But just remember, your print will only be as good as your artwork. Use the guides below when creating your print files, and if you’re unsure about your artwork, just reach out! One of our designers will make sure everything checks out.
Also, make sure to read about the types of printing to be sure you’re following the right guides!
Keep these printable areas in mind when designing for your project.
| Girl Sizes | Mens/Unisex Sizes | Youth Sizes | |
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| Girls Small – 11” W x 18” H | Unisex Extra Small – 12” W x 20” H |
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| Girls Medium – 12” W x 19” H | Unisex Small – 13” W x 22” H |
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| Girls Large – 12” W x 20” H | Unisex Medium – 15” W x 23” H |
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| Girls Extra Large – 12” W x 21” H | Unisex Large – 17” W x 24” H |
Please note that not all shirts will be sewn exactly the same. These dimensions are to be used for reference as a “safe” zone to avoid printing on any seams or edges.
Any print that goes over a seam can result in imperfections in the print. (Which can be very cool-looking, if you’re into that.)
Vector images are images described by shapes such as circles and squares, as opposed to bitmap images which are described by pixels – squares of color arranged in a grid. The shapes are precise mathematical descriptions of the image and can be scaled without becoming blurry or “pixelated” (that blocky look that bitmap/raster images so often get when scaled up). These mathematical shapes create solid blocks of colors. Vector art is akin to the type of imaging typically used to create cartoon images found in comic strips.
Bitmap art utilizes pixels that are saved in a file as a series of numbers. Pixels create several dots of color in order to create the image. A bitmap image is quite literally a collection of squares that, taken together, make up the image. The squares might be of different colors, but they are all the same size. Reduce any bitmap image to its parts and you’ll see this in detail. Because a bitmap image is a collection of squares, it doesn’t hold up well to expansion. Designers, when talking about vector and bitmap images, often talk about the resolution of those images. That is how many dots per inch an image has. The more dots per inch, the better the resolution of the image. The higher the resolution, the better detail the image generally has; conversely, the lower the resolution, the less detail the image has.
