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Fiery motorcycle skull design from Kittl to printed T-Shirt.

You can use your skull T-shirts to create a unique clothing style no one else has. If that’s not your cup of tea, you can make skull T-shirts for events, bands, and venues. There’s no shortage of demand for the skull motif.

But if you don’t know how, Kittl has your back! The professional online editor comes with ready-made templates, assets, and versatile editing tools for maximum design flexibility.

Each template is modifiable, which makes it easy to make a unique skull T-shirt design no one else in the world has. Even better, you can use your designs in other media and apparel should you want to become a leading designer in this space. 

Don’t be afraid to push your imagination beyond its limits by stepping outside the norm and creating outlandish designs that instantly grab people’s attention.

Start without experience and learn to master the subtle art of graphic design around the always popular skull motif. Build a brand, create messaging that resonates with your desired audience, and stand out from your competitors.

Kittl makes picking the right visual elements, text, and colors as easy as possible, even for first-time skull T-shirt designers.

Your Skull T-Shirt Design in Three Easy Steps

Using a skull or skulls to create killer T-shirt designs is one of the oldest tricks in the book. The skull motif is among the favorites of veteran and newbie designers alike. It offers an almost unlimited range of inspiration and works amazingly in any setting, from casual to commercial to professional use.

Whether designing skull T-shirts for your business or you want unique clothing, the Kittl skull T-shirt maker can make it all happen in three steps.

1. Start from scratch or use existing templates

Imagine the possibilities when it comes to skull T-shirts. You see the skull theme on bike shirts, fashion brands, music album covers, and movie posters – it can evoke everything you want with the right message and artistic flair. Accessing thousands of templates is the fastest way to find what you need when you don’t want to start from scratch. Kittl offers an outstanding collection of skull templates to either inspire or become a starting point for your new designs. And you don’t have to commit to any design until you are delighted.

Variety of vintage skull themed design templates made in Kittl.
Vintage Skull in Barber Shop Logo spiced up with Kittl's options for shading and decorating text.

2. Customize everything in the powerful and intuitive online editor

Personalizing skull T-shirts in Kittl is easier than you think. The platform has a massive font library, so you can adorn your skull T-shirts and other apparel with powerful brand messaging. You can contrast the skull motif with playful, colorful fonts or double down on the skull template with similarly-themed text styles. Moreover, you can quickly add shadow effects, decorate the text, or transform fonts with a single click and no experience in the editor.

3. Ready your skull T-shirt project for print-on-demand

Using our SVG file export option lets you resize the image to fit T-shirts of all sizes while maintaining image and color clarity. You can become an instant hit in your local area or the world by always delivering the highest-quality prints. And make no mistake. Working with print-on-demand service providers and marketplaces is difficult if you can’t give them your skull T-shirt design in the best image file format.

Gambling skull design with roses and crown on a T-Shirt.

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T-Shirt Designer & Youtuber

Juna Duncan

Kittl is such a powerful tool, especially text effects! And it's all online too. It really helps create t-shirt designs easily.

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Angie Holden

Kittl makes creating new designs super easy. My first reaction, was WOW!! I couldn't believe you could use it online and for free. Great opportunity for small business owners.

Merchandise Designer & Youtuber

Rich Khun

I just keep saying it's dope. You can create complex designs very easily

Skull T-Shirt Design Maker

Kittl has a vast selection of assets and amazing tools for all your skull T-shirt design needs.

Biker skill design in Kittl's editor

Apply gorgeous text effects

It doesn’t take more than a click to apply a new effect to your skull T-shirt text. Apply artistic text transformations and master the art of vector shading effects while saving countless hours of time in the intuitive Kittl online editor.

Selection of skull illustrations available and customizable in Kittl.

Use a variety of skulls in different styles and shapes

Kittl has a vector ornament library helpful to designers with no time to create individual frames. You can decorate your design with premium photography, vector illustrations, shapes, and custom graphics from multiple file formats. There’s no reason to stick to the classics or limit your imagination when putting a skull on a shirt. Make it as outlandish or unique as you want.

Comparison of dark metal design with snake skull with and without texture.

Spice up your designs with textures

Applying the right texture can take a skull T-shirt design from zero to hero. You can achieve any effect, from retro looks to futuristic themes, with the vast Kittl texture collection. The textures are mostly finalized, so you’re good to go unless you want to further personalize the design.

Skull templates on demand

Skull artwork is popular among designers for a good reason. It’s a powerful theme and easy to contrast with other visual elements. The existing skull templates help Kittl users develop new skull T-shirt designs daily. Each template can be modified in various ways to create exactly what you want.

