if i designed this i wouldn’t expect any praise for being original or technically prowessed. but for someone running a business and keeping an eye on trends, paper root picked a great iconic image to capitalize on. Im usually not into stuff thats overly satirical, but i dig this image and the era.
altairdesigns said: if i designed this i wouldn’t expect any praise for being original or technically prowessed. but for someone running a business and keeping an eye on trends, paper root picked a great iconic image to capitalize on. Im usually not into stuff thats overly satirical, but i dig this image and the era.
Thanks Derek, you basically summed up what PaperRoot is all about. There is alot of great graphic designers out there that make great t-shirts, but you don’t have to be a great graphic designer to make great shirts. We definitely try to keep with trends and use interesting screen-printing techniques, so it is not always about showing off the technicality of the design, but just making sick shirts in an interesting way. 3D people is printed with discharge inks that remove the color from the shirt, so it feels like no ink at all. Quality is very important when it comes to t-shirts and alot of the really technical designs that end up getting printed may have a ton of colors and inks used, which would probably make the shirt feel like your wearing a chest of armour on you. In fewer words, there is alot of ways to make cool t-shirts. And i like how this is an open forum to discuss all these things. Thanks for Looking
//PR//
Courious….GDettra mentions this tee is done using discharge inks. I’d heard discharge inks were not very good to use on 50/50. The tee above is a 50/50.
GDettra or anyone else…do you have lots of success with 50/50 tees using discharge inks. I’m wondering if I was misinformed about having to use 100% cotton w/discharge.
BLACKMOUTH said: I’m wondering if I was misinformed about having to use 100% cotton w/discharge.
Nope. He was misinformed that the ink on his shirts is discharge.
Most likely waterbased. Discharge won’t bleach out plastic – that’s the whole point.
Nope, Jimmy is wrong. I did use discharge inks. These inks can work with any fabric, you have to test them first though as they do not work with some of the colors, in other words, results may vary unless it is 100% cotton. Plus i print everything myself, so it would be hard to be misinformed by myself, HAHA.
BLACKMOUTH said: I’m wondering if I was misinformed about having to use 100% cotton w/discharge.
Nope. He was misinformed that the ink on his shirts is discharge.
Most likely waterbased. Discharge won’t bleach out plastic – that’s the whole point.
Nope, Jimmy is wrong. I did use discharge inks. These inks can work with any fabric, you have to test them first though as they do not work with some of the colors, in other words, results may vary unless it is 100% cotton. Plus i print everything myself, so it would be hard to be misinformed by myself, HAHA.
19 Comments
sittingduck said 12 months ago
is route supposed to be spelled wrong?
CMYK|BRAD said 12 months ago
I think its ment as in tree ROOT ?!
derekdeal said 12 months ago
i have this shirt, its awesome.
but to be a designer prick, you should 86 the bevel on your logo, makes you guys look pretty amature when i know you’re not.
ryanmiller said 12 months ago
agreed.
GDettra said 12 months ago
Fixed. Thanks for the advice guys. Working with text is not my specialty. Screenprinting is my obsession.
Ben Danger said 12 months ago
It would be sick to have red and blue for the lenses.
CMYK|BRAD said 12 months ago
+1 – Awesome infact
dobi said 12 months ago
isn’t it just another photo from this shoot converted to one color?
http://www.monroegallery.com/showcase/images/3D_Glasses.jpg
i don’t get it.
derekdeal said 12 months ago
if i designed this i wouldn’t expect any praise for being original or technically prowessed. but for someone running a business and keeping an eye on trends, paper root picked a great iconic image to capitalize on. Im usually not into stuff thats overly satirical, but i dig this image and the era.
wes_allen said 12 months ago
+1
GDettra said 12 months ago
Thanks Derek, you basically summed up what PaperRoot is all about. There is alot of great graphic designers out there that make great t-shirts, but you don’t have to be a great graphic designer to make great shirts. We definitely try to keep with trends and use interesting screen-printing techniques, so it is not always about showing off the technicality of the design, but just making sick shirts in an interesting way. 3D people is printed with discharge inks that remove the color from the shirt, so it feels like no ink at all. Quality is very important when it comes to t-shirts and alot of the really technical designs that end up getting printed may have a ton of colors and inks used, which would probably make the shirt feel like your wearing a chest of armour on you. In fewer words, there is alot of ways to make cool t-shirts. And i like how this is an open forum to discuss all these things. Thanks for Looking
//PR//
jfinley said 12 months ago
cool print though
jimmyheartcore said 12 months ago
Damn you.
I had a similar design for Little Red Thread – more colors though.
The Sex Pistols had an old shirt with I think the same image on it.
BLACKMOUTH said 12 months ago
Courious….GDettra mentions this tee is done using discharge inks. I’d heard discharge inks were not very good to use on 50/50. The tee above is a 50/50.
GDettra or anyone else…do you have lots of success with 50/50 tees using discharge inks. I’m wondering if I was misinformed about having to use 100% cotton w/discharge.
jimmyheartcore said 12 months ago
Nope. He was misinformed that the ink on his shirts is discharge.
Most likely waterbased. Discharge won’t bleach out plastic – that’s the whole point.
printolithic said 11 months ago
would be better with 3-d glasses colored.
GDettra said 11 months ago
Nope, Jimmy is wrong. I did use discharge inks. These inks can work with any fabric, you have to test them first though as they do not work with some of the colors, in other words, results may vary unless it is 100% cotton. Plus i print everything myself, so it would be hard to be misinformed by myself, HAHA.
BLACKMOUTH said 11 months ago
VERY VERY interesting. Thanks for the info.
noFunk said 11 months ago
GDettra i tried to e-mail you about doing screen printing for me but my e-mails keep bouncing back, contact me at dan@vendettaregret.com cheers bro