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I have learned about the whole process of creating and making a clothing brand, from designing, to marketing, to brand identity. All of this will help out in the long run as it is partly what I want to do in the future.

My time at INGNIFI also helped out a lot, because of the digital techniques I learned, which I have demonstrated in my designs.

I have learned of the struggles of making a brand, and thinking about designs, which requires a lot of effort and thought, and if I want to have my own clothing brand, I have to be 100% dedicated to getting it started, which is what I am hoping will happen.

I've also learned to be more careful days before my deadline so I dont injure myself.

Thank you for looking at my work, and sorry I couldn't be there to explain it better.

Thanks, Liam :)

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Have a look at these websites to start off your T-shirt design.  The brief has already been posted on your wall.  Submission by email by end Friday 5th.

http://doubleconcentrate.co.uk/

https://www.threadless.com/

http://www.mintees.com/

http://society6.com/?utm_campaign=1030&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc

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This design intended to be on the front of a t-shirt.

I first decided I wanted something to go vertical with the length of the T-shirt, and wanted to have a border of sorts.

This design uses 4 tones, as I tried to keep it minimal, but slightly detailed for printing purposes.

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I intended for this design to be on the back of a t-

shirt or on the front pocket.

This design is going with my nature theme, as well as an environmental theme, which is starting to make an appearance in a few other designs.

I have used the idea of the ice caps melting, but used it with the imagery of the world and the polar bear. Giving the impression that they wont be around forever, as their world is melting.

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This is my first design for my clothing brand project. I intend this to be printed on the back of a t-shirt or hoodie, and have a smaller design for the front. (pocket print) (10 x 10cm)

(The text at the bottom doesn't show properly on padlet for some reason, looks better on illustrator.)

For this design I wanted to have 1 tone, which is the cheapest to print with, but have an interesting design. I wanted to have a circular design almost, which is where the bottom half of the design comes from with the lines. Again, this is sticking with the nature theme, using the eagle, mountains and moon.

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Hi Liam, You really want to be sticking to your "nature" theme to make your collection cohesive. I would suggest going back to your visual research into geometry in nature, crystals, trees etc

For this activity, start with a review of your grades from Ontrack. Complete the table and do the math! It's not hard, but is important.

How can you improve your individual (and therefore overall) grades?

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S - Look at Mintees, other clothing brands and other design websites to find inspiration for my next design.

M - I will take screenshots of any designs I find interesting and pu them in a powerpoint. Maybe analysing them

A - This will give me a good start on my second design, hopefully I get

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Hi Liam,

Glad to hear you have got on well at Ignifi - John sounded impressed - well done.

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For INDEPENDENT WORK BEFORE session 7th May

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For INDEPENDENT WORK BEFORE session 7th May

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Hi Liam,

Glad to see you have started putting some of your visuals of your own designs up on here - Looks good, let's have more! I know you're on placement at Ignifi, so won't have much time to do your FMP, but I copied this Independent task here to keep you in the loop in case you do get any time:

Post a visual (scan/photo/ screenshot) of at least your TOP 3 PIECES OF ARTWORK that you've generated yourself for your FMP project.

It could be drawings, design ideas, thumbnail layout sketches, photos you've taken yourself, planning storyboards, whatever shows a visual idea.

ADD A COMMENT on each one explaining how you could use it in your development.

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Kym - Review on your padlet wall so far.

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Kym - Review on your padlet wall so far.

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+) A lot of useful links that looks to be relevant to your work that is good to go back to. SMART targets have been made for sessions to keep a clear focus. Wall is organised and in a clear chronological order. Yay!

-) an improvement would be to update what you have been doing lately in your project as your last post was a while ago. Some images would be useful for a visual reference as well.

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Hi Liam, you are doing some good thinking and planning about targets etc. Can you also include some images for the visual research we discussed last week? It would be good to start seeing some of your doodles for the actual printed designs, along with some screenshots of your digital development to record/evaluate progress.

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S - I aim to start my design process for the logo and script font. The script font will be the same throughout designs, It can be used on it's own in a bigger size across a t-shirt for one design, where I can change colours. For the logo, or at least for a design, I want branches or roots of a tree in a circle, with the branches coming to the middle of the circle to create the word "Verve", which will be the name of my clothing brand.

I might possibly start to design my idea of the different minerals for a set of t-shirt designs.

