I had been wanting to see how well blacklights could burn a screen. You can get blacklight LEDs for pretty cheap and I had heard that they can burn a screen super fast. SO my goal was to build a blacklight LED exposure unit that I could mount under my garage workbench to keep it […]
Every week I gather up my favorite free templates, textures, brushes and fonts and bring them to you. Basically anything that I think will help screen printers and graphic designers get things done and make their lives easier. Tools for Designers All of the downloads below are free for this week only so you’ll need […]
A huge important step in the screen printing process is printing your artwork on film transparencies. If you aren’t getting your artwork as black as possible on your films, its just not gonna work. There’s not a ton of info out there about which specific printer you should get to print your films out and […]
If you’re printing posters on flatstock (AKA paper) you’ll need a way to air dry them. You can either get an expensive wire shelving rack (seriously these things are so expensive for whatever reason) or you can hang dry them similar to a clothesline. Today I’ll show you how to make a cheap DIY print drying […]
As I continue to build my garage screen printing shop, I’m always looking for ways to save space. I wanted to build my own DIY exposure unit, but I didn’t want it to take up a lot of floor space at the same time. So I looked to the heavens, or at my garage ceiling […]
If you’re looking for a screen printing job or you’re an employer looking to hire a screen printer, I recently created the screen printing job board. And it’s not just for strictly screen printers either. If you are looking for other jobs relating to the screen printing industry like graphic designer, art director, production manager, […]
Ahh, thrifting. The dark art of saving money. My mom used to take me to thrift stores a lot as a kid. Like a whole lot. Maybe too much. For the longest time I thought it was normal for everything you own to smell like moth balls. I actually miss those thrifting days. It was pretty […]
I’ve gotten a few questions involving overprints in my inbox. What are overprints? How do you make an overprint? So I wanted to share a quick explanation of what overprints are and how to make them in Illustrator. Quick and easy. For more Illustrator videos, check out my Ultimate Guide to Illustrator for Screen Printers. […]
