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Friday, February 26 2010

Meet a Client: Gillian and the 80s Birthday Barcrawl!

By Jerry Kozak on

Tags: Case Study Customer Art

One of the most common questions we get from prospective client is "do you guys do art?" This question is usually asked in hope and fear - hope that we'll say "yes we do!" and fear that we are going to charge an arm and a leg for it and end up delivering some crummy clip art we hobbled together. Well fear not! Not only are we happy to produce art for you, we rarely charge for it (and will always get your permission before doing so) and are just as concerned about how it looks as you are. We are proud of our work, and we don't like attaching our names to bad looking clothes!

Here is a quick example of a client who had an idea but needed help making it a reality:

In January of 2010, Gillian approached us about producing 30 shirts for her and her pal Erin's Birthday Bar Crawl. 

The theme was "26 Candles," and being an 80's party, the shirts naturally had to have some neon flair. Gill had a general idea of what she wanted, but asked if we could help translate it into a radical print. 

We took an afternoon to do some research, and after browsing a couple dozen 80s movie covers, magazine ads, and other pop culture relics, had the following recommendations:

  1. The inverted face relief in neon pink on a black background - this seemed to be a required look for 80s pop tour posters
  2. We found the font used for the move "16 Candles," which seemed to be an obvious choice

We ran the recommendations by Gill, got her approval, and had her and Erin send a picture to convert to art:

 

Once the art was approved, we agreed on a price, and had the shirts printed and in her hands within the week!

Gill said of her experience:

 

"I was very impressed with the Ann Arbor T-Shirt Company's service. I needed 30 t-shirts for a bar crawl and they were able to take my ideas and run with them. They were able to screen our photos onto the shirt and create a unique design. I needed to get the shirts in only a couple of days, and they rushed to get it all done. The price was unbeatable. I will recommend them to friends and family!‎"

 

 

Thank you, Gill! It was a pleasure working with you, and thanks for the pictures - it looks like you guys had a lot of fun. We sincerely appreciate your kind feedback and permission to pass it along!
 

 


Tuesday, November 17 2009

Madison is a Teenage Stripper

By Jerry Kozak on

Tags: Customer Art College Sports Rivalry Case Study

One of the joys of doing no-minimum printing is that you get really unique ideas coming in through the door. That's because jobs that consist of five to ten shirts don't typically go through committee to approve them, it's usually just one person with $50 and a sense of humor.

Case in point:

Mike called us on Wednesday with a dilemma. He was making his bi-annual road trip to Madison, Wisconsin to see the Wolverines play the Badgers, and knew that his Badger friends would be waiting for him in their "Ann Arbor is a Whore" t-shirts*. Having put up with this for years, Mike wanted to get back at them, and came up with this -------->

We fell in love with the design, and offered to improve it a bit for him. Mike agreed, and after an afternoon of design, we sent him out the door with five shirts at $15.00 each. He wrote later to say that the shirts were a hit. Thank you, Mike, for defending our fair city's honor by dragging another's through the mud :)

*Ann Arbor sounds like a girl's name, and every other school in the Big Ten are a bunch of pigs. 

 


Wednesday, October 28 2009

Meet a Client: Nicole and the Power Ranger Parade

By Richard Winowiecki on

Tags: Case Study Customer Art Customer Photos

Nicole approached us last Halloween with an interesting proposition: she and her friends wanted to go out as the Power Rangers, but couldn't get any costumes that weren't intended for seven year olds a decade ago. 

The costume was going to be extremely expensive to screen print: each shirt was a different color print, there was a full color belt and phaser gun, and they were only purchasing five of them! If we were simply traditional screen printers, this would have run something like $60 per shirt. 

Luckily, we also do digital printing! Digital printing allows for quick and easy set-up on small, highly customizable orders like this one, and there are no per color prices to boot. We were able to take the design, modify it for each color, and give them five truly unique shirts, all for $20 each. 

All they had to do to complete the look was add some American Apparel sparkle tights and high heels, because that's what Power Rangers wore (you just aren't remembering it correctly).

Thanks again, Nicole (and friends)! We are glad you had fun, and thanks for the picture!


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