Work / Berlin event T-shirt artwork

Illustration & print · Merchandise

Four detailed designs, redrawn for print

A fine-dining event in Berlin had striking artwork for its merchandise, but the files were low-resolution and unusable for apparel printing. We rebuilt every design by hand as a clean, scalable vector, ready for the print shop.

Client
Fine-dining event, Berlin
Service
Manual vectorization and print prep
Deliverables
AI, EPS and SVG files
Turnaround
6 days
Terptini design: ornate purple lettering, lavender botanicals and a layered cocktail glass on a dark shirt
TerptiniOrnate lettering, lavender botanicals and a layered glass
Terpini design: neon purple script with halftone detail on a black shirt
TerpiniNeon script and halftone detail for a black shirt
The Flavour Opera design: gold lettering and baroque ornament around a pasta masquerade mask on a white shirt
The Flavour OperaGold lettering and baroque ornament for a light shirt
Terps and Taste Berlin design: a technical line drawing of Berlin's Oberbaum Bridge with an architectural key
Berlin, A Night Full of FlavoursA technical line drawing of the Oberbaum Bridge
The brief

The artwork looked great on screen, but the print shop couldn't use it.

The client's designs had been created with AI image tools. They were too low-resolution for apparel printing, and the print shop asked for manually vectorized files: clean, crisp lines and transparent backgrounds that scale to any size.

How we did it

Redrawn by hand, not auto-traced

Automatic tracing turns low-resolution images into thousands of uneven points: wobbly lettering, blobby details and files printers reject. Every shape here was rebuilt by hand.

  1. Study each design

    Every flourish, letterform and texture mapped before drawing a single path.

  2. Redraw by hand

    Clean curves built path by path, so lettering stays sharp and ornaments stay smooth.

  3. Prepare for print

    Noise removed and fine detail kept readable at shirt size, from chest print to full back.

  4. Deliver and refine

    Files delivered with transparent backgrounds, then refined through rounds of detailed feedback.

Up close

Detail that holds up close

The true test of a vector redraw is the fine detail: hairline architecture, tightly curled lettering and dense ornament that still print cleanly.

Close-up of the Oberbaum Bridge line drawing with dimension labels
Hairline architectureTowers, arches and dimension labels stay crisp at any size
Close-up of the ornate Terptini lettering with an inline gold outline
Ornate letteringSmooth curls and an even inline outline on every letter
Close-up of the pasta masquerade mask with crossed gold cutlery and truffles
Dense ornamentLayered pasta, cutlery and truffles kept clear and separate
Colour palette

Eight colours across four designs

Each design kept its own character, but they share a palette, so the collection works as one set at the event.

Shirt charcoal#222222
Deep plum#472B4C
Neon lavender#C582FB
Vintage cream#F1DFCC
Antique gold#C9A878
Blueprint sand#B19781
Sage ornament#576763
Lemon slice#FAD781

One design, every shirt colour

A design that works on a black shirt can disappear on a white one. Alongside the main files, we delivered extra colour variants of one design so the client could print it on different shirt colours without losing detail.

Print-readyFiles the print shop could use straight away
Infinitely scalableSharp from a chest logo to a full back print
TransparentNo background boxes on the fabric
EditableLayered vector files for future changes
Client review

Great experience working with Lalith. Had four complex illustrations that needed manual vectorization for print, and he delivered clean, scalable results across all of them. What really stood out was his patience through multiple revision rounds, his friendly communication, and his willingness to accommodate detail-level feedback without ever pushing back. He even delivered extra variants of one design to give us flexibility for different shirt colors. Would happily work with him again on future projects, highly recommended for anyone needing detailed vector work or apparel-ready illustration. Thanks Lalith 🙏

dabindaboutGermany Ongoing client

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