Build, import, or use themed assets

Everyone thinks of the skull as the main piece of a skull T-shirt. While it definitely takes center stage in most cases, adding complementary or contrasting graphic elements is the secret to creating an amazing skull T-shirt design. With Kittl, you won’t have any constraints concerning what assets you can use to make a skull shirt design stand out on its own. You can use various abstract elements, lines, floral ornaments, and other effects or illustrations to make your shirt your own. Access premium assets hand-crafted or uploaded by experienced photographers and artists worldwide.

Increase your print and digital exposure

Succeeding in business requires vast exposure. Don’t waste another minute of your life by not having skull shirt designs to share on every channel and reach all potential customers. The editor makes sharing shirt designs online easy and puts you in a position to work with the top print shops and print-on-demand services. Save time and money while being ready to fulfill any order and share your work with the world, keeping potential customers on the edge of their seats for your newest releases.

Take advantage of high-quality file formats

What do you do with a finished skull T-shirt design? If you plan on selling it you might want to try getting social media exposure through the PNG and JPG files you export from Kittl. But don’t forget that you’ll want the SVG version to put the design on T-shirts without compromising the image quality. Vectorial exports are no problem in Kittl.

Work with any software

By having multiple export options, you can take your Kittl designs to any image processor or editor for further editing. In addition, you can convert your files to other formats so you can partner with more print-on-demand marketplaces that may have unique file and resolution requirements.

Be inspired

Take inspiration whenever you can get it with the Kittl library. The skull theme is well-represented, and you can use the many templates for more inspiration when starting T-shirt designs from scratch. You don’t have to let a day go by without coming up with a stunning design or at least an idea for your next skull T-shirt. The sky’s the limit when using Kittl.

Join the community

If you want to become a more skilled designer, joining a like-minded community is one of the best ways to do it. Kittl’s ever-growing library of assets and templates is the result of many contributions made by community members. You can become one too to learn or share your knowledge with other artists and graphic designers.

All Features for T-Shirt Design

Shading text effects

Save hours of time using powerful vector text shading effects – in real time.

Text decoration effects

Add amazing detail to your creations, using efficient text-decoration features.

Text transformation

Discover artistic text transformation features that make your messages stand out.

Giant illustration library

Drag & drop thousands of high-quality vector illustrations, created by professional artists.

Vector ornament library

Use hundreds of ornaments, swashes, and frames to decorate your artworks.

Shapes, banners & more

Kittl comes with a huge library of vector shapes, panels, banners, and badges.

Template library

Choose from thousands of high professional design templates and get started right away.

Premium photos

Access over 3 million high-resolution images from more than 290k photographers around the globe.

Upload custom graphics

Upload your own graphics in JPG, PNG, or SVG format with simple drag and drop.

Texture collection

Apply grungy, noisy, paper, or pattern textures to your designs with a single click.

Download designs

Export your creations as JPG, PNG, SVG, or PDF files. (Vector downloads require Pro)

Share your work

Use built-in sharing features to spread your work through social media, or send it to friends or customers.

Frequently Asked Questions About T-Shirt Designs

Can I use Kittl for print-on-demand skull T-shirts?

You can use skull T-shirt designs created in Kittl to make and sell T-shirts working with many of the top print-on-demand service providers in the industry. It’s best to do it while on a paid membership to access vector image exports and ensure the highest image quality for unlimited resizing and rescaling.

How to design a skull T-shirt in Kittl?

Start from scratch or use existing templates as a starting point. Add visual assets and text, customize everything, and create a color scheme you and your audience might enjoy. Export the design and print it yourself or to-order at a specialized service provider.

How to export a skull T-shirt design from Kittl?

Although Kittl’s backend does a lot of complex processing, its interface is as intuitive and simple as it gets. Exporting skull T-shirt designs requires a few clicks and image quality settings. We recommend an SVG file format with at least a 300DPI setting for the best results.

Can I use Kittl for free?

Anyone can use the Kittl online editor for free. However, freemium users must credit the platform when posting or using their designs. Only paid membership plans come with full commercial licensing. The good news is that the assets, fonts, and templates don’t carry commercial licensing fees, regardless of your membership status.

Does Kittl have T-shirt design tutorials?

The Kittl platform provides members with a diverse community of artists and designers. It also curates instructional videos and has a rich YouTube playlist where you can study T-shirt design. Learn the tricks of the trade at your own pace and practice at will in the free and intuitive online editor.

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