Artwork Specs
Our in house designer is here to help with any artwork related questions you may have, and can help you get your image ready for print. Good artwork is the most important part of the screen printing process and so we have put together the following guidelines so you can produce printable artwork from the beginning for a great final product and a speedy turn around time.

Resolution
The first thing to think about when producing good artwork for print is the Dpi (dots per inch) this is the size of the image within design software such as Photoshop to get a good,high quality image with no pixelation (distortion of detail) we need the Artwork to come to us at no less than 300Dpi, any less than this can lead to a loss of finer detail, or rough lines where they should be smooth.

Dimensions
It is extremely helpful to have you artwork produced at (or close to) the size, at which you would like us to print.

File Types
We can accept most file types for images such as Jpeg, Tiff, Pdf, Eps or the Original Files from Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator.

Positioning
We have our own means of placing your artwork in what we believe to be the perfect position, however if possible it is a good idea to include a mock up design of the image on a tshirt template. Doing this will ensure our printers know exactly how you would like the final product to look.


Colourways
We mix all of our inks by hand and so can match any colour you would like in your design, however to allow for different screen resolutions etc, if you can supply us with Pantone reference numbers we can have a much more acurate reference point when mixing the colours for your job.
Halftones
If your design contains photographic work, or imagery with tonal areas such as various shades of one colour we will have to convert these areas or images into halftones, what this means is each colour layer will be built up of different style dots, to create the illusion of tone, whilst only printing one actual colour. The reason for this being that, the nature of screen printing means you have to create solid stencils on the screen to pull the ink through, any areas of the image which are not entirely solid will get lost in the exposure of the screen and result in a poor recreation of the original image, halftones get around this by making solid dots which the ink can be pulled through with ease and leaving a nice crisp result




Please don't hesitate to contact us for any other queries regarding artwork, we are here to help you get the best possible final result, and are more than willing to produce mock ups of your final design for you to ok before we go ahead and print.