Spreadshirt artist Redwane has been one of our community’s most successful designers for years— all the more reason to get excited when he provides insight into the creative process of his art. Here’s a pic-by-pic tutorial of his Hipster Skater design, all the way from the first sketch to the polished result.
Ever wondered how you could improve your website’s Google ranking? The good news is that it doesn’t involve a two-week course in the arts of geeky wizardry – all you need to do is imply a few clues for Google and our Marketplace to tell people what they can find on your site. Meta tags is the word, and we’ll let you know how to deal with them to send your visitor numbers on the mend..
Working with Photoshop and Illustrator takes some getting used to. Creating a vector design or even pixel graphics makes using image-rendering software a basic necessity. Of course, you’ll need quite some time and experience to realise graphics the way you imagine them. Good to know: Spreadshirt’s Graphics Service offers an easy solution to develop your images swiftly.
We keep improving the SpreadShop and its administration, and there’s a lot of work done behind the scenes to make your experience a better one. Some adjustments may have a direct impact on the look … Read more
By day, D.J. Coffman is an art director with Spreadshirt North America. By night, however, he steps into a phone booth and dons a cape and red vinyl boots, moonlighting as a very well-known comic artist. He has been kind enough to assume the superhero role for today to share some tips for making comic- inspired designs. Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…. DJ!
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They say that the first step is always the hardest, and this adage certainly hold true when it comes to getting a successful Shop off the ground. You think you’ve got it all sorted, but you’re still not hearing the sweet sound of the cash register bells dinging. What’s the deal? Well, typically tweaking a few key things will go a long way towards making those chimes ring. We’ve hatched a problem-solving approach for you to help you navigate your way to Money Town.
As any good e-commerce company should, we’re constantly A/B testing our website to find out what works best for our customers and partners. Sometimes the tests prove our hypothesis correct and we increase conversion. But like most scientific endeavours, our hypotheses are sometimes just plain wrong and then we dig down in the data to find out why. And we think that you could also benefit from learning about our successes and failures. Read more
Creativity is like a vast ocean of opportunity, but it’s sometimes difficult to navigate in the wild waters of technical and creative possibilities. To lend you a hand in creating designs that make a difference, we sought advice from several designers to explain the stages of their work; and even disclose a few creative tricks. Let’s put to sea! Read more
Similar to pop songs, some search terms are one-hit wonders, and some top the charts for weeks on end. Put your finger firmly on the pulse of trend, and find out about the most popular keywords in recent history. What’s more, you can source fresh inspiration from our favourites on Google and the Marketplace. Read more
Major sporting events like the Olympic Games see a lot of people craving for fan T-shirts. This puts you in a position to draw on untapped opportunities to provide sports fans with tees sporting athletic designs. It’s no legal picnic, though. Find out what it takes to keep the legal dogs off your heals, and get your designs off the starting blocks by eliminating the hazards of tripping.
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