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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!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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!
Hi Inkers! Hope you had a great weekend. Today's video focuses on the Text Rotate tool. It's an easy tool to use, and can make your design more thoughtful and energetic. You can also combine it with the other Text Tools in the lab for even more effects. Try it next time you make a shirt. Thanks for watching!
Hi Inkers! Over the years I have notice a lot of orders with the same layout. Now, there is nothing wrong with a straight forward layout, but I wanted to share a tip to get you thinking outside of the box. Moving your design beyond the basic layout is an easy way to make your shirt look more creative and engaging. Experiment with the different Lab Tools and try changing up your next design. Hope you have a great weekend!!
Hi Inkers! You may have seen our video on the ABC's of Clipart. No? Well, check it out right here. Using a clipart to substitute for a letter or word in your design is a quick way to boost the creativity level of your shirt. Just search our Clipart Library for words related to your event, and see if any of them look like a letter. Maybe you can replace a whole word with a piece of clipart, like in this video. I even made some clipart for each letter and number SO.... Go Forth and Search! Have fun trying different clipart to see what goes best with your design. Check out some of the examples below or go to our ABC's of Clipart page. It's full of great ideas that my friend Mary created, plus links to other inspiring pages! You can also watch this quick video to see just how easy it is!
Happy Wednesday Inkers! Lately, I have seen quite a few orders where people are using text shapes for no reason. Don't get me wrong, text shapes are great. But, shirts tend to looks more thought out when the text shapes have a purpose. Watch today's video to see one example. For more info on how text shapes can boost your design, check out this other video here. Let me know what you think about the videos! Post your comments, or suggestions! Thanks for watching!
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