Questionnaire results

The most common responses were...

"Is it still too difficult for amateurs? Opinions are divided, budgets are small..."

The majority of those surveyed, 77 percent, said "YES" i.e., they had a hard time. What exactly did this mean?

• When I made the design for a cultural festival in the past, everyone's opinions were so varied that it was difficult to decide on a design. In the end, we came up with several candidates and decided by majority vote. (30s / Female / freelance)
• It is still the design. I have made them for weddings, but if the design is too strange, older people might be offended. (40s / Male / freelance)
• The text was too small to stand out. When I made them larger, the overall balance was strange. (20s / Female / Company employee)
• When thinking about what would be a nice design even with one color to make it as inexpensive as possible, since the price is high for colorful colors. (50s / Female / freelance/free business)

It is easy to imagine that at cultural festivals, everyone's spirits may be high and the design decisions will be heated up. In some situations, such as weddings, it is necessary to consider not only the wearer but also the audience, which is a concern. Also, some people say that they had a hard time designing their own dress because they are not professionals. In addition, the difficulty of coming up with an custom T-shirts within a limited budget makes the process of creating an custom T-shirts unexpectedly difficult! In such a case, it would be reassuring to find a company that can provide detailed consultation.

If there is someone who is good at design and who can put it all together, it will go smoothly.

On the other hand, 23 percent answered "no." How can we make the process of making Custom T-shirts go more smoothly?

• We had several people working on the design, so we had a lot of opinions, and since there were people close to us who were good at designing, we had no trouble. (30s / Female / Company employee)
• I have no trouble at all when deciding on a design for my Custom T-shirts because I decide on the type of calligraphy I am good at. (60s / male / contracted temporary worker)
• I am not a person who expresses his/her opinion, but a leader person decided the design. (20s / Female / Company employee)
• It's all for fun anyway, so why not do whatever you want? (60s / male / unemployed)

It is very reassuring to have someone in your class or group who has a good sense of drawing or design, or knowledge of fonts, etc. Also, when everyone is sharing their opinions and things get confusing, having someone who is a good leader will make it easier for everyone to come to an agreement. In the end, the person who is the ultimate opinion-maker will say, "Why don't you take it easy?" and some people offer the ultimate opinion. If such a person is not available in the group, one way is to consult a specialist. Some offer parts and templates free of charge, which is reassuring for those who are not good at design.

Where we can't do it ourselves, we'll make good use of the contractor's services!

Creating a T-shirt with your own original design is supposed to be a very enjoyable process. It would be a shame to have bitter memories of not being able to come to a decision on a design or having to come to a consensus. These days, there are many companies that produce Custom T-shirts, and they compete with each other to offer a variety of services. Many offer parts, fonts, and design consultation services, even on a limited budget. If you do not have suitable personnel in your group, one way to find such a vendor would be to look for one.

Other questions and answers

Have you ever had trouble deciding on a design for an custom T-shirts?