To get ideas for the font, I will look at existing fonts on DaFont and other font websites and use them as inspiration

M - I will start off with sketches in my sketchbook, or making a custom brush in illustrator/photoshop to create the script. I will use the brush to create my own typography, possibly using a Wacom tablet/

If I do work in illustrator, I will take screenshots and explain what I am doing in a word document.

A - I think I can get a good start on this work, but i am unsure if I will get a finished logo design and script text finished by the end of the day. I will have to work on completing this over the weekend.

R - This is relevant to my project as the possible logo and script will be useable throughout all of my designs.

T - I aim to get a start on making the font and logo, but like I said, i'm unsure if I will get a finished logo and script as it would be a lot of work to do in a day. I aim to finish it over the weekend if this is the case.

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I've added on links to the BBC arts website (loads of interesting programmes), link to a website where you can download free figure drawing "how-to" books by Andrew Loomis (absolute classics), and an advert for limited places on a series of 4 free life-drawing classes being run at the BALTIC (excellent for improving drawing skills of every subject, but especially those specialisms involving figure drawing). If you are interested you need to email me straight away, or the places will be taken.

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Hi Liam, lets see some of your inspirational visual research up here for your environmental lifestyle and imagery

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If you go to participate, you can submit designs for possible printing

https://www.threadless.com/

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Kathy - Copy of T-shirt Competition brief for Double Concentrate

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Kathy - Copy of T-shirt Competition brief for Double Concentrate

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This should be right up your street! Both 1st and 2nd years will be working on this for deadline 5th June, but start thinking about it now.

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Where have all the images gone? Hope the English test went well today. Make a post which explains your early ideas about brand style and theme as we were talking about today

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Hi Liam, this is a really exciting start to your project :-) You've found a good range of links, research, forums and generally cool and relevant visual stuff that you've got going on here - keep up the good work!

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Independent tasks - for Directed study or homework

Set: Friday 27th March
Due: Thursday 2nd April

Add resources to your Padlet wall by posting hyperlinks or dragging items onto your wall.

1. Project proposal form (Final draft or earlier draft if not approved yet)

2. 4 Examples of contextual research

i. Relevant artists or designers

ii. Case Studies

iii. Market research

iv. Visual reference examples

v. Bibliography and website links

3. Review your targets achieved so far and set yourself new ones for next week. Make sure they are SMART targets

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Mintees is a place where I can submit my own t-shirt designs and get feedback, but also look at what other people are designing for inspiration.

There's also a friendly, experienced community on the forums, where I can ask for any help if I need it.

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S - I will brainstorm different themes that my brand could consist of, and different imagery associated with each theme. when I decide on a theme I will brainstorm this idea a lot more in depth, possibly finding images to go with it.

M - I will be writing the brainstorm in my sketchbook, if I have any images, I will print them out and stick them in along side the brainstorm.

A - The brainstorm itself is very achievable, but picking a theme could take some time.

R - This is relevant to my project as it is basically the start of the clothing brand, and is a very important part of the process.

T -This will take me a few hours, depending on if I like a theme or not.

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S - As part of my research, I want to look at designs for t-shirts for other companies I have already researched into. I will look at the designs, think of how it links to their brand, how I think it was made and how it appeals to their audience.

M - I have an existing Powerpoint slideshow with my initial research into the companies. I will add my photos and analysis on this, and will have a finished powerpoint.

A - I have all the resources I need to complete this task, all of the companies websites are unblocked and I can take screenshots from there, and write about them on powerpoint.

R - This research is relevant to my project, as I am getting an idea of how to appeal to audiences, how to link my designs to my brand and also general ideas of t-shirt design

T - I aim to have this done by 12, at the end of the lesson.

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This forum has a vast amount of posts giving info on how to start a clothing brand, including funds, printing, getting started, marketing and more.

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I know what you're thinking...you have an awesome idea for a shirt, but it's using a well known, copyrighted character. "Hmm," you say, "I could probably get away with it, right? I mean, it's not like [insert major corporation here] own every aspect of the character. Besides, what I'm really doing is a parody and hardly looks like it...yeah, it'll be ok...right?" Sound familiar? Read this article to understand what is legal and illegal in the world of shirt design.

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Welcome to How to Start a Clothing Company (HTSACC) If this is your first time here I would suggest reading how NOT to start a clothing line and how to start a t-shirt business. Need a website? Read our article on the best e-commerce website solution for clothing lines.

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