Are you an artist? We love working with artists that are passionate about T-shirts.
At RockSports we have several in house artists, including a pre-press specialist that will help you create the perfect T-shirt design. As long as you have an idea, we will help you create a unique tee. So go ahead and send your bitmap, jpeg, tiff, png, pdf, ai, eps, and psd files.
For those with more than an idea, the following is a list of RockSports best practices for submitting artwork for t-shirt printing:
1. Use Adobe Illustrator if possible. .ai or .eps format
2. Review your artwork (spell check) - No brainer right? You'd be surprised.
3. Work with pantone colors/spot colors for perfect color match and to eliminate unwanted surprises. Be sure to use the uncoated version of pms color. Helpful link - http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/tech/pantone_colors/pantone.htm
4. Convert your fonts to Outlines.
5. Create your artwork at the actual size.
A full front print is usually around 11". You can go bigger for bigger shirts. Max out at around 15".
A full front for youth sizes is around 9".
6. Do not stress over layers or color separations - we will do that for you.
In order to make your artwork look the same on the shirt as it does on your monitor a screen printer must control the printing press, the mesh in the screens, and the inks. All of these variables can drastically affect the output of the particular design. Each of these variables are different in each print shop. At RockSports our graphic artists have well over 10 years of experience and will best know how to separate the colors. If your artwork has layers or color separations, then most likely our artist will redo the separations to ensure success.
7. If you use layers - Group your vector objects together.
8. Summarize and provide a graphic on shirt representation.
9. Submit artwork with eight or less spot colors.
10. The thinnest lines should not be less than 1.0 point.
11. Fonts should be no smaller than 12 point if you want to be able to read them on your shirt.
12. If using photoshop, then make sure your minimum resolution is 300dpi at 100% of actual print size.
For examples of designs others have used, check out these links: