On Press: Ark Survival Evolved
Posted July 28th, 2015 by Jesse MacKenzie

On Press: Ark Survival Evolved

This shirt will need no introduction for many of you. Fantastic art and a great print for the game ARK: Survival Evolved (playark.com) and their new Survival of the Fittest game mode…

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Common Oversights in Art
Posted July 22nd, 2015 by Justin White

We want to be able to make mockups for our customers as quickly as we can. One of the few things that can slow us to a halt is bad art. Sometimes it’s an easy fix, but other times the art has to be completely remade, and that can suddenly throw things into a rush. It’s not fun telling someone they have to remake their entire design, especially when the only change to be made is at the very beginning, with the size of the art file…

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Live Printing is the Ultimate Win-Win
Posted July 14th, 2015 by Jesse MacKenzie

About a year ago, we made the decision to take our printing out of the shop into the wild. We definitely did not invent live printing, but over the past year we have turned it into a big part of who we are with some incredible events…

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Live Printing on July 4th with Creekwood Church
Posted July 9th, 2015 by Jesse MacKenzie

We’ve been printing for Creekwood Church for a while now, so when they asked us about being a part of their Fireworks & Family event on July 3rd, we jumped at the opportunity…

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List: 3 Easy Ways to Reduce Printing Costs
Posted July 6th, 2015 by Jesse MacKenzie

Alright, here we go. The first article about pricing. In most situations this is a touchy subject that must be talked about with careful consideration. Luckily for me, I’m a part of a company that makes it extremely easy to talk about money…

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Happy Fourth of July!
Posted July 4th, 2015 by Jesse MacKenzie

Happy 4th of July to everyone!

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So Very Cheesy
Posted July 2nd, 2015 by Jesse MacKenzie

One of several hilarious shirts we printed for Lee’s Grilled Cheese today…

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Trust Newsletter: June 2015
Posted July 1st, 2015 by Jesse MacKenzie

Spraying on our bright yellow.

If you’re reading this in our email newsletter, then you’ve probably already heard all about our blog. And if you’re reading this on the blog then you are a step ahead…

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Respect the Art: How we Work Together to Build a Reliable Color Matching System
Posted June 29th, 2015 by Jesse MacKenzie

Color Matching

In screen printing, our pieces of machinery are our tools and the inks are our materials. Trying to print a piece of art with incorrect, faulty, or inaccurate ink is like building a chair from IKEA with the wrong box of parts…

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Tutorial: How to Create Distressed Art in Illustrator with the Grain Effect
Posted June 23rd, 2015 by Jesse MacKenzie

This is the first post in our Distressing Tutorial Series. Distressed art refers to the grungy, faded, or damaged aesthetic that has become quite prominent (especially in t-shirt design). Of course I know we’re all too cool to jump on the latest fad, but in this case it is popular for some good reasons…

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