![]() Not many clients come to me with such a refined concept. Now, I know this may look a little rough, but I was actually very impressed with it. For starters, Paul Davis – my contact over at Black Ace (and a mighty fine dude if I may say so) sent me over this concept layout. Let’s do a quick fly-over of how the back was designed so you can understand what lead us to the front. Access to the internet or some source of photos.India Ink (I use Higgins Calligraphy Waterproof Black Ink).#1 or #2 fine-tip paint brush or crow quill pen (I used a #1 Windsor Newton University Series 233).Pencil, Mechanical Pencil, (I used a Koh-I-Noor Technigraph 5611 mechanical pencil).Bristol Drawing Paper (plate, smooth or vellum finish.).Before I get ahead of myself I should give you a list of the tools you’ll need for this illustration: Just so, you have a full understanding of the entire design process we went through, I will show you how I did the back, then reveal my rapid-fire shortcut for the front illustration. In the end production of the shirt you’ll notice that Black Ace decided to keep the front design simple (1 color) as to not over-shadow the back design, which is 4 color with a gold foil print. The part of the design that uses my rapid-fire illustration technique is the front design. So, given the potential national exposure, we wanted to really hit a home run with this design. The quote on the design is: “Sticks & stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” This is a really cool project because this t-shirt design is destined to be worn by Tiffany Michelle on an up-coming reality TV show. Here is both the front and the back of the design. Let’s start by taking a look at the final printed t-shirt: It saved me time, and saved them money! The Design They wanted an additional illustration for the front of the shirt, but I was concerned about the total budget for one t-shirt, so, I busted out this little trick of mine. But on this particular project I had already completed a large hand-drawn illustration for the back of the shirt. They’re great guys and pay us well so I am not normally rushing through their projects. The project I was working on was a t-shirt design for Black Ace Clothing. ![]() When you need to create something with that hand-drawn look but you’re on a tight time line – this is one way to do it fast. The technique I would like to share with you is a little illustration short-cut. I had a particular project I was working on recently that I thought would make a great tutorial. Hey Designer and Illustrator faithful! It’s time for another wicked tutorial from your brethren here at Go Media. This article was originally posted on the gomedia blog by William Beachy
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