We feel strongly about giving back to the art community and that’s why we decided to launch Graphic Tide. We found that both new and existing artists find it hard to get noticed and get recognition for their work. Posting your artwork online, either via a blog or social network like Facebook or Tumblr is great, but this is only static content. You don’t really know if people like your work, unless you have collated a strong following or you are getting continuous feedback and praise from your followers. At the end of the day it’s only viewable through the Internet so why not take this a step further by promoting yourself on a global market? But instead doing this offline by selling your artwork on Graphic Tide’s t-shirts that people wear everyday? Wouldn’t you rather someone wear your design, your t-shirt with pride instead of a simple Facebook like?

Graphic Tide T-shirts

Owning countless numbers of t-shirts between us, we found friends and family always commented on the t-shirts we wore. We constantly received good feedback, “I love your t-shirt”, “Where did you get that t-shirt from?”, “That’s amazing!”, “You never wear plain shirts”. Just to name a few comments that gave us a smile we soon realised that actually we could help others, we could bring this excitement, this feedback to the masses. How? Well the answer is simple. We help you, you help us.

The T-shirt Process

The process is a very simple one, only 5 steps;

1. You submit your design to us
2. We check and then approve it
3. We then print your design onto high quality, ultra soft t-shirts
4. Then we start selling the t-shirt in our store
5. And every single one of your t-shirts sold, you make a commission percentage of the final price – this includes every size and every type (both men’s and women’s)

Better still it’s all free to do and it will never cost you anything, ever. Anything that doesn’t sell doesn’t affect your commission rates or cost you anything. We cover all costs, we pay for the t-shirts, the printing process and the delivery to customers. All you do is upload your design and sit back and watch the magic happen. You can upload as many designs as you wish, because the more of your t-shirts we sell the more commission you make.

What’s in it for you?

Well two key factors. Firstly you make a decent commission rate each time one of your t-shirt sells. You could make up to 40% commission on every one of your t-shirts sold. Secondly your t-shirt will be worn by people from all around the world. Think of it as kudos, a pride statement that someone else loves your design and has factored that into their personal style! With that in mind others who see your t-shirt will be inspired to find out who you are and what you do.

What’s in it for us?

Firstly and most importantly the satisfaction of helping artists new and old. Giving artists the opportunity to sell to a global market helping promote themselves with t-shirts. Secondly to make and sell something we have a great passion for, t-shirts. Not just any type of t-shirts, ones that have been designed by the Graphic Tide community themselves. By offering a healthy 40% commission rate to all artists, we are still able to cover printing costs for new and reprinted designs. Our aim isn’t to get cash quick, but to grow Graphic Tide and it’s community to great heights.

So to recap, you first need to create a Graphic Tide account (only takes 30 seconds), then get yourself in the know with the submission FAQ’s and finally upload your design. That’s it! Once we receive your design we check it meets our quality control standards and let you know if it’s been approved. If approved then you will need to send us the final design artwork (high res .AI or .PSD) and then we will start the printing process ready to sell in store. Remember it’s free to join and it won’t cost you anything unless you want to buy a t-shirt from the store of course.

Submit your design for free.

Thanks!