u/Future-Gap5118

I'm currently planning to start my own clothing brand, and one thing I needed was a quick way to visualize my designs on actual garments before getting anything produced.

I have some experience designing with tools like Figma and Canva, so creating a basic clothing mockup isn't really difficult. The problem is that most mockup templates I've tried still look pretty flat. A lot of the time, it just feels like the artwork was pasted on top of the shirt. So I decided to build my own tool.

The tool is pretty simple. I can choose a garment (short/long sleeve tee or short/long sleeve shirt), upload my artwork, then drag, resize, rotate, and position it directly on the garment.

The main thing I wanted to improve was how the artwork interacts with the clothing. Instead of staying completely flat, the design follows the garment's folds, wrinkles, and shading as I move it around.

Though sometimes the result can still feel like a mockup rather than an actual manufactured garment. So I added a Define in Studio option.

I can send the mockup I just created into Studio, or upload my own flat/vector garment design. From there, AI generates a more realistic version with fabric texture, folds, and depth while trying to preserve the original artwork and its placement. After that, there's also an optional step where I can generate a model wearing the same garment.

So the workflow is basically:

artwork -> garment mockup -> realistic garment -> model photo

or

upload vector/flat mockup -> realistic garment -> model photo

Right now, everything is still running locally. I'm also keeping the AI generation usage pretty small, so I haven't deployed it publicly yet.

I'm curious whether this would actually be useful for other people doing POD or building their own clothing brands. Would you use something like this for your designs or products? let me know if you guys interested, I'd love to put it online and let others try it.

I'm currently thinking about starting my own clothing brand, and one of the things I need is a quick way to visualize my designs on actual garments before producing anything.

I have some design experience with tools like Figma and Canva, so making a basic clothing mockup isn't really a problem. But most of the mockup templates I've tried still feel pretty flat. It often looks like I just pasted an image on top of a shirt. So I started building my own tool.

The basic editor is pretty simple. I can pick a garment (short/long sleeve tee or short/long sleeve shirt), upload my artwork, then drag, resize, rotate, and position it directly on the garment.

The main difference I wanted is for the artwork to actually follow the garment. So when I move the design around, it reacts to the fabric folds, wrinkles, and shading instead of staying completely flat.

But sometimes the result still looks like a mockup rather than an actual manufactured piece. So I added Define in Studio option.

I can send the mockup I just made into Studio, or upload my own flat/vector garment design. From there, AI generates a more realistic version with fabric texture, seams, folds, and depth while trying to keep the original artwork and its placement intact. Then optionally, I can take that generated garment and generate a model wearing it.

So basically my workflow became:

artwork → garment mockup → realistic garment → model photo

Right now it's still running locally and I'm using a pretty small amount of AI generation credits, so I haven't deployed it publicly yet.

I'm curious if this would actually be useful to other people doing POD or building clothing brands. Would you use something like this for your products?

Right now your household runs on a group chat, a shared calendar nobody checks, a grocery app, and whatever your kid texted you at lunch. Kith puts it all in one place.

• Dashboard: everything that matters today, at a glance
• Tasks: assign, complete, reassign. No guessing who's on dish duty
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We're a small team and we'd genuinely love your take. What's missing, what would make you switch? Comment below or join the waitlist and be first in when we open up.

https://kith-family-plan-three.vercel.app/

been building Kith solo for a week. family coordination app: shared tasks, calendar, grocery list, live location. go backend, swiftui.

last week i sat down with claude and just described the onboarding i wanted. username, create or join a family, invite family, then you land on the dashboard. vibe coded the whole thing in half a day. no regrets on the speed but i genuinely can't tell anymore if the UI looks clean or if i've been staring at it too long to notice it's a mess.

also curious if this is even something people would actually use. the pitch is simple: one app for the whole family instead of tasks in whatsapp, calendar in google, grocery list in notes, and nobody knowing where anyone is. i use it myself and it already feels useful but i'm not objective at this point.

dropping screens in the comments. be honest, i can take it.