Introduction

We’ve gathered 23 of the best apparel related design articles so you can find everything in one place. These articles can serve as sources of inspiration, tutorials, and apparel related resources centered on design. This post was put together with a bookmark in mind, just something you can come back to each time you have a t-shirt design project looming on your desk. We have categorized the articles by tutorials, inspiration, and resources.

Tutorials

Some awesome tutorials that will teach you more about the design process.

Gradients and Halftones in Screen Printing

How to Take Your T-Shirt Artwork From Good to Great

Logo Design with Apparel in Mind

Create to Create Awesome Sweet T-Shirt Mockups Like Jimiyo

From Raster to Vector, Halftones

How to Create Your Own Color Seperations in Adobe Illustrator

Designing with Halftones

Resources

Compilation articles with tons of great resources

15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music ad Apparel Industry – 1 of 3

15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music ad Apparel Industry – 2 of 3

47 Essential Resources for T-Shirt Designers

57 Inspirational Sites from 7 Remarkable Apparel Designers

Pointers for Designers Working with Apparel Companies

The Ultimate Guide to Designing Your Own Custom T-Shirts

The Big List of T-Shirt Blog Feeds

Pros and Cons of Printing Methods

Alternative to Printing Photos on T Shirts

6 Great Tips On How To Prepare Artwork for T-Shirt Printing

Inspiration

Lastly, some inspirational compilations to help ignite some ideas

Tasty Designer T-Shirts – Plus Resources & Tuts

50 Best T-Shirt Designs of 2008

Inspiration: Awesome T-Shirt Designs

23 More Truly Awesome Custom T-Shirt Designs

30 Vector Based T-Shirts From Top Designers

Designer Tees! Wear Your Art On Your Sleeve

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8 responses so far.

1. Khayyam Wakil
   January 12, 2009

   Wow, second apparel roundup I’ve seen this week. This is great! There’s a lot I haven’t seen and looking forward to checking out.

   Thanks for the awesome resource.

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2. Dainis Graveris
   January 13, 2009

   T-shirt related articles are becoming more and more popular as I see, but that’s great – every good designer has a chance to get related T-shirt to his graphic design passion. Nice one, Blake!

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3. Chris Spooner
   January 13, 2009

   Nice roundup, plenty of useful tips apparel design tips to be absorbed.

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4. Adam
   January 13, 2009

   Hey Blake – thanks for throwing an extra heap of Go MediaZine resources into this roundup… we’ll do our best to keep them coming!

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5. AJ Troxell
   January 13, 2009

   Great roundup of apparel resources. Really useful!

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6. joyoge designers' bookmark
   January 14, 2009

   nice roundup and useful tips thanks..

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7. The Taddict
   January 14, 2009

   Thanks for the mention in the post! We love it when t-shirt topics are covered in the design world.

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8. Michael Clayton
   January 19, 2009

   Thanks for the great roundup here. Lots to go through!