One graphic, more than one garment shape
The print doesn't change when a design moves between garments. What changes is how much bare cloth sits beside it — and that is enough to make the same artwork read tight on one and sparse on another.
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Four garments, one graphic. The same cream compass rose, the same size, on two different cuts in two colours.
Look closely and the print hasn't moved at all. Everything that's different is around it.
What actually changes when a design moves between garments?
The frame, not the artwork.
Garments cut to different shapes present different amounts of open cloth beside the same print. A broad, flat panel gives a design ground on either side and it reads as sitting in the middle of something. A narrower field, or one that curves away sooner toward a higher armhole, gives the same print less room to spare before the fabric turns.
Nothing about the drawing changed. The rectangle it lives in did.
Does that mean the print needs a different size per garment?
Not necessarily — it means some compositions tolerate the move and others don't.
A composition with air around it barely notices a narrower field, because there was never anything important out at the edge. A composition that runs close to full width is the one that feels tight somewhere else, because the same absolute width now has less spare cloth around it. How a chest composition uses its space decides this more than the garment does.
Which garment should I proof it on?
The narrowest one it will live on, because edges are what get lost.
A design checked on the tightest field is unlikely to fall apart on a broader one — there's only more room. The reverse isn't safe: something proofed on a wide panel can arrive with its outer edges cut into on a narrower cut. If it's going on more than one shape, the narrow one is the test and the wide one is the sanity check.
Does the artwork need to change at all?
Usually not, and that's the useful part.
Most of what makes a design portable across garment shapes is the same thing that makes it portable across grounds: clean edges, a strong silhouette and some breathing room. Designs built that way move without being redrawn. The same property that lets one drawing sit on any colour is doing the work here too.
How do I order?
Describe the design at JustOG — which garment, which colour, and how much room to leave at the edges. Pick a direction, drag the crop frame, see it composited on the real garment, and it's made to order and shipped.
Designs other people have published are in the shop.
The print didn't change size. The shirt around it did.