Competition
What is Pampling´s ongoing competition?
There is always an active competition at Pampling. Our contest always stays open for any idea / designers from all over the world. On occasion we organize themed competitions in parallel with the previous one.
The designs go through a voting period of 7 days and then they go to our collection "Competition - All Art". Pampling reserves the right to select designs even before the voting period ends to become XPressTee product: t-shirts and other accessories for sale for a limited time.
How can I participate? What are the necessary features of my design?
Designs must be original and cannot be a copy or already existing images/creations. The artist's hand must be clearly visible in his/her design, not being able to use parts / edits from other pictures. All the proposals will be examined by our Creativity and Design Team, they will approve or not the designs to the contest. These quality filters will consider above all the possibility to print it on a cotton T-shirt, apart from technical / copyright / intellectual property aspects. We know that the quality of the creation is a very subjective point and we think we should mantain a average level in our contest. Not being approving for the votation is only a motivation to do it even better.
Below you will find the instructions step by step in order to send in your design:
- Design your T-shirt with Illustrator or Photoshop.
- A minium of 300 ppp and always save the best resolution copy of this - real size and 300 ppp
- Send us a thumbnail (100 width x 70 height pixels) and a design file (640 width x 640 height pixels) The thumbnail to be sent in a gif or jpeg format at 77 ppp and format file in a gif or jpeg at 77 ppp
- The size of the file shouldn't exceed more than 10kb and the file more than 150kb
- You can use up to 8 colors for a light colored shirt but only 7 colors for a dark colored shirt
- If you cannot meet these rules, your design may be discarded.
Why can't I see my design published?
We publish practically all the designs we receive, but your design could have been degrading if it doesn't meet our established standards. It could also be that we haven't received it yet or it didn't get through our published filter we use. In that case we recommend you to make a few changes and try again.
Who wins the contest?
We choose winners continuously, currently every week there are 12 winning designs.
Can I promote my contest design?
You can promote it as much as you'd like, but again, having the most votes doesn't guarantee you'll win.
What happens if you pick my design?
In this case, we will be in contact with you so that you can send us a definite version of your design and pay you for what you've made. The amount will vary depending on the option you pick. You have the last word. If you don't reply within a five day period, we will select another work.
And don't worry if your design doesn't get picked at first: it can return to the next contest or you can write us directly to produce your design at any moment.
What are the prizes?
Pampling launches over 500 designs every year and shares thousands of hundreds of euros among the community of designers that are part of our catalogue.
Since 2005, thousands of designers have shared their talent with us, improved and have earn money and recognition.
XPress Prize
If your design is selected in this modality, you will earn 1€ for every product sold in the Presale period (up to 5 days before the official launch) and Xpress Sale (24h official sale).
We guarantee a minimum prize of 500€. In other words, if your design sells 100 units in the mentioned period you will earn 500€, if 1.000 units are sold you will earn 1.000€. In exchange for that, we will have the rights of the production of the design for 12 months, but without any sort of exclusivity.
Shot Prize
We will choose some designs in this modality, that will be on sale for 24h ( with up to 5 pre-sale days) and without any sort of exclusivity.
In exchange for that, you will earn 1€ for every product sold in that period, and we guarantee a minimum prize of 200€. Once that period of time is over, the design will disappear from our catalogue.
Classic Prize
For this modality, we will choose some of our oldest designs from the portfolio of our designers, or designs that have been published in Pampling in the past.
You will earn a prize of 300€, and in exchange for that, you will give us the production rights for 1 year, without any sort of exclusivity.
Designer of the Month Prize
Every month, among all the winners of previous prizes, we will chose 1 designer that will be highlighted and will earn a special prize publicly of 1.000€. The designer will be chosen by Pampling's team and the following aspects will be taken in consideration:
- Sale success of the design or the design's author.
- The priority that the designs grants to Pampling when it comes to submitting designs.
- The participation and implication of the designer in Pampling's community.