SMC T-Shirt Contest(s): Win a Shirt, a Little Fame and Our Undying Love!

February 6, 2007

I have tried to come up with something witty and pleasurable to the eyes on my own, but I seem to be missing that artistic gene required to produce a good looking product (thanks mom), so we would like to ask the SMC community to stir the creative being dwelling within and help us design the Member* and Cofounder T-shirts (offer a design for one or both – whatever floats your boat).

We are looking for funky and fresh designs, something people would be proud to put on their chest, as our hope is the SMC tee is the one people go to wear over all others sitting in their closet (so we are a little selfish, do you blame us?). A good example of a cool T-shirt design is the one Greg Narain designed for the Web 2point2 unconference. It not only played into the messaging perfectly, it was a great conversation starter and something most folks could relate too. Thanks again Greg - that was really kick ass.

And it probably goes without saying that your completed design should have something to do with ‘Social Media’ (open for interpretation) and/or slogan “If you get it, share it”.

All entries will be posted to the SMC site and will be voted on by your peers. And if yours is/are the winning design(s), you will get a free T-shirt with your design on it, a Professional SMC Membership ($100 value), a $100 Amazon gift certificate (per winning design), link love galore, and full bragging rights. Not a bad deal I think.

And every contest has a few ‘guidelines’, here are ours:

You can enter as many designs as you like.
T-shirt designs may be used on any style of T-shirt including short sleeve T-shirts, long-sleeve T-shirts, girly T-shirts, etc. though keep in mind the main shirts coming in the Member* kits will be short sleeve versions (other styles will be available for sale in the SMC Store which will be coming shortly and all proceeds going towards expanding SMC around the world). Feel the pressure yet? There is so much good that you can do here!
As for colors, we were originally leaning towards one black tee and one kelly green tee, but we are open to anything. So actually, ignore what I just said as I don’t want anything to stifle the designer in you.
Designs may include front, back and sleeve elements. Just please keep the design off the seams.
Use a maximum of four (4) colors for your design - no gradients or transparent layers please.
Feel free to use the SMC logo, existing SMC slogans or your own words/graphics to complete your design. All we ask is that you stay away from using third-party logos, trademarks or copyright material.
We also cannot accept designs with profanity. Sorry. I know this will disappoint some of you.
Save the design as an .eps file and then send to socialmediaclub [at] gmail [dot] com by March 11th for your chance at some free cloth. Please note by entering your design, you give SMC ownership of your design and rights to print it on a T-shirt.