The fabric of the shirt will be showing through those negative space areas. This will work well in creating visually appealing negative space, which will translate nicely in a t shirt design. Once that’s done, we’ll be using the new Contour Tool to create an offset of the banner and subtract it from the folded ends:

This is a process that is a bit complicated to be conveyed through written text, so again, please watch the video tutorial above for complete instructions. Then, we’ll be giving those folded ends some fish tails for a nice added touch: Next, we’ll be using a touch of shape magic and geometry functions - otherwise known as Boolean operations - to make the circular banner have folded ends: This will be done using a series of strokes:Īlthough it may be difficult to see in this screenshot, the yellow outer ring will represent the banner of the t shirt design, whereas the pink inner ring will represent the folded ends of the banner. Now that we’ve generated our text, the next step in creating our t shirt design is to create a circular banner for the text sit on. Step 2: Create a circular banner for the text using strokes The text will then be converted to curves so that we can turn it into negative space within the banner later on. Next, we’ll be adding some text around the outside edge of the circle: It would also be a good idea to set the document’s color mode to CMYK, which is also ideal for print. The artboard will be sized at 1,000 by 1,000 px and the document’s DPI (or “dots per inch”) should be set to 300 dpi, which is standard for print design. The first step in our Affinity Designer t shirt design tutorial will be to create a circle on the canvas, placed directly in the middle of the artboard: Step 1: Create a circle and wrap your text around it

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