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How do I upload a t-shirt design?
What are RedBubble’s guidelines on content
What size or format image file should I upload?
Groups: How do I add or remove work?
How do I delete an image from my portfolio?
What should I upload?
Is there a template for t-shirt design?
Watermarks

How do I upload a t-shirt design?

Go to mybubble->upload your work and select add a t-shirt design. Download the t-shirt template, which you can also get from here

Embed your design in the template. The template covers the entire printing area, 12 by 16 inches, which allows you to position your design on the t-shirt. The template is a png file – you’ll need a program like Photoshop or Gimp to edit the template (note Gimp is a free program, you can find out more about GIMP here).

Now upload the template (with you embedded design) back to RedBubble and presto your design should be on RedBubble. Any problems, e-mail us at earswideopen@redbubble.com or skype us at redbubbleoffice.

What are RedBubble’s guidlines on content?

RedBubble is a site for your best work – we’re not a photo-sharing site. A good rule of thumb is only upload the work that you’re proud of.

When it comes to the nature of the content we aim to allow the maximum possible artistic freedom on the site. But we do have boundaries. RedBubble is an open site – children can view all of the work on the site. This influences our thinking on what content is appropriate for RedBubble. The following guidelines apply:

1. No pornography or sexually explicit material is permissible. We understand that nudity is legitimate area for artistic expression but no images that could be construed as pornographic.
2. We are conservative when it comes to images of children – so if you take photos of children then clothes on please.
3. Be careful with images that have violent content. Anything that condones or promotes violence is not acceptable
4. Respect copyright. Only upload work that you own the copyright for or for which you have a license
5. We support freedom of expression but we will not allow works that promote hate or have malicious use of stereotypes intended to attack or demean a particular gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or nationality. We believe political and social commentary can be made without recourse to such material.
6. We are not Ebay, and so while you may sell original artworks this does not extend to sales of non-art related works or objects (eg software, furniture etc). High quality images of hand-crafted artistic objects (eg sculpture, original paintings) may be posted
7. We have a zero tolerance policy towards predatory behavior including stalking, threatening or defamatory actions or material.

For a full legal description of our Terms of Service on this matter see here.

What size or format image file should I upload?

The bigger the better! Well … within reason. If you’re uploading files above 20MB they should be compressed more, or scaled down a bit… We don’t print billboards yet!

RedBubble needs big, high-resolution original files to make fantastic prints. We prefer JPEG or PNG file formats, and don’t accept TIFF or PDFs.

What matters most is the number of pixels of your image – file size (in MB) is not a good indicator of whether a file is suitable for printing.

For wall art and cards, please upload JPEGs with pixel dimensions that are equal to or exceed the following guidelines:

1. Card: about 1300 by 900 pixels (1 megapixel)
2. Small laminated, mounted or framed print: about 2400×1600 pixels (4 megapixels)
3. Medium laminated, mounted or framed printt: about 3240×2160 pixels (7 megapixels)
4. Large laminated, mounted or framed print: about 3840×2560 pixels (10 megapixels)

1. Small Poster: about 2500×3500 pixels
2. Medium Poster: about 3500×5000 pixels
3. Large Poster: about 5000×7100 pixels (Yeah A0 is BIG @ 150 dpi)

For t-shirts, please upload PNGs that are 12” x 16” in size, with pixel dimensions of 2400×3200 pixels. You can access a template for t-shirt designs

Note that if your image size or format is not right, this might restrict you from selling some products. We automatically determine which products your file can be used to create, so that we only ship products that both you and we can be proud of.

Groups: How do I add or remove work?

1. To add work (images, journal entries or written work) first make sure you are logged in
2. Then join the group you want to add work to (see above)
3. Go to “My Bubble” and find the image, journal entry or written work you want to add to a group (you will find the works under the appropriate tab: “art”, “journal” or “writing”)
4. Once you have found the work – click “edit”
5. You will see under the work a list of groups to which you are a member. Simply click the group which you want to add it to
6. If you want to remove a work just find the work in My Bubble and remove the tick next to the group you wish to remove it from.

Only add work relevent to the group. Don’t spam your work to all groups.

How do I delete an image from my portfolio

Go to mybubble->art click the image you want to edit. On this ‘edit work’ page you have the ability to update the pricing, change what products the image is sold as, change the description and also delete the work. The delete button is right at the bottom of the page.

What should I upload?

You should upload your best artwork and writing. RedBubble is a place for artists of all levels of experience and technical skill, but we want you to be proud of every piece you upload. All art should comply with the User Agreement

Is there a template for t-shirt design?

Yes. Here it is
And for more information on making great looking t-shirts check out this post

Watermarks

You can add a watermark to the zoom preview of your art and t-shirts on RedBubble.

MyBubble >> Edit Your Profile >> scroll down to “Zoom View Watermark Preferences” >> Tick which type of watermark you would like

When you turn watermarks on, they will apply throughout your portfolio
You can turn watermarks off or change between small and large watermarks at any time by following the above steps.

click here to see the different watermark designs