I apologize for the amount of time it's taken me to get the store done but it's ready for the next step. We're going to need 4 designs to start with and here's the criteria
Since the designs will be put on shirts and bumper stickers we need them to be in PNG format and 300 DPI. The max file size is only 4 MB for PNG
We need 2 designs for bumper stickers. The reason I say this is because we need one suitable for light color trucks/Bumpers and one for light color Bumpers/Trucks.
We need one design suitable for coffee cups and shirt breast and pocket position
And a design for:
Standard Apparel:
Ash Grey T-Shirt, Baseball Jersey, Dark T-Shirt, Fitted T-Shirt, Green T-Shirt, Hooded Sweatshirt, Jr. Jersey T-Shirt, Jr. Ringer T-Shirt, Kids T-Shirt, Long Sleeve T-Shirt, Men's Long Sleeve Dark T-shirt, Men's Long sleeve T-Shirt, Men's Sleeveless Tee, Organic Cotton Tee, Ringer T-Shirt, Sweatshirt, White T-Shirt, Women's Dark T-shirt, Women's Long Sleeve dark T-shirt, Women's Long sleeve T-Shirt, Women's Pink T-Shirt, Women's T-Shirt, Women's Tank Top, Yellow T-Shirt
The following are the dimensions needed for each type of product.
Front/Back
10" x 10"
Pocket
6" x 6"
Golf shirt Pocket
5" x 4"
4" x 5"
All Drinkware: Mug, Large Mug, SteinFront
8.31" x 3"
Sticker (Bumper)Front
10" x 3"
Sticker (Oval/Rectangle)Front
5" x 3"
And finally some tips
1. - Print the picture yourself on your own printer at the same size you want it to appear on your products. If it looks "chunky" or "dirty" on your printer, it will look "chunky" or "dirty" on your products too.
2. - If you save using JPG format (PNG is preferred), try using the lowest compression setting possible. Where this setting is located varies with different image software, but they should all have a 1-100 compression factor that you can set. Lower compression means less distortion. If you have the choice of having no compression at all that would be ideal.
3. - On colored fabrics be aware that any white in your image will show as the color of the fabric. White ink is not possible in our current dye sublimation process. Also very light colors may be affected by the color of the shirt.
4. - When creating graphics, try to reduce as much white space around the image as you can. Creating extra white space around the image will prevent the image to print its maximum size.
Now what does the winning designers get? Well I think it would only be fitting that the members with the winning designs will get to test check the finished product on me. I mean someone needs to do a quality check before the products go on sale so that's what you'll get. You'll get to own some of the products before anyone else.........bragging rights if you will so lets see your handy work and if you have any questions just let me know. Good luck and thanks!