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psyraccoon
psyraccoon aka Jeff Hoffman is a 21.2 year old boy, has been a member since March 23, 2007, has scored 1071 submissions, giving an average score of 3.07.
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  Jun 11 '09 by psyraccoon        9 Comments        Watch this      Share:  Share on facebook    Share on delicious    Share on digg    Share on MySpace    Tweet this    Stumble this    Share this on Kaboodle   
To anyone who's organized a collaboration design
Hey all you veteran designers and bloggers out there!

I have a question for anyone who's ever done a collab. piece and submitted it to Threadless. In particular, I've loved how great things like the Pizza Party and Monster Mash Collaboration have come out and how great of an idea they were. I have lots of ideas that I'd love to get out there, but have some interest in trying them out as collaborations to see how they can evolve with more than one person's input.

So to everyone out there who's collaborated on a shirt design: How did you go about it? I'm impressed with the fantastic blog kept by alexmdc on the shirt, and I've seen FRICKINAWESOME on so many people's submissions as a collaborator... I want to try my hand at this and just would love some words of wisdom before I jump off into the deep end.

So guys, what did you do? I know I can just throw out an idea, but how did things work if a design prints? Also, what works well for contests to hype it up and get visibility for the design?

I'm already studying the Pizza Party blog for ideas haha.

psyraccoon
psyraccoon on Jun 11 '09 at 2:57pm
even anyone who's just participated who knows what one is like... anyone?
rossmat8
rossmat8 on Jun 11 '09 at 3:00pm
I posted a blog like this and got some response. Then I went on people's blogs about their designs. Not on the actual design to see if they'd be interested in hearing an idea for a design. If they said yes I emailed them, if they didn't responded I let it go. So pick a designer you like find one of their blogs and see if they're willing to work with you.
Krakaboom
   Krakaboom on Jun 11 '09 at 3:03pm
I think collabs can be a very difficult thing to pull together. Lots of people sign up, then drop out, and it gets to be a bit of a nightmare trying to get everyone's illustrations together. I've taken part in almost all of the community collabs here, but I don't envy the organisers.

As for what happened when it printed - well, for Monster Mash all the money + the GC was divided equally between the collaborators. For Pizza Party only the prize money was divided as coupon codes, while the $500 GC was used to fund contests to promote the sub during voting.
Krakaboom
   Krakaboom on Jun 11 '09 at 3:04pm
Wait, did you mean community collabs, or collabs between two people?
psyraccoon
psyraccoon on Jun 11 '09 at 3:05pm
awesome. that sounds like a good idea... Even though people drop out and stuff, I would love to try my hand at a collaboration, even if its a small one. I have print envy with all the awesome artists on here, I need to kick myself in the ass and get drawing... submit some stuff :)
psyraccoon
psyraccoon on Jun 11 '09 at 3:08pm
Well, I have an interest in both community collabs and collabs between two or even a few people. I think what FRICKINAWESOME does is pretty rad, tons of stuff with other artists sounds like fun... I'm not sure what he does but I'd like to know
Krakaboom
   Krakaboom on Jun 11 '09 at 3:10pm
FA posts lots of blogs on his collab process - there's one on his most recent win (Sees The Day). Go check it out.
HorsefaceDee
HorsefaceDee on Jun 11 '09 at 3:11pm
I just finished a collab with FA..he is great to work with..:) my first collab too...
psyraccoon
psyraccoon on Jun 11 '09 at 3:11pm
Sweet :), Hopefully I'll get some good ideas and try and see if anyone's wanting to collab. sometime in the future.
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Tools of the Trade
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Revenge Of The Sushi
Robin Readbreast
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Water, Just Water
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Ballad of the Weekend Warrior
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Never Take Your Abilities For Granted
Disbelief
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