Or you can drag your sketch from Photoshop to the Illustrator document.ĭouble click the layer with your sketch, and check the box that says Dim Images to: 50%. Go to File > Place > find your image and press Okay. Let’s open the brush template by going to File > Open Recent Files > find the file My_Inking_template_CS.ai from where you downloaded it, or if you’ve used it before, go to Open Recent Files and it will be there. In Illustrator, you’ll notice you can choose different weights for a brush: Ultra fine, Fine, Medium, Bold and Bolder. I am using a template for the brush settings - you can find it at cartoonsnap. Lets import it into Adobe Illustrator CS6 (note: this can also work in CS5, but I’m not sure about older versions). In this tutorial, you will learn what it takes to design a T-shirt and most importantly, how to prepare the files for print.īefore jumping into the computer, you will need to create a sketch - it will be your guide while inking the outlines of the design. I would love to share what I’ve learned about this field so far. My name is Darko, aka XLonche on 99designs, and I recently started designing T-shirts.

Adobe illustrator shirt design