【YES】

• Everyone has their own tastes, so it was hard to separate those who wanted to be fancy and those who wanted to keep it simple. (20s / female / unemployed)
• I have an image of what I want, but when I actually try to draw it, it's not quite the same. (30's / female / company employee)
• I don't have much of an artistic sense, so the design was very amateurish. (20s / female / student)
• The problem I have when deciding on a design for an custom T-shirts is that I can't come up with any ideas. (50s / male / company employee)
• I think it was the fact that I couldn't find a pattern that matched the size of the T-shirt. (40s / male / part-timer)
• It was difficult to put them into one type because everyone's tastes are different. (30s / male / contract dispatched worker)
• When I tried to make matching T-shirts, it was quite difficult because of the range of printing and the number of colors available. (20s / female / student)
• I wondered what kind of design everyone would be willing to wear at the school festival (20's/female/housewife)
• In the case of making a matching product with many people, I think each person's idea is different. It was difficult to reach a consensus. (40s / male / other professional)
• Deciding on a design was the hardest part. Even though there were several different designs, it was difficult to decide. (30's / male / office worker)
• Because there was too much flexibility and I was not sure which part to design first. (20s / male / student)
• When I brought a T-shirt of the fabric I wanted printed, I was told it was impossible. (20's / male / part-timer)
• Various design proposals were made and could not be finalized. Opinions were especially at odds between boys and girls. (30's/Female/Part-time job)
• Free size may be too much for women and may not fit. I didn't care about the material. I had trouble if it was a mixed gender team. (30's / Female / Liberal trade/ Freelance
• It was difficult to decide how eccentric the Custom T-shirts should be, because if they were too eccentric, it would be embarrassing, and if they were too plain, they would be too common. (40s / male / self-employed (sole proprietor))
• I made an custom T-shirts for a vocational student experience, but I had a hard time deciding what to refer to for the design. (30's/Female/Part-time job)
• The design did not turn out the way I wanted it to, and the work tended to be less satisfactory. (30s / male / company employee)
• I was told by the vendor that gold and silver lettering could be used, but when I visited the store, there were different types of gold and silver, including lame and dull shiny materials, and some materials that were written as gold but looked ochre-colored. (20s / female / part-timer)
• I would like to wear it in my daily life, but it is a problem because I have made it in an eccentric design and color, so I don't have many opportunities to wear it. (30's / Male / Contract worker)
• The order was delayed because we could not reach a consensus.
• The proposed design was not very fashionable, so it took me a long time to make a decision. (20's / Female / Company employee)
• When deciding on the design, it was difficult to think about where the points should be placed to make them look good and the color scheme (20s / female / student)
• When we had a coffee shop for our class festival, it took us a long time to decide on the design and colors. The reason was that there was a split between those who wanted to make it elaborate and those who wanted to keep it rough. (20's / male / student)
• It is still the design. I have made them for weddings, but if the design is too strange, older people might be offended. (40's / male / freelance)
• I had a lot of trouble understanding what kind of material the T-shirts were made of. (30's / female / unemployed)
• There are many restrictions on design, so it is difficult to do what I like. (30's / male / part-timer)
• I have had a hard time deciding on the design and have had trouble with it. I wonder if it is OK if it is made by an individual.
• It would be good if everyone could decide in a friendly atmosphere, but if there are people who criticize everything or push for strange designs, it is difficult to decide on a design. (40's / female / housewife)
• A friend of mine insisted on putting in English, so I asked her and she wanted to put in kill you. The kid was addicted to the movie Kill Bill and wanted to put this in. Naturally, I did my best to persuade and lecture her. (30's / female / office worker)
• I have had trouble deciding on a design because I was worried about whether it would suit me when I actually came to the store. (40s / female / company employee)
• Because there were many people. When several people decided to make matching Custom T-shirts, they disagreed on which design to choose. (20s / female / student)
• We tried to discuss and decide together, but it was difficult to reach a consensus. (30's / male / company employee)
• I thought it would be nice when I designed it, but when I saw the actual product, I thought it would be different.
• Since it was made at a cultural festival, it took quite a while for everyone's opinions to come together. (20's / female / office worker)
• The boys and girls had different color preferences and opinions differed. I have good memories of deciding by majority vote. (40s / male / company employee)
• I once submitted several ideas and took a majority vote, but we couldn't reach a consensus by a narrow margin and ended up having to re-design it again. (60s / female / housewife)
• We had to make it with about 30 people, but it was difficult because we couldn't agree on everyone's opinion. (30s / male / unemployed)
• We had trouble getting everyone's opinions together. It was something that everyone would use at the event, so I took my time to decide on the design. (40s / male / office worker)
• When we created it as a class, it was difficult to unite our opinions into one. I think that if there are a lot of people, there will be a problem of not being able to decide on a design. (40's / Female / Contract worker)
• When making Custom T-shirts, it was difficult for everyone to agree. (20's / female / student)
• The text was too small to stand out. If I made them bigger, the overall balance would be strange. (20s / female / office worker)
• It was difficult to make a decision because the whole class was arguing over various people's ideas and designs. (10s / female / student)
• I made this when I was in junior college. I had a hard time creating a design that everyone agreed on. (30's / female / other professional)
• I have had trouble getting everyone's opinion on a T-shirt because I am not the only one who wears that design. (40s / female / part-timer)
• There was a time when I submitted several design proposals, but I had trouble getting everyone's opinions on the same thing. (30's / female / company employee)
• It was difficult to put together the words that boys and girls wanted to put in different words at a cultural festival when I was in high school.
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• Price. Balance with the number of sheets. It was very difficult to match this because of the budget (30's / female / housewife)
• When I was a student, I once made a tee shirt, but it took a long time to make it because I didn't agree with others. (30's / Female / Part-time job)
• If the design has too many conspicuous itty-bitty pictures or letters, it will be difficult to wear in the future. (30's / male / company employee)
• Short sleeves or long sleeves? It is difficult to decide which to wear, especially when the season changes. (20's / male / part-timer)
• I tried to come up with a design that could be used in everyday life, but it was difficult and in the end I decided on a simple English font. (20's / Female / Other professional)
• I was very troubled when I thought about what kind of design would be cool, stylish, and something I would want to wear. I was troubled by the design, such as which generation to target. (20s / male / office worker)
• It was difficult to organize each idea because it was made not only by me but by everyone in the class. (20's / female / housewife)
• When I made the design for a cultural festival in the past, everyone's opinions were so varied that it was difficult to decide on a design. In the end, we came up with several candidates and decided by majority vote. (30's / Female / Liberal trade / Freelance)
• If I order a small number of sheets, the cost of sales is high, and so is the cost of shipping. I would like the number of sheets to be set up in such a way that at least I don't feel like I am losing money. (40's / Female / Housewife)
• Since the price is high for colorful colors, it is time to think of a nice design even with one color to make it as inexpensive as possible. (50's / Female / freelance/free business)
• I had a hard time deciding which position to put the logo. Should it be in the middle or slightly shifted to the side? (30's / male / unemployed)
• I was embarrassed when I saw the design. I felt as if I could not appear in public. (30's / male / office worker)
• Everyone's opinions could not be settled and there was a stalemate, and the atmosphere became very bad. (30's / male / unemployed)
• I was confused because many people around me recommended this kind of design to me. (10s / female / unemployed)
• When deciding on a design for an custom T-shirts, I was confused about the size and where to put it. (30's / male / company employee)
• The placement, font, size, etc. were decided at a relatively early stage, but there was a big struggle over whether to include illustrations or not. As a result, we decided not to include illustrations because of the price. (40s / male / company employee)
• Everyone's opinions don't come together, there's a lot of complaining... (40s / female / company employee)
• At a high school festival, we had a discussion about what kind of design would be best to create an custom T-shirts unique to our class. (30's / male / self-employed (sole proprietor))
• We decided on a design, but the assistant manager rejected it and we had to rethink from scratch. (30's / male / company employee)
• The shirt was to show solidarity by having everyone come together, but there was no particular theme, so there was no unity in the design ideas, and I had trouble narrowing it down. (30s / female / unemployed)
• When I had to re-submit a design proposal for a shirt to be worn at a school festival because it was not cool enough to include the names of my classmates. (10s / male / unemployed)
• I was wondering if you want to go in the fashionable direction or if you want something standard for the circle. (40's / Female / Company employee)
• We had tried several ideas and took a majority vote, but the opinions were so closely divided that we had trouble coming to a consensus. In the end, we redesigned it to make the best use of both. (60's / female / housewife)
• First of all, it is difficult to decide what kind of design and pattern to use. (40's / male / self-employed (sole proprietor))
• There were two people who were very picky about the design, and we had a lot of trouble over whose opinion and design to adopt. (20's / female / student)
• It's when I don't know where to make a compromise when tastes differ greatly between men and women. (20s / male / student)
• It was difficult to unify everyone's opinions and the design was not decided until the end. (50s / male / public employee)
• I couldn't use a character I wanted to use on a class T-shirt for a cultural festival because of copyright issues. (20's / Female / Part-time job)
• Everyone's opinions did not come together, and the colors and patterns ended up looking different, so we couldn't make a good one. (40s / male / company employee)
• I don't have a particular reason, but somehow I thought it would be the best (20s / male / student)
• I once tried to make one during a cultural festival, but the class had a difference of opinion and couldn't decide at all. (20's / female / housewife)

