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Zoe Oakley

8 Years Ago

Croping Your Images For Tshirts

Is anyone else having trouble deciding how much to crop their images (if at all) for them to go on to Tshirts.

I'm sure some artists and photographers may feel that croping defeats the purpose of the over all picture.
And indeed I realize that some work just isn't suited to Tshirts
But for those that are would it really look so bad with as a solid rectangular image?

Just wanted to see if anyone else felt the same way

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Jessica Jenney

8 Years Ago

I don't crop my images but I soften the edges on a transparent PNG so it blends into the background color of the shirt I do that only for a few. I can't be bothered to do this for every one. The rectangles seem to be selling.

 
 

Edward Fielding

8 Years Ago

So far I've only sold a few tees with images not intended for tees. I.e. rectangles. Personally I think they've looked terrible but who am I to second guess the buyer.

I have a gallery of png prepared t-shirt designs. Hopefully these will be discovered eventually.

 

Mike Savad

8 Years Ago

i'm not doing anything at all special for shirts. partly because they really are not money makers, partly because few will find them based on how the site and google works.

i've sold rectangle shirts before though.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

 

Edward Fielding

8 Years Ago

I see it as a way to introduce people to your work. Maybe now they are looking for a t-shirt. Maybe later they'll want a print.

 

Mike Savad

8 Years Ago

i'm on several sites that have shirts - that never happens. people looking for shirts will want shirts. people that want posters will want posters. one doesn't introduce to another.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

 

Sharon Cummings

8 Years Ago

Actually smaller lower ticket items can lead to larger print sales. Has happened to me many times. My theory is just offer it all and keep the cash flow coming in. We are rarely privy to how every buyer buys....What they buy first....What they buy second....What product leads to another. Since it is unknown, best to have something for everyone and believe that all roads point to sales. :)

 

Richard Farrington

8 Years Ago

As time permits, I'm gradually reworking my images for t-shirts. For example, isolating a selection, adding a more suitable background and some funky text. For this image, scroll down & click on T-shirts to see what I've done.

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Valerie Reeves

8 Years Ago

Plenty of rectangular images seem to be selling.

 

Shirley Sykes Bracken

8 Years Ago

Good advice Jessica, thanks. I couldn't see how my paintings could go on T shirts but this will help.

Those of you who are adjusting your images... are you making a separate gallery just for shirts? Or are you adjusting and using just the adjusted images for everything?

 

Abbie Shores

8 Years Ago

We are getting a lot of print and cushion (pillow) cover sales together of the same image. We were not going to sell cushions on FAA at first, only on Pixels, but the sales started rolling in so they were kept

 

Jessica Jenney

8 Years Ago

You can upload PNG files separately for each product.

 

Jessica Jenney

8 Years Ago

a simple tutorial for faded edges:

 

Sharon Cummings

8 Years Ago

Shirley...I'd highly recommend making a gallery JUST for t-shirts. I lost my Google ranking for two of my best sellers by adding a PNG to an existing listing. Never again!!

 

Jessica Jenney

8 Years Ago

But Sharon, t-shirts and phone cases aren't being sold on FAA, so how does that work? It works on Pixels and premium site.

 

Zoe Oakley

8 Years Ago

Cheers for you inputs.
seems that just softening the edges would work best.

I always thought Tshirts were a great way to advertise your work as long as you keep your signature on them (ideally you would want your web address on there too) it's a good way to get recognised to the man on the street as it were, something eye catching where you wouldn't so much expect to see it, and some people just don't want Art for their walls...they wanna see it everywhere :)

I'm keeping what I do for Tshirts in a seperate file.

I still think it is good to have a choice of what you can buy, Pixels and FAA are in effect the same company, and you can share which ever item you happen to be selling (be it merchandise items or prints) on other social networks.

It's just about getting out there what ever way you can!

 

Zoe Oakley

8 Years Ago

Just seen you faded edge tutorial Jessica
Thank you

 

Zoe Oakley

8 Years Ago

Has anyone ordered one their Tshirts just to see the quality
They say it is done on a Kornit DTG printer

 

Gill Billington

8 Years Ago

@Sharon I don't understand what you mean by don't add a png file to an existing listing or you will loose your Google ranking.

Do you mean don't change the main image to a png. I have just been uploading the pngs to the t-shirt product and I started having a gallery just for t-shirts but people are saying that even rectangular images are selling without special pngs so I have enabled t-shirts on lots of my images now.

http://GillBillingtonArt.com

 

Enaid Silverwolf

8 Years Ago

Thanks for the info. I will watch the faded edge tutorial. I am making a separate section for Tshirts only with PNG files. Just started. The first is a rectangle, so not sure if I'm doing the right thing.

 

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