Bethany Threadless Graphics

As part of our graphics course this year, we had to create a t-shirt design for a company called ‘Threadless’.  It involved a lot of brainstorming, a lot of Photoshop, and a lot of technical stuff. Here’s how I developed my design;

We had to choose a subculture to create a design for—one that we felt would suit us and other people within a chosen age range—so I chose to design some shirts for ‘Goth’.

We had to go through a process of different techniques on Photoshop, including silhouettes, congestion, mono-printing and typography. All of these components became first ideas, and were then developed into final ideas.

I created all my designs in Photoshop, and then put them onto t-shirts from the Threadless site. We then had to choose one design to put on the student forum for other people to pass a verdict on. This was a great way to improve on our ideas and to get an opinion from the type of people/age range who would buy the tee.

After putting it on the student forum and gaining feedback, I then improved the design by re-designing it. I decided to re-design all the tees to get a broader range of ideas. This made it easier to choose a design to submit to the Threadless site.

After re-designing everything, I then put my chosen tee on a pitch board, and asked 20 members of the general public (mainly in the train station) to pass a verdict on it. Based on the feedback I received, I wrote an evaluation on how to improve and then submitted it to Threadless.