People often ask me what my favorite print is. That’s a doozy of a question but the one that brought me the most satisfaction was this one. It was designed so that the type was a continuous ribbon. The trick was to get the high part of the ribbon a little lighter, and the shadows…
Soft plastisol inks can be a viable alternative to water base inks (and even discharge inks depending on the design, graphic and garment) with respect to visual and tactile characteristics. Soft plastisol inks are also easier to print, especially when printing high resolution halftones through high mesh counts. The key to soft plastisol ink is…
This print was rejected a few years back due to the visible gaps between the black and white lines which allowed the red substrate to show through. In an effort to more reliably hold fine detail throughout a print run we were experimenting with applying strokes of various weight to elements within highly detailed line art…
Debería empezar diciendo que no considero Motion Textile una compañía de impresión de descarga, pero somos muy buenos en esto. Aclaro, hay impresores que trabajan con base de agua/descarga y lo hacen de forma brillante, eficiente y rentable. Creo que la única manera de llegar ahí es porque lo eliges o te obligan a imprimir…
Andy Anderson is one of the best printers this industry has ever seen. I love that his approach to printing is art/craft first and science second. Andy’s latest article in Impressions is well worth the read.
Screenprinting shops are notoriously filthy and disorganized. Most screen-printers seem not to mind (including most managers and owners). Why is this? It’s unprofessional, it’s gross, it’s unsafe, it creates an underlying tension that stresses everyone out (whether they know it or not). I wonder if one were to quantify all the lost productivity caused by filthy and…
I should start by saying that I do not consider Motion Textile to be a discharge printer, but we’re pretty damn good at discharge printing. To clarify, I’m saying that there are printers whom primarily print waterbase/discharge and do so very proficiently, efficiently, and profitably. I think the only way to get to that place is…
Brands of the World has been an invaluable resource for me for many years. Ever been desperate for a specific brand logo in vector format that for some reason your customer just can’t get their hands on (after all the Coca-Cola logo is only available in lo-res jpg format) and yet they still want the print to look perfect and…
It is a thrill to see your printed shirts in public, whether just somebody rocking it walking down the street in some odd place or maybe on a famous person in a public place. Yesterday Shawn Thornton of the Boston Bruins hockey team was rocking our Farmers Kick Ass shirt at a charity event. Not just…
Recently a long-time customer called to say that we had misprinted an order. The issue was that the yellow ink on this print run did not match the yellow ink that we had used in multiple print runs previously. In such cases we always request that our customer send back a sample from the mis-printed print run,…
