{"id":23779,"date":"2016-04-26T18:21:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T02:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/?p=23779"},"modified":"2024-01-19T07:18:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T07:18:31","slug":"conceptualizing-tshirt-designs-glen-jones-glennz-tees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/conceptualizing-tshirt-designs-glen-jones-glennz-tees\/","title":{"rendered":"Conceptualizing T-shirt Designs: How Glen Jones of Glennz Tees does it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you&#8217;re a huge fan of tees, it&#8217;s almost impossible that you don&#8217;t know Glen Jones of Glennz Tees. He&#8217;s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator from Auckland, New Zealand and is now one of the most famous t-shirt designers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His t-shirt designs\u00a0are quirky, humorous and mostly about pop culture.\u00a0After a succession of hit designs for T-shirt companyThreadless, Glenn went on to create his very own range of T-shirt designs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His t-shirt business success is no surprise since Glen is really a genius when it comes to t-shirt design. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gathered from different interviews, here are some of his tips on conceptualizing t-shirt design.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a153e45a349f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a153e45a349f\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/conceptualizing-tshirt-designs-glen-jones-glennz-tees\/#what-do-you-think-is-the-single-most-important-%e2%80%98muscle-for-design-entrepreneurs-to-build\" >What do you think is the single most important \u2018muscle\u2019 for design entrepreneurs to build?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/conceptualizing-tshirt-designs-glen-jones-glennz-tees\/#can-you-describe-the-design-process-how-do-you-start-and-end\" >Can you describe the design process? How do you start and end?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/conceptualizing-tshirt-designs-glen-jones-glennz-tees\/#your-illustrations-have-a-different-iconic-style-most-of-your-works-have-humorous-and-rational-aspects-what-is-the-reason-for-this-kind-of-drawing\" >Your illustrations have a different iconic style. Most of your works have humorous and rational aspects. What is the reason for this kind of drawing?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/conceptualizing-tshirt-designs-glen-jones-glennz-tees\/#many-people-believe-that-you-have-to-know-how-to-draw-to-be-a-graphic-designer-do-you-believe-that-is-true\" >Many people believe that you have to know how to draw to be a graphic designer. Do you believe that is true?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/conceptualizing-tshirt-designs-glen-jones-glennz-tees\/#before-you-begin-working-on-a-new-project-where-do-you-draw-your-inspiration\" >Before you begin working on a new project, where do you draw your inspiration?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/conceptualizing-tshirt-designs-glen-jones-glennz-tees\/#what-other-elements-are-important-for-a-successful-t-shirt-business\" >What other elements are important for a successful t-shirt business?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-do-you-think-is-the-single-most-important-%e2%80%98muscle-for-design-entrepreneurs-to-build\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>What do you think is the single most important \u2018muscle\u2019 for design entrepreneurs to build?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From my experience, I think you have to understand the target. So maybe it\u2019s awareness, and definitely a bit of enthusiasm, things don\u2019t always move along the way you want them to, so you just have to keep trying and eventually you look back and see the result of the hard work you\u2019ve put in, That\u2019s how I feel about the last 5 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"can-you-describe-the-design-process-how-do-you-start-and-end\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Can you describe the design process? How do you start and end?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"color: #3a3a3a;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It&#8217;s fairly simple really &#8211; I get an idea when I&#8217;m doing something else, and then I usually forget it. Then if I ever remember it again, I just sit down and draw it. I&#8217;m fairly impatient so I like to try to finish it ASAP, then I&#8217;ll leave it for a day or two, and revisit it. Then I&#8217;ll do any refining and if it&#8217;s for my tees it usually goes straight here:\u00a0site.glennz<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"your-illustrations-have-a-different-iconic-style-most-of-your-works-have-humorous-and-rational-aspects-what-is-the-reason-for-this-kind-of-drawing\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Your illustrations have a different iconic style. Most of your works have humorous and rational aspects. What is the reason for this kind of drawing?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I think alot of that style was influenced by the jobs I had to do when I first started using Illustrator. Part of my job was to create editorial graphics and graphs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I really like the clean simplicity of info graphics and I think that has followed through into my style today. I often draw something and then when I see it a couple of days later I&#8217;ll remove stuff to simplify as much as possible &#8211; try to make it clear and easy to get.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"many-people-believe-that-you-have-to-know-how-to-draw-to-be-a-graphic-designer-do-you-believe-that-is-true\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Many people believe that you have to know how to draw to be a graphic designer. Do you believe that is true?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not at all, I think graphic design is about the conceptual thinking, you can call upon the expertise of others to execute those concepts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"before-you-begin-working-on-a-new-project-where-do-you-draw-your-inspiration\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Before you begin working on a new project, where do you draw your inspiration?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It can come from anywhere, everyday objects I interact with, TV, or just imagination.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-other-elements-are-important-for-a-successful-t-shirt-business\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>What other elements are important for a successful t-shirt business?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s not just about the design on the shirt, its the whole package \u2013 shipping, customer service are just as important and we\u2019re always trying to improve what we do.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23788\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23788 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-028-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Glennz-Tees-028\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zombie Treadmill Glennz Tshirt Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23787\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-027.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23787 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-027-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Glennz-Tees-027\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alien Glennz Tshirt Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23786\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23786\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23786 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-023-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Glennz-Tees-023\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vampire Glennz Tshirt Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23785\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23785 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-016-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Glennz-Tees-016\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacman Glennz Tshirt Designs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23784\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23784\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23784 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-014-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Glennz-Tees-014\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sesame street Glennz Tshirt Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23783\" style=\"width: 511px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-003-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Glennz-Tees-003\" width=\"511\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-003-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-003-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-003.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacman garden Glennz Tshirt Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23782\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23782\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23782 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Glennz-Tees-002-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Glennz-Tees-002\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cookie monster Glennz Tshirt Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23781\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/0c116e0c3195c3fc8739d34d8c729198.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23781 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/0c116e0c3195c3fc8739d34d8c729198-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"0c116e0c3195c3fc8739d34d8c729198\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ship Glennz Tshirt Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23780\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4f24a18c42a3d315aa8c9ff1995d3d5d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23780 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4f24a18c42a3d315aa8c9ff1995d3d5d-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"4f24a18c42a3d315aa8c9ff1995d3d5d\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swiss Knife Glennz Tshirt Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">___________________________________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>James Hill<\/i><\/b><i>\u00a0is a veteran of the music industry. He first worked at Warner Reprise Records then later joined Interscope\/ Geffen Records where he managed producers and songwriters and got his first platinum record for Keyshia Cole\u2019s The Way It Is. He is now helping indie artists with branding and manufacturing through his company\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Unified Manufacturing<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>, a CD\/DVD,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/vinyl-pressing\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer follow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">custom vinyl records<\/a> and merch company in LA.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a huge fan of tees, it&#8217;s almost impossible that you don&#8217;t know Glen Jones of Glennz Tees. He&#8217;s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator from Auckland, New Zealand and is now one of the most famous t-shirt designers. His t-shirt designs\u00a0are quirky, humorous and mostly about pop culture.\u00a0After a succession of hit designs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artist-tips","category-graphic-design"],"contentshake_article_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23779"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38714,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23779\/revisions\/38714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}