Hi everyone it’s Caroline from Printful.
It’s become a tradition on our channel to analyze the digital graphic design trends
for the upcoming year and see which ones have the best application in print-on-demand.
If you're watching this video and thinking, "I'm already selling products with designs
like that!"
Please let me know in the comments.
I'd love to talk to you more about your creative process.
I'm sure our viewers would love to hear about it as well.
Alright, let’s start our Top 5 with Chaotic Typography.
While traditional typography is an art that arranges text in a clear and readable way,
chaotic typography disrupts the alignment and order of letters and words.
When you create this type of design for a product, it’s best to know the available
print area, so that you can use the maximum available space to get your message across.
For our example, we used a Unisex Heavy Blend Hoodie and printed our take on this trend
on the back.
Here we have distorted bold text in a single color.
The target here is to make it visually striking and preserve the text’s readability.
If you’re looking to add more dynamic to your text-based designs this is a trend you’ll
want to try out.
It is perfectly suited for DTG printing on pretty much any product in our catalog.
For the last few years, it’s become popular to include metal textures in graphic elements
to bring attention to the areas of the composition.
Most of all we’ve noticed digital simulations of gold-colored elements.
For this example, our Graphic Design Services team created this leggings print file.
It replicates gold foil textures and includes 3d text with simple shapes on the side.
Thanks to the quality fabric we use, your designs will print with rich colors, and you’ll
be able to market your creations as premium products.
Next up we have stylized 3D illustrations.
With 3D design software becoming more accessible both on mobile and desktop platforms, it’s
no surprise that simple clean 3D illustrations have become a trendy direction in digital
graphic design.
They give off this oddly satisfying vibe when you look at them.
Did you know that you can also achieve a similar look by customizing your 2D artwork?
To better illustrate this, let’s look at our example which we printed on a camper mug.
With the help of shading, we’re able to bring out the lower part of the image.
This way the water looks like it’s protruding from the flat space.
And if you look at the three main characters, you'll notice they have this glossy effect,
which was made by adding highlights.
If you’re wondering how to create the grain texture, which is used on the water surface,
check out one of our tutorials, I’ll leave a link to it in the description below.
Next up we have a reincarnation of the glorious anti-fashion trend of the 60ies - the Tie-dye
effect.
As the global population retreated into the comfort of their homes during the pandemic,
DIY tie-dying was a neat form of stress relief.
What’s excellent about tie-dye designs is that they’re as easy to create digitally
as in real life.
You don't even have to get your hands dirty or stain your sink!
You can use free design software like Photopea.
Create a large square file, add rectangles in bold or pastel colors that coordinate well
with each other, and will print well on products.
Then apply gaussian blur and play with Distort filter effects until you get an abstract result
that you like.
If you really want to save some time, you can always use the Tie-Dye print file from
our sample images and place it on any of our all-over print products.
Add additional text, clipart graphics, or even upload your designs on top.
That's it, just like that, you can start selling custom apparel with the tie-dye designs in
a matter of minutes.
For our last entry, we have illustrations made with Geometric Shapes.
They’re fun, bold, colorful, simple to make, and especially great for embroidery.
Our Graphic Design Services team has prepared this awesome otter design
that captures the feel of this trend.
We embroidered the design on one of our hats,
and as you can see the use of simple shapes
makes this trend more distinguishable on embroidered products.
But we went further with this concept
and decided to see how it would transfer to other products.
Here we have another version of this design
placed on a background of overlapping geometric shapes
and printed on an all-over bomber jacket.
When you work on a design of this scale
it’s important to define a color palette and stick to it.
Bright and high-contrast colors are the best choice for this trend.
I hope you enjoyed watching this video and found a trend
that will help you create awesome new products for your store.
If you want us to show you how to create some of the techniques in the designs featured
in this video, leave a comment with #printfuldesignseries
and we’ll try to include it in our next videos.
Thanks for watching and see you next time!