May be a dumb question, but should I get a DBH account and post some tees there?
Can any members here tell me if it’s worth it? Like have you found the winnings to be fair or the printing quality to be good?
I’m a DBH noob so bare with me. What are the pros and cons from your experience?
Who’s talking?
Kolby
labyrinth
Birdie3431
quakerninja
skull with hair
jfinley
jimiyo
RikkiB
MykeCatastrophic
csj89
Nate
Joe
ryanmiller
herman
collisiontheory
Ameeee
Go Ape Shirts
CMYK|BRAD
Tonteau
Oliver
derekdeal
LitoQ
a killer wombat
horsebites
ChadDoesDesign
godsloadedsociety
andrE w.
godmachine
chrisrushing
jaynajaynajayna
Aniast
ez-kun
heroes
Jon Kruse
Randomentity
greggrillo
challen14
Robert Ottinger
ryan
heavyprints
brett_district
edword
Incarnadine
101 Comments
Kolby said 7 months ago
Your Finley. You will win. Just do it. Duh
labyrinth said 7 months ago
i feel like you could definitely benefit from it being that you design extremely well. so you’re just getting your stuff printed and getting paid for it. and if you win shirt of the week/shirt of the month you get a lot more money. so i feel like for you its a win win situation unless you feel like you could sell the design a lot better than dbh could. id say go for it and win some money finley.
Birdie3431 said 7 months ago
i dont think hes really asking if he will win (which he will) but if its worth his time/effort and if their printing quality will do his designs justice.
quakerninja said 7 months ago
The main pro is us goofy fan boys voting like mad, The down side it most all rips were from DBH but again you have fans.
here is the money break down
Each weekday a submitted design wins the Shirt of the Day (SOTD) prize of $750 ($500 cash & $250 store credit). Each week the five previous SOTD winners go head to head for the Shirt of the Week (SOTW) prize of $1000 cash. Then the four SOTW winners compete for the final prize of $1750 ($1500 cash & $250 store credit) and the coveted trophy and title of Shirt of the Month. All in all, a winning design that goes all the way can win up to $3500!
plus you can earn more depending on # of sales the shirt gets.
http://www.designbyhumans.com/win/rockstar/
It has one of the best payouts for a Competition site.
get going.
http://www.designbyhumans.com/win/submit/
oh and they can do this too
http://www.designbyhumans.com/win/design_101
I guess you could have just read that yourself at DBH huh. Doh!!
Birdie3431 said 7 months ago
so actually the absolute most you could get from one deign is $8,500! sweet moses!
skull with hair said 7 months ago
fuck DBH, i created an account, submitted a design (which included saving the fucking file in like 5 sizes) and nothing. the design did not get posted and i got no email from DBH saying anything. lame.
jfinley said 7 months ago
Yeah I think I’m mostly concerned with if they print it, the shirt is "theirs" and I can’t print it myself down the line. If anyone would want to buy it, it would have to be through them.
And do they print their logo on it?
And I know their limit says 8 colors, but do you think I could post these on there and it would be ok?
http://emptees.com/tees/159-bold-is-beautiful
http://emptees.com/tees/1162-maggot-folk
http://emptees.com/tees/429-close-your-eyes
And if you win, how do you send them the hi res file? Layered? JPG? Do you have to tell them the Pantones? How is the printing quality? They do all over prints and jumbo prints right?
jimiyo said 7 months ago
fo shizzle. if anything, it will get more exposure for goMedia
pros:
1. good exposure.
2. decent pay if you win.
3. you are whats represented there. THE ARTIST. so all you are building is credibility and a fanbase, which seems to build on itself. i have a theory that if you can maintain an identity as an artist, and your style, much like a business, people will come to you for YOU, not your business services. eventually i want internet famez so people will come to me to ask me to do my style... like how you say people come to you for Affliction type work... they will come for FINLEY! this could be a basis for an apparel line of your own once a fan base is built.
4. why not? i bet you have some rad designs sitting around that would defintely get some major play. and im sure DBH guys wouldnt mind having a jaggernaut like you show up. its more creed to their business.
5. you have an army of 10,000 greeks who are willing to wage war with you!
6. they are not afraid to experiment with non traditional print techniques.
cons
1. each contest site seems to have its own style. sometimes you might have to mold to their styling, but not always.
2. they have a seemingly random way of choosing designs to be printed, so votes do not necessarily equate to print.
