How to Design a T-Shirt Online for Free
A number of Internet clothing vendors allow you to design your own T-shirts, choosing your own color, text and graphics. Many of these companies allow you to design uniform shirts for sports teams as well. All you need is a computer and some creativity. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Access the Internet on your computer and go to http://www.customink.com/.
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Click on "Start Designing" near the top of the page.
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Choose your design preference. "Single Shirt" will allow you to design a personalized T-shirt just for you, while "Group Shirts" enables you to design shirts for groups of six or more people. Click on the design preference of your choice.
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Build your T-shirt. Click on "swap item" to change the type of shirt (cotton, tagless, jersey, etc.) and the color of your shirt.
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Click "add text" and type any text you want to display on your shirt. Click "Next" to display the text on the shirt; from here you can change the font, color, size, shape and placement of the text on the T-shirt. You can also edit the text, or add another box with different text, from this screen.
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Click "add art." From this screen you can upload your own photo to print onto your T-shirt, search by a particular word or phrase, or choose a category (animals, holidays, etc.) to add pictures to your shirt. Once you select an image, it will appear on your sample T-shirt and you can change the color and placement of the image.
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Click "add names" if you are designing a sports jersey-type T-shirt for yourself or for a team. Here you can add names and numbers to the T-shirts to personalize them for your friends or for yourself.
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Click "Rotate" just over the image to move to the back of the T-shirt and add text or art there. Once you are finished adding designs, print or purchase your design.
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Tips & Warnings
Even though designing the T-shirt online is free, you will have to purchase the T-shirt if you want it to wear.
References
- Photo Credit computer with mouse grey image by patrimonio designs from Fotolia.com
