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keithcw
keithcw aka Keith is a 28.49 year old boy, has been a member since February 27, 2008, has scored 4,458 submissions, giving an average score of 1.72, helping 61 designs get printed.
URL: http://www.wezwick.com
Pulling Designs / Going Commercial
What do people think about this:

If I have a design (I do) that wasn't printed, but I'd like very much to wear, I could take it to a local screen printing shop and have them run some off for me.

As I read the Threadless rules, I can do this 90 days after I submitted my design, as long as I notify Threadless that I did so. At this point, they'll remove my design from the site.

So here's the rub. If I want to wear a shirt I submitted here, or try selling it on my own, then it disappears from this site... right? Is it worth appearing as a newb without any designs? Does that matter?

Has anyone on here taken their designs down and sold/printed them elsewhere?


sonmi
   sonmi on Sep 26 '08 at 11:44am
it doesn't actually disappear from the site. i think they had planned to do that at one point, but i think people take rejected designs and sub or print them elsewhere so much that it'd be too difficult to keep up.
keithcw
keithcw on Sep 26 '08 at 11:50am
Suppose it wasn't rejected... just not printed?
canadianbeaver
canadianbeaver on Sep 26 '08 at 11:55am
All you need to do is e-mail Threadless and ask for them to release the design. Then you can do whatever you want with it.
Torakamikaze
   Torakamikaze on Sep 26 '08 at 11:56am
You also must defeat the rancor
sonmi
   sonmi on Sep 26 '08 at 11:58am
not printed = a nicer way of saying "rejected" :p
keithcw
keithcw on Sep 26 '08 at 1:25pm
@ sonmi:



::hangs head::
keithcw
keithcw on Sep 26 '08 at 2:34pm
@canadianbeaver



What happens when they release the design? This goes back to my original question: does it disappear?
canadianbeaver
canadianbeaver on Sep 26 '08 at 2:38pm
No. All but the top row of mine have been released and local companies have asked to print them. Be careful though. Most of them are full of shit.
Krakaboom
   Krakaboom on Sep 26 '08 at 2:59pm
Is it worth appearing as a newb without any designs?



Designs you print elsewhere don't get taken off, but seriously, absolutely nobody would care anyway if you had no subs to your name.
ginetteginette
   ginetteginette on Sep 26 '08 at 3:09pm
most local companies full of shit (bad contracts)?
Demented
   Demented on Sep 26 '08 at 3:24pm
Oh, that's odd, they removed one of mine, it got printed at another place. So you don't need to notify em if you get it printed somewhere else? Cause it's always nicer to have a couple more subs to show in your profile here.
canadianbeaver
canadianbeaver on Sep 26 '08 at 3:55pm
Several contacts have asked for my work, even taken files from me, even printed... but then the follow through has not been there.



I have an inventory of great shirts for a gift show in November, but that is under my control and a one shot deal.



The shirt business is not for the mild of heart or the shallow pocket.
keithcw
keithcw on Sep 26 '08 at 4:17pm
Follow-through? Like they never delivered their shirts? I remember working with two different t-shirt places in high school (club shirts) and getting screwed both times.



What is it with those places? Screen-printing seems like a weird area for buffoonery.
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