3. losing, to something you think is shit, sometimes is tough to take.
let’s become famous Finley. im waging my own war too.
here’s an interesting article about becoming a successful artist... it makes it seem easy... although we all know it takes mucho work but
THIS IS SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRTA!
http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php
RikkiB said 7 months ago
DBH have been awesome, they can pretty much print anything and have a great range of specialty inks/foils etc.
They only print their logo on the inside at the back.
You can provide a 300dpi psd (i think you can provide the pantones) and yup they can do jumbo and all over.
Your work is right down their alley, you’d be sure to do well.
jfinley said 7 months ago
Thanks Jimiyo, I’ll submit some things, see what happens. Will you guys vote for me?
MykeCatastrophic said 7 months ago
No. Never.
Of course we will man!
Kolby said 7 months ago
I wont vote for you. I hate you.
csj89 said 7 months ago
i’ve won two times! definitely worth it. your style fits too on what they like.
they wouldn’t have any problem printing the 3 designs you posted, they can print anything afaik. although i’m 50/50 with the shirt they print on itself - their own cloth, it would have been better if they printed on AA.
jimiyo said 7 months ago
more pros.
7. suppose you can start winning like mad crazy... you can work from home buddy! in your underpants, and with your new Mrs. Finley. i personally dream about working from home, and raising the kids with a wifey.
8. you get to design whatever you want. no more non-artist client telling you to change up something because they dont like it.
9. less overhead. its all digital. but GoMedia is probably already like that.
10. you get to challenge yourself with your art. since you get to do what you want, you could push yourself harder and be more into what you are creating than for a client.
11. assumption. something is a brewing inside Finley? something more than just one contest? fame, fortune, GLORY! self actualization! IMMORTALITY! Take iT! Its YOURS!
srsly... Do you feel a want for more?
yeah though... make sure you put it in that Vote for me thread... dont be an a-hole and start your own thread...
JOKES JOKES.
YOU, Spartan, have earned the right to your own thread!
Nate said 7 months ago
+1
Joe said 7 months ago
To make it even more explicit: they can print basically anything, and they do it really well. And they have access to pretty much any specialty printing method you can think of, except all-over cut-and-sew. The three designs you linked above all definitely stand good chances!
ryanmiller said 7 months ago
definitely submit some stuff Jeff.. you’d kill it man!
quakerninja said 7 months ago
Huh Sparta you say. I do like kicking people into deep holes. I want to see one of you in a superbowl ad next year do it.
jfinley said 7 months ago
Well, I kept holding off cause I kept thinking that we would somehow print all these rejected tees ourselves and sell them ourselves. But time keeps passing and we aren’t getting any closer to printing them. Two key problems keep arising:
1.) Large upfront cost to print those damn designs
2.) Can’t find a reliable printer that’s up for the challenge
So I think I’ll try DBH and see how it goes.
herman said 7 months ago
definitely worth it, finley. their print and shirt quality is top notch.
the only con i guess is that when you win, you can’t use your winning credits to pay for the shipping (if you’re outside US).
collisiontheory said 7 months ago
herman is a DBH superstar he should know hehe.
go submit your stuff man although those designs you posted might be too difficult for a jumbo print. most of their jumbo prints are one to two color. i haven’t seen them print full color as a jumbo.
Ameeee said 7 months ago
I will vote for shiz!
Go Ape Shirts said 7 months ago
I think it’s worth it. Plus, you can get everyone here to vote and comment on it!
CMYK|BRAD said 7 months ago
Yea boii
Tonteau said 7 months ago
You would win big fo sho, I think your designs suit their style pretty nicely. The prize for winning is good and there are no outlay costs for you. Couple that with the amount exposure you’ll recieve by winning and it looks like a good deal to me.
Oliver said 7 months ago
I will also be getting in on this thing. Keep a look out.
derekdeal said 7 months ago
just so you know, this is what you are up against.
better bring your A game.
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/11947
Oliver said 7 months ago
*fart noise*
LitoQ said 7 months ago
u’ll def get my vote...provided u can outdo MrStuds supper scribble
ps: fart noises rool!
a killer wombat said 7 months ago
haha, epic. I want that on or around my body.
horsebites said 7 months ago
Thanx for posting this Finley. I was wondering about DBH and wanted to submit something.
