Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Pumped!

Just just received our first SURGE in traffic over at photoshop.kingtutz.com We had over 3,000 visitors from 125 countries stop by to check out what's going on. Pretty exciting! We are really proud of the tutorials we have been coming out with and hope to get some sweet tutorials written by even more industry professionals! Stay tuned. You really should check it out. At least subscribe to the rss feed (which is free) because we might be releasing some tools and tutorials that will help you build your own clothing line! Exciting!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Interested in Learning Photoshop Free?


We've just launched a new website called KingTutz.com. We wanted to share with the world the things that interest us as well as help you learn for free! We offer photoshop tutorials, entrepreneur tutorials, and more. We'll be slowly building this network as we go and we'll definitely keep you update. The photoshop tutorial website is already live and contains a lot of free posts so far. We have just released an advanced photoshop tutorial that takes you through the steps we took to create a poster for our parent company (Newfire Creations). You can sign up for $12 per month Royal Membership and receive access to bonus tutorials written by industry professionals, get .psd source files, and other bonus content. All of this for less than the cost of a magazine subscription! Enjoy!

Boise State Chemistry Club Screen Printing


Having just been commissioned for the designing and printing of the Boise State University Chemistry Club we thought we'd share a design with you. Here is a design we came up with for use in the club. This custom screen printed design will be printed and given to kids interested in chemistry at local events.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Vietnamese Student Association


We were contacted by a student organization at Boise State known as the Vietnamese Student Association. A link to their facebook group can be found here. Here is a proof of the shirt they plan on having printed. It should be some fun because we plan on adding specialty ink distressing to the design. The custom - silk screening will also be positioned on the side of the shirt. If you want a quick quote on custom printing or want to meet us (we're located in Boise, Idaho) click here.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Newfire Creations


Just updated NewfireCreations.com to reflect new projects we've done here at Fastshion.com... Newfire Creations is the parent company to Fastshion. We offer a lot more than JUST screen printing and embroidery for t-shirts, hoodies, etc. We also offer custom graphic design, custom web development and much more. Head over and check out some of the sweet projects we've worked on. We are constantly trying to innovate and bring new services that we think might add value for our customers. Enjoy!

Monday, October 26, 2009

Launching www.VectorSector.us

We will be launching a new website called Vector Sector (www.vectorsector.us) It's still in development but we're hoping to sell our professional vectors to people that want to design their own t-shirts. We do a lot of custom projects for people and re-use elements a lot of times to save time and money. We'd like to pass on some of these tools to graphic artists all over the world to help them increase the quality of their fashion designs. Stay tuned!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Large Format Sublimation Printing

Here is an awesome video we ran across dealing with large format sublimation printing. It's something we hope to add to the shop soon. We need to first find out what type of drum based heating press is being used to transfer the image to the t-shirt. This process is known as sublimation printing and can only be done on shirts with a high polyester content. The lowest polyester content that should be used with sublimation printing is a 60/40 blend, so the majority should be polyester. The advantages of sublimation is the one-at-a-time type of process it involves. Also, it can have a very soft "hand," meaning the print isn't bulky. In fact, you can barely feel a sublimation print. Depending on the shirt type, sublimation inks, heating consistency, etc. you will come out with a vibrant or not so vibrant image. Cool video though!