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In this tutorial I will be teaching you how to make a Skull Design for a T-Shirt, like the one below:

If you want to get in the mood first, have a look at my skull design page

Step 1:

Before we start we’ll need a few resources. You’ll need to download the following images:

T-Shirt

Splat

Skull

Step 2:

Next you’ll need to download the font I used here.

Option: You can always decide to use a different font to make your shirt more custom

Step 3:

Now that we’ve got all our resources, we can begin the designing!

First let’s open up all the images you just downloaded, in Photoshop.

Drag the Splat image into the T-Shirt document and position the Splat so it’s at the Top-Center-Left of the T-shirt. Now close the Splat image. You should now have something like below:

Step 4:

Now let’s add the Star Shape. Get our the Custom Shape tool and on a new layer, draw a good-sized Black star with a 2 pixel White stroke.

Make sure this layer is over the Splat layer. Use the image below as a guide:

Now we’re going to start playing around with the perspective of this Star Shape. Press CRTL + T to transform the shape and click Perspective.

Use the image below as a guide:

Now use the the Transform Handles to change the perspective and position of the Star Shape to how you want it.

I choose to make it look sort of 3D, like below:

Starting to look good already, huh?

Step 5:

Now we’ll be adding the Skull image under the Star shape but over the Splat image. Get the Skull image in Photoshop and drag it in the document you’ve been working with.

Simply, position the Skull image so it’s under the Star shape but over the Splat image.

You may use the images below as a guide:

Here’s how my Layer’s Pallete looks like:

Step 6:

To finish off our Skull/Grunge T-Shirt Design, we’re going to add some text using that font you downloaded (or you can use your own).

Using Planet Kosmos, Size 8, Sharp type out Skulls in Black with a 2px White stroke.

Now Rotate it a few degrees to the left and position it so it’s on the right side of the Star shape. Use the image below as a guide:

And now you’re finally done with your Skull/Grunge T-Shirt Design!

Update:

I’ve recently come across this great collection of T-Shirt templates.

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