A shape we used for our Peaceful Revolution T-Shirt that may be of use to some of you out there. It’s a saw-blade, or a razor blade that we traced in Photoshop. It’s kinda awesome.

One thing we give with every shirt purchase from our online store is a free guitar pick! If you’ve been lucky enough to meet us in person, you probably got one attached to your business card as well. If you’d like to get a custom guitar pick shape to design your own guitar pick, free free to use our template:

While browsing through Emptees a few days ago I came across a talk post about some new mockups. To my surprise, they were quite good–and free!

A collection of custom flames and fire Photoshop brushes created that you can use free of charge!

I almost quit the idea of starting my own clothing line altogether when I first started out because I literally didn’t know what to design. What could I put on my t-shirts? No one likes a shirt with just a logo on it–unless you’re Nike. I didn’t like semi-offensive parody shirts. I couldn’t use band names. I couldn’t afford any sort of licensing to use comic book superheroes. Essentially I was left with NOTHING.

“Third World Timmy” runs through a few different techniques to get your designs on photo realistic t-shirt mock ups. It’s quick, easy, and it looks good enough to fool your mom.

Our most recent t-shirt line included our 1984 t-shirt. To accompany the design, we’ve decided to do a step by step layered breakdown of how we came to our final version of the shirt which you can buy on Assault.

John “Stani” Staniforth provides some insight as to how he created the One Year as a Lion t-shirt design with a step by step digital matte painting Photoshop tutorial. You can also find the finished t-shirt design on sale over at the Assault Online Store.

Rather than do what most design blogs do in creating a list of resources, I’ve created a list of our best posts that some of our newer visitors may have missed. Here you’ll find our best SEO tips, Photoshop Tutorials, MySpace Themes, Wordpress Themes, and even some lists of tips for bands and startup t-shirt companies.

The second collection of free photoshop brushes available for download. Brushes include some grunge brushes, borders, anti-torture brushes, and even the declaration of independence and anarchy logo.

Being a designer and a developer I have had to deal with the necessary evil that is Microsoft for years now and with Ubuntu picking up steam like it has past few years–the time was right to finally switch. Here’s how I finally made the full switch and the tools and mindset that finally convinced me to pull the trigger.

Fernando Rodriguez designs a shirt for Assault just before starting his own design agency, EyeKandy.

Looking to shortcut your t-shirt designs? We’ve decided to release a few of our custom Photoshop brushes to the public for use in your own design work!

A co-worker of mine recently found a great article in Wired that had some really beautiful looking “lasers”, as he called them with some light bursts and motion trails around them. After a few minutes of experimentation this is what I came up with…

In my earlier tutorial I went over how to use brush dynamics from a preset brush, but what I didn’t show you was how to actually create your own brushes. If you’re not using custom Photoshop brushes then you’re missing out on one of the best features of Photoshop that will save you a ton [...]

When a design is in it’s final stage and ready to be moved to a developer, or if there are product images ready to be uploaded that just need some final touches to get file size down, the “Save for Web & Devices” window (formerly part of Imageready I believe) can save you tons of [...]

A little behind the scenes info on the Skull Wing Assault T-Shirt as well as the Photoshop custom brush and shape sets that went into the making of the design.

The making of the Skull Spartan warrior t-shirt design and the accompanying Photoshop brush and shape sets.

The making of the Radioactive II T-Shirt design including links to download it’s custom Photoshop brushes and shapes!