ChadDoesDesign said 7 months ago
btw finley,
tawdry hepburn is a chick magnet. thanks for the assist.lol
godsloadedsociety said 7 months ago
Not only will we vote, but finally we can buy!
andrE w. said 7 months ago
do you think its be better for him to post one at a time or all three at the same time?
godmachine said 7 months ago
If Emptees does a mass exodus to DBH
they wont know what the fuck hit them.
Lets make this Emptees t-shirt company then.
jfinley said 7 months ago
Ok posted my first design, it’s a doosey!!
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/12782
Oliver said 7 months ago
you better get voting on that shit! move it!
chrisrushing said 7 months ago
i give you 15 min and you will be on the homepage top 5.
herman said 7 months ago
voted. I’ll be patiently waiting for it to purchase.
Haha, I’m still behind DBH hall of famer jimiyo for the Most Popular Human list.
godmachine said 7 months ago
do you have to use there tee template or can you use your own?
godmachine said 7 months ago
where is the 'submit a tee button'??
see what i mean about terrible navigation and a messy site?
godmachine said 7 months ago
do the pics have to be 72 dpi?
jaynajaynajayna said 7 months ago
well I just made $1500 on a shirt I spent about an hour and a half on, so, yeah, it was pretty worth it. I still have a chance to win another $1500
I was a little miffed because they changed the placement, honestly I think to the detriment of the shirt. But I mean, the design belongs to them now so they’ll do with it what they will.
I’m not really a fan of the shirt colors they offer for printing though, they’re all pretty subdued.
But yeah my own shirt came in the mail yesterday and despite its changes it still looks effin sweet. Everyone whos seen it and doesn’t know it’s my design has been pumped over it
derekdeal said 7 months ago
*ahem*
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/8362
jaynajaynajayna said 7 months ago
what!
godmachine said 7 months ago
do you have to use there tee template or can you use your own?
where is the 'submit a tee button'??
see what i mean about terrible navigation and a messy site
do the pics have to be 72 dpi?
How the fuck can i make it 27kb? i got it down to 47 and it already looks shite
derekdeal said 7 months ago
• Use your own tee template, it doesnt matter.
• go to 'win' its all there
• kind of, but its not that bad
• Use save for web in photoshop to keep your file size down.
godmachine said 7 months ago
shit site.
cheers derek bro.
jaynajaynajayna said 7 months ago
It doesn’t matter so long as you use the colors offered in their template.
And yeah at first I totally hated the navigation but I got used to it
chrisrushing said 7 months ago
hahahahaha
http://www.gomediazine.com/
Oliver said 7 months ago
behold the power of go media.
ChadDoesDesign said 7 months ago
did you win yet?lol
Aniast said 7 months ago
+1 chicks have been scamming on me all day long.
andrE w. said 7 months ago
they are being shipped tomorrow, right? haha
godmachine said 7 months ago
is it my poooter or is that site ...
godmachine said 7 months ago
....incredibly....
godmachine said 7 months ago
....sloooooooooooooo.......
godmachine said 7 months ago
.........ooooooooowwwwwww?
CMYK|BRAD said 7 months ago
Finley has 117 votes already ...
Do they print a new shirt everyday/week/month?
ez-kun said 7 months ago
godmachine, it usually moves fast enough...
but hell, i was raised on dial-up, who the funk am i to speak, from my lil unknown country?
also..finley might just get the fastest print i’ve ever seen..
goodbye money for me, jeff needs more money for the wife and kids situation:))
SUPPORT, SUPPORT!
heroes said 7 months ago
i agree it always seems to take agggges to load pages just that site though its weired
ChadDoesDesign said 7 months ago
did you win yet?
jimiyo said 7 months ago
Holy Crap! 160 votes already dawg!!! Nutz!
Jon Kruse said 7 months ago
176
jfinley said 7 months ago
No kids yet! Although I can see us having 2 lil computer nerds by the time we’re 35!
Randomentity said 7 months ago
181 votes, yowza
jfinley said 7 months ago
How much does a normal SOTD get on there?
greggrillo said 7 months ago
Five new Shirt of the Day winners are chosen each week. Each wins $750 ($500 cash, $250 credit). One of these is chosen to receive an additional $1000 cash for Shirt of the Week. Each month one of the previous Shirt of the Week winners will be chosen as Shirt of the Month and win an additional $1750 ($1500 cash, $250 credit).
jfinley said 7 months ago
I actually meant how many votes does a typical SOTD received to become SOTD?
collisiontheory said 7 months ago
I’ve seen shirts printed at 30 votes. And it was submitted the same month as it was printed. Mine was at 60. I’ve seen others at more than 100 still not printed. I think it really depends what they want. So you can’t really tell.
