Wearing a T-shirt with a Printed Fashion Illustration: Yes or No?




As far as I can remember, I've always loved fashion illustration and clothes. Both art and clothes always seemed to me like a great way to express our creativity. Mixing my love for fashion with my love for art always came naturally to me. Speaking of which, I find the idea of a fashion design (fashion illustration) worn on clothes utterly fascinating.  In the past, I even  used to paint and draw fashion illustrations on clothes.  However, recently I've learned there are some other (more modern) ways to convey and transfer fashion illustrating onto clothes (and other products). Long story short, I've opened a Redbubble shop (see it here or look me up under 'ivanakada').  Basically, Redbubble is an online shop that features works from thousands of independent artists. Today I'm sharing some of my fashion designs now available via the above mentioned shop. Let me know what do you you guys think. Do fashion illustrations look good printed on tops and other products or not? Do you like this idea? Or would you prefer to see something different? Well, I hope you don't terribly mind this idea because today's post will basically be devoted to my fashion illustrations printed on clothes.








My Floral Fantasy: Fashion Illustration Long T-Shirt Front


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As the post title indicates, today I've shared  with you clothing items with prints of my fashion illustrations, but there are also other products available on this site. Since I've opened an account a few days ago, I've kept busy uploading my art. I can't give you my full review of this site yet, because I've only been using it for a few days, but so far it seems easy to use. Customizing your designs on products can be a bit time-consuming, but only if you take the time to edit everything. You can take a more relaxed approach if you're not a perfectionist, but unfortunately I am exactly that.  Not only did I spent a lot of time customizing my art to fit the products sold in this shop, I also made special designs to better fit the products. It's been kind of addictive, I have to admit. Time just flies by when you edit and customize your art. 

Anyhow, I know you bloggers are a creative bunch, so if you are looking for a place to upload your photography, art or writing, this is one of the sites where you can do it. There are other sites as well, I'll share them with you once I figure them all out or learn more about them. I'm looking into it as we speak, reading site reviews, forums and so on. Naturally, I've also looked this site up and it has really good reviews, but as I said I haven't ordered anything from it so I can't recommend it in that sense- at least not yet. The concept of this store is that the artist can set the fee himself. The standard fee is 20 percent, but I've set it to 10 percent to start off easy.  This is neither a sponsored post, nor are there any affiliate links in it (there are links but they are not affiliate). It is just a quick post to inform you about this site and about the fact that some of my art is now available there. As you might know I like to keep it real.  If you've used this or similar sites in the past, feel free to share your experiences. Have a nice day!



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Comments

  1. Jodie's Touch of Style30 April 2018 at 17:14

    This is such a perfect idea for you Ivana!!! I've never tried this site either, but now I'm going to explore it more!!!
    You have such amazing talent, and this is such a great way to showcase it!!
    XOXO
    Jodie
    www.jtouchofstyle.com

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  2. busyandfab30 April 2018 at 19:10

    I really like the art in the shirts, it's original and stands out.

    www.busyandfab.com

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  3. Corinne1 May 2018 at 00:55

    This is such a lovely idea! If I did art I would totally do this!

    Corinne x

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  4. Gabrielle1 May 2018 at 04:49

    I'm not at all surprised you've found the process to be addicting, this must have been so much fun to put together - and what an achievement too! I've loved seeing your artistic journey as well as how your illustrations have grown over time Ivana, and looking forward to seeing all you have in store for us here on your blog (and business ventures!) :)

    aglassofice.com x

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    1. Ivana Split3 May 2018 at 02:32

      thank you Gabrielle. It is super fun thing to do even if it is a bit time consuming:)

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  5. BABALUCCIA1 May 2018 at 08:05

    Queste t-shirt sono di una bellezza infinita
    baci

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  6. shanaz@RS1 May 2018 at 09:12

    Wow, I think this is simply brilliant! I love the fact that you get to combine your art into clothing. It's such a creative avenue and I'm already curious about this site even though I do not paint digitally or manually but I used to. I have siblings who are designers and perhaps they might find this site useful to diversify their artistic talents. It's really lovely that you share this because sometimes, we just want a tee that is customized with art that we personally love and this is fantastic :) I hope you are well there and I send you happy wishes <3

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    1. Ivana Split3 May 2018 at 02:02

      thank you! I think your siblings will this site useful :).

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  7. Sunstreetbymonica1 May 2018 at 09:27

    Che bella idea. Sei bravissima!:) adoro le magliette con i disegni.
    Un abbraccio
    M

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  8. Silvia Negretti1 May 2018 at 09:48

    Ma che bellissima idea!!! E' un bel sistema per sperimentare nuove forme illustrative e anche per farti conoscere meglio sul web!
    Ti auguro di avere un gran successo! :D
    Baci!
    S
    https://s-fashion-avenue.blogspot.it

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  9. Paola Lauretano1 May 2018 at 13:38

    Che idea brillante Ivana, il mio è un si, senza ombra di dubbio!
    Kisses, Paola.

    Expressyourself

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  10. Unknown1 May 2018 at 13:48

    Thanks for the interesting post, dear) Have a nice day)

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  11. Pablo Parra (Fungi)2 May 2018 at 04:44

    Congratulations on this new adventure, Ivana! So nice to see that your illustrations are now available in other surfaces such as clothes! Need to try this platform but as you say illustration and art can find many ways to come to the real life! Paper is just the beginning and the first surface but the possibilities are infinite!

    Good luck with your t shirts, they are more than good! I really really LIKE the result of this experiment!

    Pablo
    HEY FUNGI 

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  12. awhite2 May 2018 at 07:19

    This is so cool, babe! Well done!

    -Ashley
    Le Stylo Rouge

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  13. Katie Moon2 May 2018 at 09:53

    Cool!!

    http://the-fight-for-a-dream.blogspot.com/2017/12/jesiennej-chandrze-mowie-stop.html

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  14. Jennifer Behrs25 May 2018 at 02:16

    at least an interesting idea. i can image you got many pics from you, that you can put on a shirt - that look were surely very cool...;-)

    hugs
    Jennifer
    http://jennifer-femininundmodisch.blogspot.de/2018/05/unterwegs-vogtlandmuseum-teil-5.html

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  15. Unknown26 August 2018 at 23:14

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