There are times when the designer, the printer, and the client cannot sync together with enough time to complete a project to it's fullest potential. Blame cannot be appointed to a specific source in this matter.
A few weeks ago, a client came to us and asked to assist with a t-shirt design for an elementary school chess team. The client had a time restraint already. To make things worse, it was the week of the Thanksgiving holiday, which we all know schools close, as do businesses. The back-and-forth process was not the most efficient but the design was completed and approved (shown below).
So off to the printer! Unfortunately, Graphic Launch does not print their own apparel. If we did, it would eliminate some of the confusion, questions, and problems that may arise between the designer and the printer. The printer, at no specific fault of theirs, did what they could in the time limit that was given to them. Because of time restraints, they were not able to print all three colors (dark blue, dark orange, and white) on the t-shirts. One color was the maximum they could do while still being able to provide shirts for the students to wear for the tournament (shown below).
Our client sent in this photo. We always ask for photos of the final product so we can archive projects and so we can see the quality of the third party.
Although the t-shirts were not exactly the way we hoped, the important thing is that our client was happy and had a positive outlook, and that the students had some cool new shirts to wear for their tournament.
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