One thing that I really love about screen printing, and the industry as a whole, is that it is open to anyone. If you have the time and a little money, you can begin creating your own merchandise and selling it for profit. From the posts on this site and the comments that come in, I know we all support this idea, and in one way or another, started in just that way.

I decided I wanted to highlight a local business that is diving in feet first and trying to make a go in the t-shirt business.

Rizzo Tees ( http://www.rizzotees.com/ ) has a knack for finding the funny side of society, and flipping it into a visual pun, hilarious play on words, or just pure honesty that is so funny, because it is true. ( I hate Pants, anyone?)

With sayings like Barack That Ass Up, Kama Supra, and BILF (Breakfast I’d like to F*ck), you can not browse their store without cracking a smile.

So as a special offer to all the Screensilk.com subscribers and visitors, RizzoTees has agreed to extend a 10% savings on orders that use the coupon code SCREENSILK.

So please, take a look at what Rizzo Tee’s has to offer, and use the coupon code SCREENSILK to save 10% on your order.

I would like to add, that Screensilk.com is in no way affiliated with Rizzo Tee’s, and this promotion is strictly to help them gain some exposure. We are in a recession for christ’s sake, we can all use any help we can get….

Number 29, LLC is an internet publishing company, with a focus on creative informational sites, in a variety of markets. Along with this new partnership, Screensilk.com has taken on the Number 29, LLC portal branding, and is now sporting a new redesign.

As this new venture continues to materialize, please stay tuned for more Screen Printing information and Tutorials coming soon.

It has been almost 11 months to the day, that I started this site. My main goal then, was to share information and techniques relating to screen printing that was not widely available on the internet. While I feel that I have been successful on some level of acheiving that, there is so much more I think we can do with this place.

I am currently in the process of overhauling the design, to be much cleaner, easier to navigate, more inclusive and less ads. The redesign will feature a much more robust storefront, for all of our screenprinting products, as well as more tutorials, downloads and the relaunch of the Screensilk.com forums.

Another feature, which has already been implimented, but will be better integrated into the new design, will be the Screensilk.com Online Printshop . ThisOnline Printshop allows for custom printing of promotional items, stickers, postcards, business collateral, and much more. The beauty of this sytem is that not only can you upload your artwork to be printed, but you can also use our online design interface to custom design your own artwork to be printed on our products. All products are competitively priced, and are guaranteed to be of the best print quality, or we will reprint your order for free. Feel free to browse the Product List and price out your next order.

So if you haven’t already, subscribe to the feed, and keep watching Screensilk.com, as we prepare to take it to a whole new level.

Have a happy holidays, and a safe New Year!

Joshua Van Horsen

Screensilk.com

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Just recently, a friend asked that I create shirts for his business ( Rebath - Bathroom Remodeling ). He only had a low resolution .jpg, but needed vectors that could be used for his t-shirt design, as well as camera-ready art for an assortment of vendors (everything from business cards and letterhead, to vinyl graphics on his companies trucks, and signage for his storefront.

Of course, I could have sent him to one of those site on the web that offer to vectorize your artwork for $100, and then provide you with some half-assed file that has been traced with Illustrator. Instead, I offered to the vectorize the logo for him. Now he has an assortment of files, in vector format, that can be used for anything from his website, to billboard advertisements.

So, now I am wondering, do others really require this service, and if so, what are you willing to pay for this? I would to hear your thoughts! Post links to other sites that offer this service, and I will try to match the lowest price that can be found.

Also, feel free to contact me if you are in need of logo vectorizing.

The tutorial covers, printing the design to butcher paper, cutting out the design, ironing on the stencil, and inking the design with screen printing ink.

Worth a look, and save it to your bookmarks.

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Well, as a professional designer, and admitted font whore, I am generally fairly skeptical about free fonts. I have played the free font game for years, seldomly finding ones that I like, let alone use. So when I heard about these fonts, I wasn’t really chompin’ at the bit to look them over. But being recommended by a friend and colleague, I decided it wouldn’t hurt to take a few minutes and look through the collection, and who knows.. maybe I would find one I like, or at the least can manipulate into something suitable.

Well, not only did I find one I liked, I found 20…..

I was so impressed with these, that I decided to share them with you guys. Now, while the majority of these fonts would be classified as grunge. I felt that there was a solid level of quality to each font. Take some time and check these out and use them in your next t-shirt design.

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Well, to mark our 5000th download of the free pattern pack, and as a THANK YOU to all the people who have visited Screensilk.com and have used the patterns in their own work, I am releasing the full Hi-Res Pattern pack for absolutely FREE.

So tell your friends, and link to this post on your own sites and let people know they can get some great, very large patterns with just a single click, no strings attached.

Elegant Star Pattern Pack - High Res

Also, subscribe to our feed and keep an eye out for a new pack of patterns in the coming weeks.

Thanks!

Screensilk.com

1. No Media Kings

This is a great walk through on silkscreen preparation and printing for t-shirts and posters. If there is resource you want to save (besides Screensilk.com), it is this one.

2. Stencil Revolution

This tutorial deals with printing up low cost t-shirts with stencils using paint. There are many ways to print stencils up on shirts, silk screens etc, but this is the cheapest and easiest.

3. Fecal Face

Another great tutorial for creating your own t-shirts.

4. CraftGrrl

This tutorial looks at a cheap alternative to traditional screen printing. A great tutorial for learning the basics of screen printing

5. Instructables

How to reuse old picture frames and curtains to make screens, burn them in the sun, and clean them with a garden hose.

6. T-shirt Forums

Online discussion forum for the t-shirt industry. You can learn more about starting a t-shirt business, share tips and experiences,, get help from your peers, as well as network with others.

7. Dakini

This online demonstration will show you one method of silk screening onto silk. This method is used to screen print gutta resist onto the silk to prepare it for painting. This way it is faster and easier to reproduce multiple original wall hangings or scarves.

8. Reuels

Geared towards screen printing with the Speedball products, this set of instructions is very thorough in covering all aspects of screen printing techniques and troubleshooting.

9. EHow

How to Make Hand-Drawn Positives for Multiple-Color Silk Screen Printing

10. SilkscreenBiz

A quick explanation of color separations.