Profile for DonlonAle - Any suggestions from the experienced submitters?

DonlonAle aka Josh is 34.89 years old, has been a member since September 21, 2006, has scored 2 submissions, giving an average score of 3.00.

Sep 27 '06 by DonlonAle

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Any suggestions from the experienced submitters?

I'm constantly impressed by the quality of the art, ideas, and execution of the people who submit designs. I am new to this and have posted a design, although my inexperience with the format has left my image too small and probably illegible to most. How are most of you out there creating the designs you are submitting? What software are you using? My submission came through on the tiny (72 dpi) tee shirt template I downloaded from the site, but it appears that most of the submissions are not on the tee template but are rather their own files. Can anyone suggest to me good ways to execute my future submissions? I am using photoshop to create them. What is the best dpi to begin with? What is the best dpi to scan? I feel that I have worthwhile idea but getting them to fruition so that they can be posted online is the problem. I assume most of you out there are graphic designers, computer geniuses, or the like. I am an architect and have solid graphic skills, but the computer side of it is not my bag. Anyone who can offer suggestions, your advice is much appreciated.

RustyAce on Sep 27 '06 at 3:26pm

keep in mind 72 dpi is for screen resolution, prefered print in 300 dpi, i think that threadless will accept as low as 150 dpi for actuall designs. consider the space you want to design ofr on the shirt, i would say 11x17 at 300 dpi would generally work. consideringthe format you are delivering working in a vector program dosent hurt either, but you can get around that a little by workiing wit paths in photoshop. As a rule alwas scann your images larger then you need them, if your drawing is 4x3 and you want to use 8x6 on a 300 dpi canvas then you will need to scann it at 600 dpi.

well that will get you started

hannabear on Sep 27 '06 at 3:27pm

Well you can save and sub your file as a .swf which will allow people to zoom and see your design. Or you can just have the design really big and have the t-shirt placement/color options in a smaller space.

also, if you want opinions of the design itself, try posting it in the blogs before you submit it. People can be critical but also helpful. :)

catdogpigduck on Sep 27 '06 at 3:32pm

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OlliRudi on Sep 27 '06 at 3:44pm

the only advice i can offer is: spend a lot of time, submit a lot of designs, and hope for the best. oh, and making your own templates is a good idea, those submitted on a standard threadless template usually scores pretty badly.

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