Second stab at DTF Transfers

Recently I tried printing my own shirt design for my day job.

In the early years of my career screen printing was such a joy. At first I switched between working the silk screen presses along with designing the graphics. But a few crooked and failed shirts later and I was gently encouraged to double down on my skills in Illustrator. The presses moved faster absent my misplaced squeegee attempts, and I was able to focus my attention where it made the biggest difference—shipping designs quickly.

I’ve always loved applying designs to physical materials of all types. But over the years I moved away from it, focusing mostly on digital.

The irony is, despite designing numerous shirt designs over my early years, my preference is charcoal blend t-shirts absent logos. 95% of the time I just wear those shirts, unbranded.

About a year ago I was given swag for my new—at the time—job. It’s not the first time I’ve received company swag. But instead of tacitly agreeing to wear it (or quietly moving the designs to the back of my closet) I tried a new approach. I took my favorite shirt and applied the design.

Now, with a new company meeting coming up, I’m going to try again. But this time instead of a white on charcoal design, I’m going for a dark grey on charcoal. It remains to be seen if the combination works, but my hope is to inspire some new swag in the company store.