negative space with it.

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   mikejahn said 2 months ago

   I remember Fall Out Boy had a pretty sweet halloween show at the KOC back in the day and they printed shirts for it. Always a good idea I’d say.

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   jaynajaynajayna said 2 months ago

   discordantart said: 1 color prints are the SHIT. if you are into lineart, this will be fun. i’m personally all about one color prints, and wish more people would do them well enough.

   texture & contour bro

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   Matthew88 said 2 months ago

   look at Eric’s "Keith The Quiet" tee. One colour, but brilliant. And it looks just as good in the flesh, trust me.

   So personally, i think that if the design is good enough, 1 colour can easily work if you’re clever with it.

   EDIT: http://emptees.com/tees/5574-keith-the-quiet

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   Josh | Diamond Diet said 2 months ago

   Link, link, link!

   It’s got so much friggen text on it I can’t see anything in my head... but I’m gunna try to look up the Fall Out Boy shirt to maybe see how it was done.

   F TEXT!

   EDIT: Can’t find the shirt at ALL. I need to find shirts that are littered with text.

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