Drag Racing Vintage T-shirt Design for Screen Printing
Design Objectives:
The client is an owner of a drag racing team, and she wanted to have a t-shirt designed for it as a gift to her own family. She likes the vintage drag racing t-shirt design, and she has drawn a sketch for me to bring to life.
The client is an owner of a drag racing team, and she wanted to have a t-shirt designed for it as a gift to her own family. She likes the vintage drag racing t-shirt design, and she has drawn a sketch for me to bring to life.
I usually would brainstorm and do at least 3 concepts for t-shirt design, but since the client has a specific image on her mind already. My main duties are to execute the idea, optimize the layout and decide on a color scheme.
Also, the image on the right was provided by the client, but I have to remind her that the example image is digital and not for screen printing. Screen printing uses spot color and usually has a limit of 6.
One of the designer's jobs is to clarify, advise and set realistic expectations for clients to avoid potential disputes.
Also, the image on the right was provided by the client, but I have to remind her that the example image is digital and not for screen printing. Screen printing uses spot color and usually has a limit of 6.
One of the designer's jobs is to clarify, advise and set realistic expectations for clients to avoid potential disputes.
I like to build my mood board on Pinterest and Behance. This gives me an idea of what the clients like and inspirations.
The client has also provided me with many reference photos to base on, which was helpful.
The client has also provided me with many reference photos to base on, which was helpful.
This is the initial line work done in Procreate. As you can see, the composition follows closely to the client's sketch, but because of the Twisted T logo, I feel the whole look is quite odd.
Thus I've suggested this alternative layout to the client and added some burnout smokes to the car to push the excitement further. The client loved it.
After this stage, the rest is quite easy.
After this stage, the rest is quite easy.
In the very end, the client decided to take out some elements of the design to keep it simple. It's a quick revision as I've already kept each object in separate layers, so this the final design of the project. I also added some textures for a distressed look.
