First I would like to thank you for considering 4-D ScreenArt. We have been doing screen printing for 4 years and graphic design/desktop publishing since 1999. Although the majority of our business comes from screen printing we also do custom decals, vehicle graphics, and glass etching. I enjoy working with the customer to assist them in bringing their idea to a reality.
Not only is our prices good but we are easy to work with.
Some reasons for shirts. If you are looking for screen printed items for a church youth group, retreat, choir, VBS, family reunion, softball team, baseball team, basketball team, volleyball team, landscape company , cheerleaders, dance team, daycare center , walking horse stable , gun club , bike club , band, concert, car club, fraternity, sorority , wedding party , small business , soccer team , kindergartens , Karate, Martial arts, restaurant, security, staff , tennis, golf, bowling or track
When it comes to Decals we have put together an arrangement that not only enables you to get a high quality decal but the designs are trendy but we will customized them for you needs.
The T-shirt (originally called a “vest” or “under-vest”) was developed in England around 1880 as a form of underwear to be worn under men’s shirts.The shirt was always a part of clothing since ancient Egypt, though it slowly became more and more popular. Hence, there have been many garments that resemble the T-shirt, though the general trend supported the possibility of less clothing, which cultural modesty had forbidden until the 19th century. The origin of the T-shirt is obscure — claims reach at least from California to Britain, and from 1913 to 1948, and it was most likely a slow development. Most research mentions this possibility that the idea of the T-shirt came to the United States during World War I when US soldiers noticed the light cotton undershirts European soldiers were using while the US soldiers were sweating in their wool uniforms. Since they were much more comfortable they quickly became popular among the Americans, and because of their design they got the name T-shirt. Other experts credit the U.S. Navy’s “light undershirt” from 1913, described with “elastic collarette on the neck opening, called “crew neck”. The Los Angeles Times claimed in 2006 that the Navy shirt as described in 1913’s regulations state that the “light undershirt” was different from what is commonly worn today, with the Navy’s version boasting an “elastic collarette on the neck opening” and other odd features. On these grounds, there are claims that Howard Jones asked the underwear company “Jockey” in 1932 to develop a sweat absorbing shirt for the USC Trojans football team, which they propose was the “modern T-Shirt”. The origin of the name is uncertain: many refer to the shape of the shirt as a “T”, while it could emphasize the use of the army as a “training shirt”. The shape-based theory is supported by the existence of an A-shirt in the 1930s USA, which was the usual undershirt later labeled the tank top. It is also a possibility that the name “tee” comes from amputee, a reference to the shortened length of the arms. During World War II the T-shirt had become standard issue underwear in the U.S. Army and the Navy. Although the T-shirt was formally underwear, soldiers often used it without a shirt covering it while doing heavy labor or while stationed in locations with a hot climate, just like their former underwear. As a result, the public was frequently exposed to pictures of members of the armed forces wearing pants and a T-shirt. This became gradually more acceptable, as the cover of the July 13, 1942 issue of Life magazine shows, which features a picture of a soldier wearing a T-shirt with the text “Air Corps Gunnery School”. After WWII the T-shirt started appearing without a shirt covering it in civilian life. According to the New York Times, the 1948 presidential campaign of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey produced a “Dew It for Dewey” T-shirt, which was followed in 1952 by “I Like Ike” T-shirts in support of Dwight D. Eisenhower. John Wayne, Marlon Brando and James Dean all wore them on national TV. At first the public was shocked, but by 1955 it had become acceptable.The most common form of commercial T-shirt decoration is screen-printing. In screen-printing, a design is separated into individual colors. Plastisol or water based inks are applied to the shirt through mesh screens which limits the areas where ink is deposited. In most commercial T-shirt printing, the specific colors in the design are used. To achieve a wider color spectrum with a limited number of colors, process printing (using only cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink) or simulated process (using only white, black, red, green, blue, and gold ink) is effective. Process printing is best suited for light colored shirts. Simulated process is best suited for dark colored shirts. Very few companies continue to use water-based ink's on their shirts. The majority of other companies that create shirts prefer to use plastisol due to the ability to print on varying colors without the need for color adjustment at the art level. Specialty inks trend in and out of fashion and include; shimmer, puff, discharge and chino based inks. A metallic foil can be heat pressed and stamped onto any plastisol ink. When combined with shimmer ink, metallics give a mirror like effect wherever the previously screened plastisol ink was applied. Specialty inks are more expensive to purchase as well as screen and tend to appear on garments in boutiques. Other methods of decoration used on T-shirts include airbrush, applique, embroidery, impressing or embossing and the ironing on of either flock lettering, heat transfers, or dye-sublimation transfers. Laser printers are capable of printing on plain paper using a special toner containing sublimation dyes which can then be permanently heat-transferred to T-shirts. In the 1980s, thermochromatic dyes were used to produce T-shirts that changed colour when subjected to heat. This brand of T-shirt, Global Hypercolour, was a common sight on the streets of the UK for a few years, but has since mostly disappeared. These were very popular in the United States as well in the late 80's among teens. A downside of color-change garments is that the dyes can easily be damaged, especially by washing in warm water, or dye other clothes during washing. Since the late 1980s and especially the 1990s, T-shirts with prominent designer-name logos have been popular, especially with teenagers and young adults. These garments allowed consumers to flaunt their taste in designer brands in an inexpensive way, in addition to being decorative. Examples of designer T-shirt branding include Calvin Klein, FUBU, Ralph Lauren and The Gap. These examples also include representations of rock bands, among other obscure pop-culture references. Screen printed T-shirts have been a standard form of product advertising for major consumer products, such as Coca-cola and Mickey Mouse, since the 1970s. However, since the 1990s, it has become common practice for companies of all sizes to produce T-shirts with their corporate logos or messages as part of their overall advertising campaigns. The early 2000s saw the renewed popularity of T-shirts with slogans and designs with a strong inclination to the humorous and/or ironic. The trend has only increased later in this decade; embraced by celebrities, such as Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, and reflected back on them, too ('Team Aniston').[citation needed] The political and social statements that T-shirts often display have become, since the 2000s, one of the reasons that they have so deeply permeated different levels of culture and society.[citation needed] The statements also may be found to be offensive, shocking or pornographic to some. Many different organizations have caught on to the statement-making trend, including chain and independent stores, websites, and schools. A popular phrase on the front of T-shirts demonstrating T-shirts popularity among tourists is the humorous phrase "I did _____ and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." Examples include "I went to Las Vegas and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." and "My parents went to San Francisco and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." T-shirt exchange is an activity where people trade their T-shirts they are wearing. Some designs specifically write on the shirt "trade with me"
