Most T-shirt logos are printed on the front of the shirt. Standard design sizes range from eight to twelve inches horizontally, and up to 12 inches vertical. Many strong T-shirt front logos are circular or oval in shape. Rectangular or square logos are too easy to print crooked, so a rectangle or square with rounded corners is more successful. Many T-shirt front logos are now done in the hip iconic size of up to six inches square. Left chest designs up to four inches square are popular, as are back designs ranging from the iconic up to 12 inches square.
Most T-shirt logos are executed in graphics software like Abode Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop or Corel Graphics Suite. For conventional designs, Adobe Illustrator offers the ease and scalability of vector graphics. Adobe Photoshop is the leading pixel based image editing program, with typographic capability. Corel Graphics Suite can create and edit both vector and pixel based graphics. All can import scanned images for use in T-shirt logos.
Many T-shirt printing companies offer online graphics tools for executing T-Shirt logo ideas. The nature of these tools limit design options to basic graphic solutions. Printers offering online design tools include rivalart.com and customink.com. These companies offer both traditional screen printing and the new digital imaging technology.
The T-shirt industry's leading trade magazine is "Impressions" magazine. Each year they sponsor the Impressions Awards, the top awards in the T-shirt industry. The most recent winner of the prestigious award was Andy's Tee Shirts Inc., which is renowned for their classic car logos, it received the award for multi-color printing on a dark shirt.