2009.01.09

Combining Clipart & Text - Cheer Squad series 3 of 3

Happy Friday Inkers! Here is the final video in the series, rounding out our cheer squad design. Somtimes adding just a little bit of clipart can really take your design to the next level. It's and easy addition that boosts the creativity level, and makes your design more engaging. Try it out when making your next shirt. Thanks for watching!


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2009.01.07

Adding a Shadow - Cheer Squad Series 2 of 3

Hi Inkers! Here is the second video in this series, focusing on adding a drop shadow to your text. It's so easy, you'll wonder why you didnt use it before! You can even use the same technique for solid clipart. This is a great way to add color and dimension to your design with little effort. Try it out on your next shirt. Thanks for watching!


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2009.01.06

Choosing Fonts - Cheer Squad Series 1 of 3

Good Morning Inkers! This week will feature 3 videos focused on one shirt design and the different techniques used to make it. You may have seen these before if you were one of the few who had been to our previous video page. These videos have great easy tips for making the most out of fonts, and include some insider tricks to designing in the lab. So I wanted to make sure everyone reading this blog had the chance to add these skills to their design arsenal. So check back for the next installment, and thanks for watching!


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2009.01.02

Simple & Bold - Koozies!

Happy New Year Inkers! I thought I would start this new year off with a video featuring another popular product on our site, Koozies! They make a great party favor, but require some extra attention when printed because of their size and how the ink reacts on them. The negative space inside and between the letters can be troublesome, but have no fear, CustomInk is here! We triple check all orders to make sure they will print well. Plus, we will give you a call if we need to make changes to allow for the best print. We want to make sure your koozies turn out great for your big day. The tips in this video will help you design a koozie with confidence so you can focus on planning the other parts of your event. Keep an eye out for more koozie videos this year, and others featuring more than t-shirts! Thanks for watching!


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2008.12.26

Quick & Simple Text Design

Hi Inkers! Today's video has a couple quick tips for making a simple text design a little more thoughtful. We have a bunch of options available in the lab to spruce up your text only design. This tip is actually what we use when making our employee shirts. That's a fact... Plus I think we all have about 3 shirts each! So, it's safe to say this is a style most people will like. Give it a try next time you make shirt. Thanks for watching!


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2008.12.24

Legible Centered Text

Hi Inkers! Are you planning a shirt with a lot of text? Or maybe you want to fine tune your saved design? Well This video has a couple quick tips to make aligning your text easier. Of course, my fellow Inkers here at the office will double, even triple check your text and design to make sure your get the best shirts possible. So have fun designing and thanks for watching!


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2008.12.23

Confidently Create Your Next Design

Hi Inkers! I hope you are staying warm this winter, or if you are lucky to be in a warm part of the country, enjoy some of that sunshine for me and my fellow Custom-Inkers! Today's video post is about creating a left chest design that you can be certain will fit all the shirts in your order. If you didn't know already, you can order different style shirts in the same order as long as your design is the same for all. Just give us a call and we'll take care of everything. Thanks for watching!


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2008.12.19

Energize Your Shirt with Clipart

Happy Friday Inkers! If you didn't know already, I'm Kat, in addition to making these videos, I create the clipart for the website. When I make shirts in the Lab I like layering different designs together to make fun backgrounds. There are so many different shapes in our cliaprt library, but my go to search words are: splatter, graffiti, design, geometric, flourish, and swirl. In this video I show just how easy it is to layer different clipart together. If you want to see another example, and my first video attempt, check out this video. It also talks about adding text over your clipart while still keeping your design in one color! Thanks for watching, and have a great weekend!


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2008.12.18

Money Saving Tips

Hi Inkers!  If your email inbox is like mine, then you probably get a handful of advertisements with hot holiday sales each day.  Well, at Customink we have money saving tips that work all year round!  One tip I always keep in mind when I'm designing is, fewer colors equals fewer dollars. 
You can check out more tips here.Savingtips

If you need some one color design ideas, just check out some of my past videos, like the one from yesterday or last wednesday.  If you still need some help with ways to save money, just give us a call!  We want to make sure you are completely happy with your order.  The REAL people who answer the phones ( I know they are real, because I see them everyday here in the office) are more than happy to work with you on ways to adjust your design to save money.  Check back in tomorrow for another video tip! Thanks for watching!

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2008.12.17

Easy To Read from Far Away

Hi Inkers! I hope you are having a good week so far. Today's video has some tips for making your shirt easy to read from a distance. When text is all on one line, its likely people will only be able to read it when they are standing next to you. So, if your group or small business needs to be noticed from a distance check out this video! It's an easy edit that will help get your message out to the masses. Thanks for watching!


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