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Four Sublimation Tips to Improve Quality and Brighten: Chapter 2
Four Sublimation Tips to Improve Quality and Brighten
Apr 20th,2022
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Adjusting your design comps to fit the products
The fun part about designing artwork for pre-assembled garments is that there are fewer restrictions on the types of designs and layouts you can use. Because the garment will be cut down and put together, you can go off the edges of the print sections as much as you want.
3D software that maps the design onto an actual body shape is the greatest approach to examining and changing your designs for mapping them onto a body. If you don't have access to this technology, the next best thing is to get the most common size as a blank and have someone put it on for you. When you have your model wearing the outfit, you can test the sizing by mapping some paper or fabric prints of your design onto the shapes.
If you have trademarks that need to be legible on specific portions of the garment, this "real person" inspection for sublimation designing is critical. You'll immediately notice if your logo is too low on the chest and deformed, or if it wraps over the arm and becomes unreadable. It's vital to appropriately fit and accommodate the distortion and sizing/positioning of design components that need to be legible, or a client may refund an order for logoed clothing.
Another crucial step is to take measurements from a set place that will remain consistent regardless of shirt sizes, such as the color or shoulder seam. You can then describe the required placement of the printed pieces to your sublimation printer or preserve it for your records to ensure that the following order matches the first. Keep a finished garment for reference if feasible.
If you're printing sublimation on a finished garment, it's a good idea to know the order's sizing range and account for any changes in the output. You don't want the logo to fall off the sides of a smaller garment or appear too small on an XXL, so make sure you account for the variances and/or print alternative size prints if necessary.
Incorporating the nature of sublimation into your designs
This suggestion may sound a little abstract, but it really means that when designing for the sublimation process, it's a good idea to think about how the method's qualities will affect the design's ultimate appearance. Because a sublimated shirt is frequently designed before being built, it's a good idea to utilize recurring or random patterns in your design comps to avoid odd results depending on how the art will cut across the shirt's seams.
Another approach to make use of the sublimation process in your designs is to keep in mind that colors tend to saturate and get deeper as they are pressed, so producing designs with a darker foundation of background color or deeper colors will help the finished product look richer and more brilliant.
It's good to have darker values at the bottom of the garment that transition to lighter shapes at the top when designing designs that have a rhythm and specific flow to accentuate the shapes they're fitting on tops of, such as fitness or sports clothes. This effect will provide the impression that the body is smaller around the waist and larger in the chest, which might enhance the design's visual appeal whether worn or displayed on a mannequin. You can also use the divisions of the body's muscular groups to create a pattern that will flow with those shapes when worn. Imagine a sublimated superhero costume that fits the athlete exactly and has the correct amount of shading in the right spots. Even if not everyone wants to dress up like a superhero, understanding how some small design considerations can enhance the appearance of the person wearing the image can greatly improve the appeal of your final printed product.
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