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Friday, May 2, 2008

Graphic Tees - As Graphic As You Can Get

By Kathy Austin

The importance of Graphic T-Shirt design did not gain much importance until the advent of computers and advanced Graphic Software and the technology of transferring these graphics on to the T-Shirts. The development of computer hardware and software capabilities saw a parallel growth in the apparel industry. Along with these came the breed of skilled designers. Creativity came to a fore and Graphic Tees graduated into a major constituent of the fashion industry. Over the years, these tees have gained popularity in leaps and bounds.

Graphic tees gave designers a newfound medium to exhibit their talents. Photographs, drawings, line art, symbols and geometric designs either on their own or in combination with text could all be printed on t-shirts. Self aggrandizement is a natural trait and these tees became mediums for the expression of ones opinions, likes and dislikes and inner feelings in extremely vivid graphic forms.

Talent flourished and graphic tees became the fresh playground for designers to showcase theirs. Since any type of art; be it photographs, drawings, geometric designs or just texts, could be printed on a t-shirt the popularity of these t-shirts soared. It became a natural outlet for expressing their viewpoints, their desires and their emotions. A heady mixture of text and graphics was exploited to its capacity.

The beauty of it all is that a graphic tee does not require much hard work. To cite an example, the Smiley Face Tee, a graphic which took the world by storm - the very sight of it brings a smile to the face of the beholder - was produced with particular ease by Forest Gump, one of the world's greatest designer of t-shirts. All it took was an idea. Everybody gets ideas.

Graphic tees have found their niche in almost any area of application. A resourceful tool for branding and an advertising media for endorsing any product. One does not have to be a advertising guru or a mathematical genius to work out the exposure a product can get when splashed across the front of a t-shirt than when given a full page ad in a newspaper.

"Cool" is an expression predominantly used by teenagers and college kids. And to compliment this turn of phrase there are cool t-shirts. There are other t-shirts also but the graphic t-shirt seems to have outclassed them all to a considerable extent. Without prejudice to age or sex, more people seem to prefer them. The liveliness of the graphic attracts like a magnet.

Buying a graphic tee has now become extremely simple. There are so many varieties to choose from that finding one that expresses your sentiments to a "T" is pretty easy. Just click into any online t-shirt store and there is a spread of them available for you to choose. Buying one as a gift for some one else is even easier. All you have to get into their shoes and think like them and Poof! You'll get the inspiration to make an apt choice. No sweat.

The best bet is to design the graphics yourself and get it printed professionally. A little help may be necessary and this is easily available on the Internet. Once you get it, wear it with pride and aplomb.

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