Randomentity said 7 months ago
they would be stupid not to print that. just sayin'
challen14 said 7 months ago
the shirt and printing quality is pretty. i was happy with my print. your stuff rock by the way.
Robert Ottinger said 7 months ago
190 and counting! Dang Son!
ryan said 7 months ago
191
Kolby said 7 months ago
Me too. Get on erkmom.
collisiontheory said 7 months ago
Dude i think you’re gonna break 300!
ez-kun said 7 months ago
Good Luck with that: piece of advice: don’t let them get computer-nerdy till they are at least 10- they need a childhood with peers. and the PC kind of keeps the nerds from spending time with their friends. dude, they’ll get there:))
This thread is going crazy. you’ll get your 300 spartans to vote in no time. and then some persians and their elephants, and the ugly ninja-like dudes, etc.
heavyprints said 7 months ago
On the shores of emptees today your army of slaves faces free men!!!!!!
jfinley said 7 months ago
Ah yeah, for sure. Good advice. I will make sure they sketch their work first before going on the computer! :-)
Randomentity said 7 months ago
lmao, golden.
can i vote twice?
collisiontheory said 7 months ago
I think emptees should have a voting militia. Kind of like the Manticores but just to vote for other people’s designs on several websites lol. If jeff can get this much votes in about a day then we’ll need all the help we can get!
brett_district said 7 months ago
you could always try our district shootout. its new, and although the cash is not great the competition is lower too. its sort of our ghetto-fab beta run. also, everything is printed on high-end organic blanks, and our print quality is pretty decent. this months contest benefits Times Up a NYC bike advocacy group. check it out at www.districtcotton.com/blog1
Jon Kruse said 7 months ago
I think Kolby will give Finley a run for his money if he decides to enter.
ryanmiller said 7 months ago
like i said, you’re killing it man!! good job
edword said 7 months ago
You have more votes then most prints already! It’s a print!
jimiyo said 6 months ago
399
collisiontheory said 6 months ago
Yeah but I’m closing in fast. lol http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/13514
jimiyo said 6 months ago
yeah, but Deepak Chopra, the great motivational spiritual leader started an account to comment on Jeff’s piece.
haha.
collisiontheory said 6 months ago
Haha i just saw that!
Kolby said 6 months ago
400!
jfinley said 6 months ago
They haven’t printed it yet. I’m starting to think DBH isn’t worth it simply because of the uncertainty and slow turnaround time.
quakerninja said 6 months ago
Are you seriously thinking of baling on them?
Kolby said 6 months ago
ummmm dont
jfinley said 6 months ago
I haven’t put a any serious thought into bailing on them. Not yet at least. I see us submitting more tees to them if this one works out.
RikkiB said 6 months ago
Dude, you’ve got it in the bag. Be patient, it’ll pay off.
derekdeal said 6 months ago
i know what you mean, i got another offer on mine, i want to bail, but ive already had it sitting there for two months. and then you see things like this and question, why the hell am i posting at all.
http://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/detail/2303?category=mens
jimiyo said 6 months ago
i do have to say the slow turnaround is quite irritating.
they had paid me for revelations 2 at least a month or two before they printed. i started thinking they would never print it.
they also were gonna do a interview of me to post on the website like some of the other artists... that was about 4-6 months ago. no interview yet.
i figure they must be busy with something. i know one of the main owners just had a baby. not that that should impede work.. but just sayin...
as far as submitting more tees.. yeah, i guess it would be better to hold off until this one hits.
i still think its an ok avenue... although i was thinking, dang, if you dont win SOTW... its only $500 for a hot design. that sucks.
Oliver said 6 months ago
hey hey hey hey. i posted one. help me out, it would be nice of you.
ChadDoesDesign said 6 months ago
did you win yet?haha
Incarnadine said 6 months ago
I’ve been meaning to make a topic about this but worried it would be a taboo question, but Jimiyo, I was wondering what one would consider to be a good price for a hot design?
Kolby said 6 months ago
Whats going on with this?