Q: How much does a shirt cost? How do you figure out the price?

A: Shirt costs vary depending on shirt Style, Quantity, Number of Colors, and Artwork needed.

Q: What kind of shirts do you offer?

A: We can produce any type of shirt offered from todays top quality manufacturers. Click here for a sample.

Q: Okay, what about colors?

A: Click here for a sample of colors offered.

Q: Why does adding colors to the design add to the cost?

A: Each color is put on a separate screen on our printing press. The time it takes to apply each color as well as the materials <ink> add to the cost.

ARTWORK F.A.Q.

Q: Art? What kind of artwork do I need?

A: We accept all types of artwork submissions for output. However, setup charges will apply if changes need to be made to the artwork. Finished artwork includes:

* Vector drawn graphics, color separated if applicable.

* PSD, JPG, GIF, TIFF, DOC, FH files are submittable for vector conversion <art fee will apply>

Q: Ok, what is a vector drawing? Can you explain that?

A: Programs such as Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, and Macromedia Freehand use formulas that create crisp scaleable drawings. Programs like Photoshop* use pixel based painting to create images. Here is a visual example.

When zoomed in, you can see the jagged look of a pixel based image. The similar vector drawing will retain the smooth lines regardless if it is zoomed in, or even scaled up to billboard size!

Q: Can I take a JPG or similar file and paste it into Adobe Illustrator? Will that work

A: Unfortunately pasting a pixel based file into Illustrator will not convert it to a vector-style image. We can give you pointers on how to attempt to convert drawings over. Please be aware that artwork with high levels of shading do not convert easyily, if at all. Contact us for more information.

Q: I have no idea what I want to do / I can't draw very well...

A: That's ok! We have artists on staff to create an image to your liking. We can take a stick figure sketch and make a finished product out of it.

Here are a few terms that are involved in the art making process.

Ink- Plastisol material used to "color" shirts. Our inks withstand repeated washing and remain vibrant.

Halftones- printed dots of varying size that provide tone and shading to an image. A single color image can have depth and shading by the use of halftones.

Raster/ bit map art- art that uses pixels set side by side to produce an image. Each pixel has color information stored within. Each pixel can be modified as a group or one at a time to contruct an image.

Screen- Material that ink is run through to apply color to an image. Sections of a screen are blocked out to prevent color from being applied to specific areas. Think of screens in a "paint by section" way to get a good idea of how it works.

Spot Colors- Specific colors used to achieve accurate color on a shirt. We use Pantone colors to achieve the closest match to the tones you need.

Vector art- Math based geometric shapes that combine to form images. Vector art is scaleable to larger and smaller sizes without the loss of image quality.

*Photoshop is capable of producing vector graphics, although its core function is based around pixel based objects.