Line Art

One continuous line, or one clean outline

Nothing else: no fill, no shadow, no second colour. Abstract faces in a single Picasso-ish stroke, an anatomical heart, Lady Justice, the Colosseum, a sewing machine, a crochet hook through a heart of yarn, and three race circuits traced from the map — Monaco, Spa-Francorchamps, and a Leo zodiac for good measure.

A thin stroke either holds or it does not

This is the hardest thing a transfer can do well. A fill hides a multitude of printing sins; a one-pixel-equivalent line hides none. If the film cannot lay a continuous thin stroke, the line breaks into dashes, and a broken single-line face is not a stylistic choice — it is a defect you have already paid for.

Ours holds, which is why this set is the one we point at when a label asks whether we can print something that should feel drawn rather than printed.

Size changes what these are

Order small — three to four inches — and a line drawing reads as a considered detail on a left chest. Order at ten inches and the same file becomes a back print that stays quiet instead of shouting. Both work; they are different products.

What does not work is enlarging a line design past the point where the stroke weight was designed for. If you are unsure, buy one at the size you mean to press before committing to a run.