【NO】

• I was a little worried about the content and layout of the message on the T-shirts. (40s / male / part-timer)
• Someone is good at illustration and design, and I can make selections from several. (40's / female / other professional)
• Nothing in particular. I have drawn notes on stave paper, because I also created the music itself. (50s / female / freelance)
• The design was done by the best kid in the class. I pushed it and no one said anything. (50s / female / housewife)
• We used the original logo for the design, so we had no trouble. (30's / male / company employee)
• I believe that if I can do whatever I want, I can enjoy it unconventionally. (20's / Female / Contract worker)
• I have never had any trouble in deciding on a design for an custom T-shirts, and the reason is that even a simple design could be made interesting, depending on how it was done. (40s / male / unemployed)
• Basically, I had already decided on the design, etc., and it was not difficult, so I had no trouble (30's / female / company employee)
• I have never made it, but it is a problem because it usually ends up looking tacky (40s / female / unemployed)
• We had several people working on the design, so we had a lot of opinions, and since there were people close to us who were good at designing, we had no trouble. (30's / female / office worker)
• When we made it ourselves, the design was decided on our own, so we did not have any trouble (30's / male / freelance)
• Because we all thought about the design, not just myself. Because I referred to other people's opinions. (30's / female / company employee)
• I didn't feel that I had any trouble because there are people in my class who are good at creating designs. (20's / female / housewife)
• I never had any trouble deciding on a design for my custom T-shirts. The upperclassmen in my club decided everything and made it. (30's / male / company employee)
• I haven't had any particular trouble, but I've made mistakes many times. It's a waste, though, because it goes to waste (30's / female / housewife)
• There was a girl who was good at design, so I left the design to her, so there was no problem. (30's/Female/Part-time job)
• I don't know because I have never made it. ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・(30's / male / company employee)
• I asked someone in the class who was good at drawing to draw a design that everyone in the class decided on together (40s / female / unemployed)
• I have never had any trouble at all in deciding on a design for my Custom T-shirts because I decide on the type of calligraphy I am good at. (60s / male / contract dispatched worker)
• When I decided at a cultural festival when I was a student, I had no trouble because I got good ideas right away (20s / male / company employee)
• I had no problems because I had a strong will of my own. If I had to say, the advice of the commissioned contractor was depressing. (20's/Female/Public employee)
• Because I am not a person who expresses opinions, but a person who is a leader decided the design. (20's / female / company employee)
• It's just for fun anyway, so why not do whatever you want? (60s / male / unemployed)