T-Shirt Contest Now Live

[Spinwhiz]

T-Shirt Contest Now Live

For months now, you've been emailing us with your ideas for cool new Escapist t-shirts. Now it's time to put your designs to the test. We're giving you the chance to create the next Escapist t-shirt that will be up for sale at The Escapist Store. And to sweeten the deal, you get a badge just for entering!

The Prize

The prize for winning this contest will be your shirt up in our merchandise case for all to see, buy and wear! We'll also send you one of your shirts to wear, free of charge and with all the bragging rights that come with it, not to mention a different badge for winning.

This contest will run from February 9th through to February 17th.

Check out the main entry and rules that go along HERE [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/contests/register/tshirt_design]

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[Nivag the Owl]

I'm having trouble uploading an image. It is a JPEG and I've tried uploading it from various locations but I keep getting an error message (an Escapist one) stating its lack of JPEG-ivity.

 

[Spinwhiz]

As a note, your FIRST submission HAS TO BE ENTERED through our contest link or front page banner. All further submissions can be sent via email to [email protected] with the following information:

Escapist Username
Title of Shirt (if there is one)
IMAGE

You may attach multiple images to the same email if you prefer.

NOTE: If the above information is not entered correctly or you have not submitted your entry through our contest link...these submissions will not count.

 

[Singing Gremlin]

Wait, there's an escapist store?

edit: Oh yeah. Never noticed that tab...

 

[Spinwhiz]

Wait, there's an escapist store?

Yup, right at the top of the page with the other links...right next to subscribe

 

[Mr.Pandah]

I demand royalty fees if I win! =P I kid, I kid. This is awesome. I was just thinking about how the Escapist needed another contest too...

 

[GoblinOnFire]

Excited, I am!
But:
I'm getting the format error message, although I saved the pic as both jpeg and png...
What gives?

 

[Scypemonk]

I browsed Splitreason and found a shirt that reminded a bit about my entry.
Does a different shirt design still count, if it says something similar?
If not, please ignore my submission.

 

[NAL]

I've entered this. I'd just like confirmation though - my design is a style parody of Zero Punctuation, but I created all the graphics myself. I'm presuming that's okay?

 

[Spinwhiz]

I've entered this. I'd just like confirmation though - my design is a style parody of Zero Punctuation, but I created all the graphics myself. I'm presuming that's okay?

Yup, that's fine.

 

[Spinwhiz]

I browsed Splitreason and found a shirt that reminded a bit about my entry.
Does a different shirt design still count, if it says something similar?
If not, please ignore my submission.

Sure, that will work as well.

 

[dalek sec]

Excited, I am!
But:
I'm getting the format error message, although I saved the pic as both jpeg and png...
What gives?

Same here, mines in the PNG format but it won't take it.

 

[Scypemonk]

Excited, I am!
But:
I'm getting the format error message, although I saved the pic as both jpeg and png...
What gives?

Same here, mines in the PNG format but it won't take it.

I tried to submit mine as a JPG, but it couldn't upload it for some reason.

Then i tried as GIF, and that worked, try that.

 

[Spinwhiz]

Have no fear, we are working on it

 

[Spinwhiz]

Those of you encountering the errors, which browser are you using (including version number)?

Edit: we fixed an issue concerning Internet Explorer refusing to indicate image file type (amongst other types) that it was uploading (security 'feature' included in of Windows' updates... awesome). If you were using IE to upload and couldn't, try again.

 

[dalek sec]

And it works now for me, thanks Escapist Tech Staff!

 

[Locust]

T-shirt ideas submitted to The Escapist must be the exclusive property of the contest entrant and have never before appeared in any form anywhere.

Does this apply to using graphics which are used or featured by the Escapist itself, i.e. Zero Punctuation characters or the Escapist logo? Just wondering before I go off and have to draw them all myself >.<

 

[Spleeni]

Outta curiosity, if two people were to work on one image; who gets credit?

 

[Novajam]

Howdy Jeff, Escapist Team.

I've started on my design for the contest, however I've got a whole bunch of questions:

1) Are there any places on the shirt that we can't have things printed (i.e. the back, sleeves.)

2) Do you want to see entries in varying colour schemes or angles?

3) Would you like the base image along with the one on the template?

4) Will the wizards art team touch up the winning entry before it goes to print?

5) Preferred file format?

6) Is there anywhere we can download the "e" device? The reason I ask is that I don't trust my drawing skill to get it just right, and would like to rotoscope.

 

[Lord Krunk]

4) Will the wizards art team touch up the winning entry before it goes to print?

That is the question that I would like to ask. You see, my entry was pretty crappily done (hey, I'm inexperienced and I had limited resources!), and I'm just crossing my fingers, hoping that the prize goes to the winner based mostly on the idea.

I mean, I did the rough design, but a bit of work from a pro would make my entry look a whole lot more... what's the word... wear-in-public-able.