Bob
On occasion I help out my nephew, who owns a screen print shop. I don't know a lot about the"artwork and the setup end" of his business. I just got to be the "grunt" who kept everything supplied at one end and kept everything from piling up at the finished end. For free of course!!!! Martin (Bubble Top) from Kentucky sent me artwork and wanted to know about getting it put onto t-shirts. It was a real neat looking drawing and would have looked real good on a shirt!
Long- story-short, couldn't be done as it was, way too much detail. To be printed, it needed to be dumbed down some. That means taking to fine detail out of the artwork and making it look more generic. All your sharp details are removed! And also remember, every different color requires a different screen and setup time. Every time you change colors, it costs the printer about about 40.00 plus setup time. You had a ton of detail in your artwork and at least 6-8 colors in it. I had my doubts but I kept quiet because some printers have better equip. Than what my nephew does. He has about a half a million in equipment and it's far from being state of the art stuff!!!!!! Scary ain't it.
I would also like to see this become reality, and you saw the intrest from others, but to do this I think you will have to start out with a much less complex drawing. If I can be of any assistance in the future, just yell, I'll do what I can or get my nephew's opinion on what can or can't be done. I sure hope that it happens in the near future!! Thanks for all you do for us! Mike
I would really like to have a shirt, but not so much it is causing a lot of heart burn. I for one didn't know it was that hard to put a picture on the shirt. We get them done for our Veterans show in color and I near thought a thing about it ??
