Provided Art Requirements
If you'd like to provide your own artwork, here are the art specifications
Plot Print
- Cad-Cutable Vector art with closed compounded lines (definition below)
- Minimum object size of .1" Anything smaller will not print.
- Created in Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, or similar
- Provide in EPS format
- Nothing from the internet (Myspace, Facebook, Google, etc.)
- No t-shirt color restrictions
- [examples]
Digital & Dye
- High-resolution Pixel or Vector art (photographs, drawn artwork, etc) (definition below)
- PSD, PDF, JPG, PNG
- Nothing from the internet (Myspace, Facebook, Google, etc.)
- Direct process requires a white or light colored shirt for printing. [why? (link to FAQ)]
- Dye process requires a special poly/cotton blend t-shirt. [why? (link to FAQ)]
- [examples]
Screen Printing
- All Files must be 300 dpi or Vector Form.
- File Types
- Preferred types are .PSD, .EPS, .AI, .PDF,
- Acceptable but less preferred are: .TIF, and .JPG.
- See "Art Formats Not Accepted" below
- Design should be sized to the size it should be printed.
- Text must be converted to outlines.
- Standard Screen Size: 14” W x 17” H
- Jumbo Screen Size: 17.25” W x 23.5” H
- **Please Remember** Your printing will only be as good as your artwork. Bad artwork = Bad printing.
- Maximum 8 Colors. Screen Printing pricing is based on number of colors in your design. Keep in mind that each shade of a color is considered a color.
- Nothing from the internet ((Myspace, Facebook, Google, etc.)
- [Examples]
- MS Word
- MS PointPoint
- MS Publisher
- MS Paint
- Anything from the internet
- or anything similar
Art formats not accepted (no matter how nicely you ask)
Definitions
Vector Art
Vector images are images described by shapes such as circles and squares, as opposed to bitmap images which are described by pixels - squares of color arranged in a grid. The shapes are precise mathematical descriptions of the image and can be scaled without becoming blurry or "pixelated" (that blocky look that bitmap/raster images so often get when scaled up). These mathematical shapes create solid blocks of colors. Vector art is akin to the type of imaging typically used to create cartoon images found in comic strips.
Bitmap art utilizes pixels that are saved in a file as a series of numbers. Pixels create several dots of color in order to create the image. A bitmap image is quite literally a collection of squares that, taken together, make up the image. The squares might be of different colors, but they are all the same size. Reduce any bitmap image to its parts and you'll see this in detail.
Because a bitmap image is a collection of squares, it doesn't hold up well to expansion. Designers, when talking about vector and bitmap images, often talk about the resolution of those images. That is how many dots per inch an image has. The more dots per inch, the better the resolution of the image. The higher the resolution, the better detail the image generally has; conversely, the lower the resolution, the less detail the image has.
Because a bitmap image is a collection of squares, it doesn't hold up well to expansion. Designers, when talking about vector and bitmap images, often talk about the resolution of those images. That is how many dots per inch an image has. The more dots per inch, the better the resolution of the image. The higher the resolution, the better detail the image generally has; conversely, the lower the resolution, the less detail the image has.