Is there a kind of paper where you can transfer your art onto fabric?

Question

i want to start my own business using my own designs that i sketch with pen/pencil then transfer the designs onto paper. that way i can use the same design for many different pieces (sort of like an assembly line) is there a paper (and cheaply) that you can use to transfer art that you draw so i can transfer it to tshirts and jeans, so that the outline is there and all i have to do is color it in with fabric paint? thanks :)

Answer 1

there are some printer that will do that on special paper & ink, when you choose the option to print on clothes it is smart enough to print it in mirror image so that when you iron them on the pictures (especially if there are letterings it will comes out right) you can scan in pictures or print from digital cameras, check the various printer makers for that feature

Answer 2

Screen printing is the most professional (and cheapest) method for doing this and it is how most t-shirts are made. Images produced this way will last longer than iron-ons, look much better and will be easier to sell (speaking from experience). And more importantly, once you figure it out once, it is insanely easy to do over and over and over.

It simply involves using a photographic process to create a stencil on a piece of fabric and then once you have this stencil all you need to do is to apply paint.

First: Draw your image with a black marker onto a piece of transparent paper. Or you can also scan it and then print it out and transparent paper.

Second: You coat the silk-screening fabric in light-sensitive emulsion

Third: You place the transparency on the silk-screen and place both in direct sunlight for about half an hour

Fourth: Wash off the canvas with a high power hose. Anywhere that the sun was blocked by the black ink on your transparency will wash away. Let it dry when you are done.

***You now have a permanent stencil you can use over and over for years***

Lastly: Coat your silk screen with special silk screen paint and buy a rubber squeegee. Every time you run squeegee over the silk screen you will rub off a painted image onto whatever you put below it (fabric, paper, plastic, etc).

One of the links below has pictures and better step-by-step instructions on how to do this. It is where I learned from. The other link has a kit which should make your life a little easier.

Answer 3

I just wanted to mention, you will find iron-on transfer paper at most office supplies that carry the other special effects papers such as "photo quality" that go through an in-jet or laser. For iron-on you need to software that will flip your image as a mirror would.

Answer 4

No. Join the digital world and put your design in a computer. Then you can output to an inkjet printer and directly transfer to fabric (The paper isn't cheap though if you are small scale), and the equipment isn't cheap if you're large scale.

check out : http://www.gandinnovations.com/

Answer 5

The only other way to do what you want is by tracing the design with a transfer pen, and ironing it on. Since you don't have the paper, you probably don't have the pen. Sorry, but this is the only good way to do this.

Answer 6

Check out Silk Screening. This should work for you.