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Design ideas for class T-shirts recommended for the school festival

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At the fun, once-a-year school festival, many of you are fired up to work together as a class and make your attraction a success! One item that can strengthen the bond of the entire class at times like these is the class T-shirt! If you’re going to make them, you’ll want shirts that become a lasting memory.

In this article, we’ll introduce recommended design ideas for class T-shirts for the school festival.

Use these designs as a reference and choose one that matches the image of your class and your attraction!

Class T-shirt design ideas recommended for the school festival (11–20)

tie-dye

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tie-dye

Even the time spent making T-shirts can become a memory! Here are some tie-dye ideas.

Ordering T-shirts from a professional vendor is great, but handmade T-shirts have character and can look stylish too.

Even if you have classmates who say, “I don’t want the same design as everyone else,” tie-dye is perfect for expressing individuality.

Using a single ink color can create a cohesive look.

Or you can use multiple inks for a colorful finish.

How about making your own original T-shirt that’s unique to you while still keeping a sense of unity as a class?

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KENZO-style design

Let’s take inspiration from the design featuring a large tiger—an icon of KENZO, the brand founded by designer Kenzo Takada.

Think of a tiger with its mouth wide open as if lunging toward you, paired with the brand’s name in the design.

As long as you keep the composition of a powerful tiger with alphabet letters placed at its center, it should convey a nod to KENZO.

It’s a design that lends itself to many variations, such as changing the tiger’s expression, switching the animal, or deciding what the letters represent.

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soccer-uniform style

How about a class T-shirt design inspired by soccer uniforms? A bold striped design with the team logo and jersey numbers would be easy to recognize.

Wearing a uniform-style design together as members clearly conveys the class’s unity.

Choosing which uniform to reference is also important—consider not only vibrant colors but also a design that reflects the meaning and message you want to convey.

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Disney-style anime logo

Logos from anime and movies are eye-catching designs that we often see through promotions and the like.

Disney works in particular have logos characterized by a pop aesthetic, making them great references for T-shirt designs.

It’s important to decide how much of the original source to keep and how to arrange it—let’s aim for a design that showcases your class while preserving the cuteness.

The color of the T-shirt on which you draw the logo is also important; focusing on this aspect can give it a different impression from the original source.

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brand logo style

How about arranging the product’s logo and turning it into your own design? By taking inspiration from a familiar logo, you’ll draw attention as people notice which parts differ from the original.

Many logos use faces as motifs, so it could be fun to swap that face for your homeroom teacher’s.

The key is balancing how much of the original you keep with where you add your own originality—which is where your sense of style really matters.

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Add a jersey number

How about incorporating jersey numbers—an essential element in sports—into your class T-shirt design? The classic, simple style features a large number with a name in alphabet letters above it.

If everyone wears the same color T-shirt with numbers in the same font, it should clearly convey a sense of class unity.

You can showcase individual personalities through the choice of numbers.

A straightforward layout would be numbers and names on the back, and a common design representing the team or class on the front.

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Class T-shirt design ideas recommended for the school festival (21–30)

An illustration made with Copic markers

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A cover illustration using Copic markers that highlights overlapping colors and soft gradations to convey the warmth unique to hand-drawn art.

As water-based, opaque color markers, Copics can produce depth by layering even the same hue, allowing for three-dimensional shading on skin and clothing.

With thoughtful ordering of application, bleeding and unevenness can be embraced as expressive textures.

Gradients in the background are effective for evoking expanses like sky and grasslands.

By varying nib widths, you can both emphasize contours and render delicate patterns, adding narrative quality to the illustration.

Finish with white Posca or gel pen highlights to enhance reflections, completing a cover that brings the expression to life.

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