Rarely was a mechanical submitted that did not require some kind of modification or fix to make it work for screen printing. The transition to electronic design has done nothing to improve this situation. In fact, getting artwork that's suitable for screen printing is more difficult than ever. With mechanical artwork, at least we had something physical to refer to when matching and making adjustments. But with electronic artwork, we have only the questionable display on our monitors to guide us and a large collection of digital settings and design constructions to confuse us.
Creative artists are the product of design schools.
Some may even explore Fractal Painter, Bryce, 3-D modeling programs, and other special design software. In their training, however, creative artists see little, if any, emphasis on production. The clear trend today is to focus on designing for the Web because that's where the money is. Print processes are seen as archaic to many young creative designers, even though we are printing more than ever before. And the result is that their designs are frequently inappropriate for our process.