My wife Sarah works in sales at a promotional products company that specializes in screen printing, embroidery, and dye sublimation. She is the most organized human being I have ever known. I asked her if she had any quick tips to share that help her make sales and keep customers happy. So here’s Sarah! If […]
When I first started my career as a graphic designer it was at a print shop here in Houston. I was a production artist and in that time I saw a lot of other artists come and go (usually in epic meltdown fashion). But luckily I was able to hang on and eventually became the […]
Okay this is crazy and cool and I just saw it on the internet. Cam Watt, a design and media teacher, used his 3D printer at home to create his own screen printing kit and it looks freaking awesome. He even shares on his blog how you can make one too. That is if you have a […]
When I first got hired to work as a production artist at a print shop, there were already two other artists on-board and we were all using different design software. One of them was using a super outdated version of Corel Draw, the other was using Macromedia Freehand before Adobe bought them up, and here […]
RIP software is pretty important to the print shop workflow because it gives you outstanding control of your halftones, allows your wide format printer to handle large file sizes without locking up, and more importantly it saves you time. Usually you can hit print from your art program, select your RIP software and halftone settings […]
Let’s face it, sometimes when you’re dealing with another customer’s artwork it can be tough to get them to send you the correct file. You might request that they send you print ready vector art and all they have is a screenshot pasted into a Word Document. When you finally get vector art from them, […]
For years, I was the creative director at a large screen printing company, so it was my job to make sure that the art coming out of our art department was correct. I acted as a liaison to the shop making sure the artwork was being printed the way we intended it to look. One […]
