What you print reflects on YOU.

[theMadArtist]

So much of the art I see printed makes me scream "What the-"!
Cheap looking clip art? Really?
Even if you have to taper down your profit margin PROMOTE yourself by printing designs that will impress, rather than bore!

[Rockers]

How does this matter if most artwork is provided by the customer in the first place. Do you suggest to tell them "oh that`s pretty cheap looking" fancy trying something different. I think a lot of them will not come back, as they consider their designs to be good.

[mooseman]

The customer is always right because he/she have the money. If you are in it to make a profit then print the best image of crappy art you can. If you are in it  to make a statement then the money and the customer do not matter and you are completely correct......some customers are clueless
mooseman

[Sbrem]

We advise our customers when something could be "improved", and it's done with the utmost care to not insult them. I did a job this spring that was pretty rude, for a charity yet. So I took the crappy jpeg, and applied what I've learned to smooth them out and clean them up, and printed the shirts and had a happy customer. If I show them the jaggy lines and how rough they are, they usually are OK with a modest art charge. I do see a lot of "I would not do that..." art out there, but it's a big world with different folks with different needs, so we try to accommodate them. Today fortunately, we have a really nice looking 3 color going for a local Shakespeare festival we print for annually.

Steve

[jvanick]

we've been doing more and more contract printing... our new motto is whatever the customer wants... we can't post pics of much of what we produce anyways, so I really don't care if it's cool art or not.

Unfortunately we don't have a great artist on staff for the stuff we produce in house, but that's not the focus of our business, so good enough has to be good enough.

[mk162]

we are in the same boat here.  Our artist turns out GREAT stuff...but it boils down to 2 things...what the customer wants and what the customer is willing to pay for.

[tfike]

We do a lot of our own art here but our problem is small runs, we do 12 piece runs per namedrop so we sometimes have to "dumb" our stuff down in order to be more efficient on the production side.  I personally wouldn't buy a lot of the designs we sell but the masses seem to enjoy them and that's all that really matters in the end, sales are sales.

[GraphicDisorder]

When you print a shirt for someone, from the typical viewing distance is the person looking at the artwork or the print? 

[theMadArtist]

The customer is always right because he/she have the money. If you are in it to make a profit then print the best image of crappy art you can. If you are in it  to make a statement then the money and the customer do not matter and you are completely correct......some customers are clueless
mooseman

True- but even it can often be tweaked!

[theMadArtist]

Outstanding, Sbrem!

[3Deep]

We try and make every effort to give the customer what they want even if there art is crap we try and shine it up, I'm going to ask a question but I'll start another thread so as to not highjack this one.

darryl

[Sbrem]

Outstanding, Sbrem!

thanks

[Screened Gear]

So much of the art I see printed makes me scream "What the-"!
Cheap looking clip art? Really?
Even if you have to taper down your profit margin PROMOTE yourself by printing designs that will impress, rather than bore!

Lets see some of the art that impresses... And then let us know the cost of that art and how long it took to get the art done.

[Frog]

So much of the art I see printed makes me scream "What the-"!
Cheap looking clip art? Really?
Even if you have to taper down your profit margin PROMOTE yourself by printing designs that will impress, rather than bore!

Lets see some of the art that impresses... And then let us know the cost of that art and how long it took to get the art done.

Well, let's hope that if that is forthcoming, it's  in a more appropriate place to promote his business, like Product and Business Promotion, or soon when Mad has made enough posts to become verified, in the Member to Member Art Services section.

[theMadArtist]

So much of the art I see printed makes me scream "What the-"!
Cheap looking clip art? Really?
Even if you have to taper down your profit margin PROMOTE yourself by printing designs that will impress, rather than bore!

Lets see some of the art that impresses... And then let us know the cost of that art and how long it took to get the art done.

Well, let's hope that if that is forthcoming, it's  in a more appropriate place to promote his business, like Product and Business Promotion, or soon when Mad has made enough posts to become verified, in the Member to Member Art Services section.