I've created some fantasy artwork that I could never reproduce outside the computer. Don't get me wrong. I've succeeded many times only to be woefully underimpressed with the results using commercial and non-commerical means. What I don't want... 1) To have to use iron-on tranfers, I haven't met any I've liked whether using home irons or actual heat presses. 2) Be able to feel the transfer itself or the weight of it when wearing the shirt, etc. 3) To have to be limited to 4, 6 or even 8 color printing processes. 4) To be limited to only using a perfect shaped area (such as a retangle or square) for printing. (All the above conditions have already been satisfied by shirts I've seen made, but I want to know how or where I can do this myself for my own artwork.) What I want... 1) The background texturing of the shirt is not just a solid color but one that blends with the foreground image giving the illusion of full shirt image saturation! Most apparel I've seen has a solid color background and whatever art there is sadly confined to a neat (and uninteresting) little box in the middle of the front of the shirt. Instead wasting a far amount of the print surface of the item, you've can use the whole thing. 3) I've never managed to get any of my art that contains alpha channel information (Transparent areas) to look transparent. This is especially true of darker fabrics even when commercial routes have been taken since I don't really want to use white (or ligher colors). While I wouldn't mind knowing how to do all of the above myself, commercial referrals are fine as I really just want to make the shirts for myself right now. ;) Thanks in advance for any assistance! :)

Message edited on: 03/09/2006 07:41