Instructional Technology Showcase 2006 T-shirt Design Competition

Design specifications and requirements
File formatting instructions
Additional formatting instructions from the T-shirt printer
Upload your design submission (UT EID restricted)
View design entries
Vote for your favorite design and select your T-shirt size (available May 15- 18)

The submission deadline for T-shirt designs is May 14, 2006. Limit one submission per person.

Design requirements and specifications

You will need to prepare two copies of your design—one high-resolution version for the T-shirt manufacturer, and one compressed version for our online voting page.

Your design must contain the following:

The text "The University of Texas at Austin". If you use the UT Wordmark, you must follow the appropriate guidelines.
The text "IT Showcase 2006"

If you use any other graphic elements belonging to the University of Texas, you will need to follow the University's guidelines.

Design specifications for T-shirt printing

Specifications:

4-color on a light colored T-shirt, front only
Maximum dimensions: 8 x 8 inches
Minimum font size: 14 pt

Design specifications for online voting

Specifications:

JPEG or GIF format
Maximum dimensions: 1500 X 1500 pixel
Maximum file size: 1 MB

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File formatting instructions

You will need to prepare two copies of your design in different file formats—one high-resolution version for the T-shirt manufacturer, and one low-resolution version for our online voting page.

High-resolution file requirements for T-shirt printing

Please refer to the additional formatting instructions from the printer before submitting high-resolution files. If your design is selected, you will need to supply a black-and-white or color printout of your artwork.

Specifications:

Maximum file size: 1 MB

Acceptable file formats (in order of preference):

Macromedia Freehand 5.0–8.0
Adobe Illustrator .EPS 5.5–6
Adobe Photoshop .PSD 4.0 or higher (300 dpi)
High-resolution JPEGs (300 dpi)

The T-shirt manufacturer does not accept:

Corel Draw
Publisher
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Office
Low-resolution JPEGs

Note: Low-resolution artwork or pictures found on the Internet rarely print well, especially small photo-realistic pictures.

Low-resolution file requirements for online voting

You will need to submit a version of your design for our online voting page.

Specifications:

Maximum file size: 1 MB
Maximum image size: 1500 X 1500 pixels

Acceptable file formats:

JPEGs (72 dpi)
GIFs

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