Rollins College Fall Orientation Shirts Are All Over
Incoming Rollins College students are set to get hooked up on shirts from their new alma mater.
Rollins is a very progressive sustainably and decided to make a stance printing these on Anvil's new 50/50 organic cotton and recycled polyester blend shirts. We obviously followed that with our eco-friendly waterbase ink.
The all over print on this shirt is way cool. It's actually an old, 1980s hand drawn map of the Rollins campus. Those familar with the Orlando and Winter Park area will notice Park Ave and Fairbanks in the lower right side of this picture.
This ended up being a three color design, one of which was the all over print.
More on these new Anvil's which we're pretty excited with. They have a super soft hand with a slimmer fit. The poly helps with the softer hand but it also makes it a great shirt for burnout. Colors are a bit limited, but those which are available are pretty cool colors. You can see all of those colors on Anvil's site >>
A T-Shirt, Four Months, 350 Degrees
Almost four months ago, we printed shirts for SharePoint Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia.
Oddly enough, one of the shirts found its way into the darkside of the dryer for the past four months. As you can see, the once navy shirt is far from navy. This shirt is now completely brown, but wildly, it's a very, very consistent brown. I'd think it would have significant color variation from being folded and crunched of the last four months, but it doesn't seem to be. The brown is very constant. Having known no different, I would have said it was a brown shirt from the start, it looks that "good."
It clearly was torn to shreds after months of light belt friction and heavy, 350 degree heat hitting it for 40 hours a week over 16 weeks.
Previous post, SharePoint Saturday Hits Atlanta
Sweet! Bakes Cupcakes For A Cause
Our long time friends at Sweet! by Holly in Orlando, FL have recently chosen Florida Hospital for Children as their official charity of Central Florida. With that, Sweet! has decided to launch several pieces of merchandise, of which 100% of the proceeds will go directly to Florida Hospital for Children. We are happy to serve in this partnership with Sweet! and Florida Hospital for Children.
Sweet! will be launching a number of fan inspired shirts over the next few months. The first, as seen in this video, is the "Minimize to Maximize" shirt. Sweet!'s mini cupcake is the inspiration behind this shirt, urging a simplified, portion controlled lifestyle.
We'll have more on this as the partnership progresses. Until then, grab a mini red velvet from Sweet! :)
Real Thread Emblem Tee With Gold Foil
We were having some fun with the foil the other day so we decide to do some of our own shirts. This is a black Tultex shirt with gold foil. This gold foil is blinding in the sun!
A Very Tired Tagger At American Apparel
This American Apparel tagger must have been at the end of her shift :) A backwards tag???
We've seen some odd things with blanks, but this is a first...yet also a treasured classic.
I Heart Invisible Children Roadies Shirts
Recently, Joshua Freeman, from Orlando, FL contacted us to print these "I heart Invisible Children Roadies" shirts for him as he raised support for his approaching internship this fall. The shirts will be used as a thank you gift for any donations of $30 or more!
Sea & Shore Stacked Shirts On Assorted American Apparel
Sea & Shore is a new line out of South Florida. We had a sit down with these guys and discussed shirt colors for their initial tee. To help them out, we printed a dozen different colors so they could test the waters (pun intended).
This was one of our favorites. This shirt is American Apparels Tri-Blend in athletic blue with a discharge white.
Since the shirt has so little cotton to discharge, a lot of the shirt color shows through the print and gives the print a great heathered look.
Below is a stack of other colors we tested, mostly with a white discharge ink.
One quick note, American Apparel's royal blue is still not discharging well, just an FYI for other lines wanting to try it again.
Next Level Apparel's Burnout Hoodie
A client just brought this burnout hoodie to my attention. Great piece from Next Level Apparel, style 6521.
This would be a great hoodie to throw a simple graphic on and get some serious attention.
The issue to keep in mind when designing a graphic to print on a burnout shirt like this is the cotton/poly count. At 65% poly 35% cotton, there isn't much cotton in this piece to discharge, so lighter color inks will be very dull and muted.
That actually ties in well with yesterdays post, Discharge On An American Apparel 50/50.
Next Level does however make this hoodie in white, so if you want bright
Discharge On An American Apparel 50/50
Here is a recent print on American Apparel's BB401 50/50 in black aqua. This was a five color discharge which ordinarily would not be recommended on a 50/50, but it worked for the look of this line was going for.
Since discharge only works on cotton and not polyester, only half of the fabric in this shirt was dischargeable. The end result is generally a very muted, "dirty" discharge look.
GD Seamark Tanks
These were a Memorial Day family hit for some friends in Tampa Bay. Nice 80s image on some basic Gildan tanks...and jean shorts, yep, that's Patrick :)
