Articles by: Steve Knerem
Design the Perfect Rock and Roll T-Shirt with our Newest Arsenal Release
When creating a rock and roll tee, nothing comes to mind more than a perfectly illustrated, bad ass skull and crossbones with snakes and chains thrown in for good measure. Am I right or am I right?
Get ready to craft up your own original masterpiece with a little help from Marketplace Artist, Steve Knerem, rock and roll tee expert. Steve has created this, the Skull and Snake T-Shirt Design Pack to help in your process. The possibilities are endless with this pack!
Illustrator Tutorial: Using Plant Textures to Create a Gritty Text Tee
Hey Friends,
I’m going to show you a simple way to use my Plant textures for a text tee design. The purpose is to show you how I use addition and subtraction methods to make text a little gritty in Illustrator.
Introducing the Nature Textures Pack: Ultimate Ground Textures Pack & How to Use It!
Hey Gang!
As you well know, textures give a sense of life and depth to an otherwise flat design. On a recent trip to Italy, I had the opportunity to capture my own gritty, grainy and one-of-a-kind images. I’ve found these to be perfect for roughening up those pieces that need a little punch.
You know I couldn’t keep them to myself.
So today I’d like to introduce to you the second in my series of six Nature Texture Packs.
Vector Textures Tutorial: How to add character to your designs with our new Clouds Vector Textures Pack!
Hey Gang, If you follow me, know me, used or seen my work you probably think of high detail illustration. Well, every once in a while you gotta change things up. From time to time I’ll do something quite opposite…
Create a Rockabilly Poster With Vector Set 22 – Part I
The very talented Steve Knerem is the guest artist behind a majority of the content of our vector set 22. In this tutorial, he shows us how to assemble a rad rockabilly poster using various elements of the set, a bit like what Jeff did for us when we released Set 18.
Getting Inked
Hey Friends, This is Steve Knerem from www.steveknerem.com, promoting my second video tutorial of my t-shirt illustration titled “Keep Me Safe – The Ink Stage”. It’s been sometime since the first video so I definitely apologize for the long wait. If you…
Starting Your Own Shirt Line — Part III: Business & Relationships
Hi Friends, Welcome to the third and final installment to Starting your own Shirt Line. In this article I’ll be talking about elements of business and planning and the importance of developing relationships. Quick recap of past two articles. In…
Starting Your Own Shirt Line. PART II: The Creation of Your Art and Working with a Printer.
Hey Guys, Welcome to the second article in the series ‘Starting Your Own Shirt Line’. In the first article, Start – Up, we covered the topics: Originality Research Who will like it? In Part II I’ll take you through my…
Starting your own shirt line. PART I: Start – Up
Greetings friends, This is Steve Knerem and I’m a freelance illustrator from Cleveland, Ohio that specializes in hand drawn art used for apparel and editorial pieces. You can view my work at www.steveknerem.com. When asked by Go Media to write some…