Design Guidelines

Whether you plan to submit your own jersey design or to submit logos or other graphics to be included on pre-existing designs please read and follow the guidelines below to ensure that your jerseys will look their best and will be completed as quickly as possible.

You can always request to see a "Proof" before we print of the final layout. We will send it to the e-mail that is listed with the order.

Pleases respond ASAP with your approval or changes.  If you delay in either the approval or changes, this may delay your ship date.

What to do, if you do not have access to vector programs to produce your own custom jerseys or team logos.

Logos must be "CREATED" in Vector or Raster format (they can not be jpg that are converted into vector format, again they must be "CREATED" in programs such as Photoshop, or Corel Draw. If you do not have access or are unable to use such vector programs as (click to download free trial offers) Corel Draw, or Photoshop, or you can hire us to redraw or design your jersey. You would basically e-mail us at info@animalpaintball.com telling us what you are looking to have made or show us with a .jpg or .gif. We would then give you a quote on the price of the design work. If it is real simple, we wont even charge a design fee. But if it gets real complicated, then we would have to charge a fee. If you then agree to the price of the design, you would then place an order with payment information, and then we would get started on your custom jerseys.

Preferred Vector File Types

• .cdr (Corel Draw X3)
  .eps (Electronic Postscript)

When using CS2, please save as CS format.  To do that  "Go to file>export." then save the type option as "Illustrator Legacy" hit save.  An option menu will pop up.  On the version tab, select Illustrator 10 and hit ok.  If you plan to submit your design in one of the above vector based formats, please make sure that all fonts are outlined. We may not have the font that you need and this will ensure that we still will be able to print your design accurately.

Preferred Raster File Types

• .psd (Adobe Photoshop)   8bits/channel

If you plan to submit your design in one of the above raster based formats, please make sure that all fonts are flattened or rasterized. We may not have the font that you need and this will ensure that we still will be able to print your design accurately. We prefer that you include all layers and make sure the file is 300dpi at full size.

File Types Not Accepted

• .jpg
  .gif
• .ai (we realize that ai is a vector, but we must use Corel to print the sublimation.  When we transfer ai to Corel, many of the items dont communicate well and end up being ommitted). 

Please do not send files in JPEG or GIF formats. In most cases both use compression schemes that print badly, and generally are too small to reproduce well in print. This means that you can not pull images off of the web and expect them to reproduce well no matter how good they look on screen.

Document Color Mode

We prefer that designs are created in RGB mode.   Please refer to our color chart below.

Matching up lines from from front to back and torsoe to sleeves, etc...

Matching up lines, is really more of an art than a science.  We can do our best to sew the lines as close as possible, but without us printing the jerseys in each size, multiple times it would be very difficult to line them up. We can do this at your request, but since it is not our artwork, we would need to charge for each test print done.  When we design a semi custom jersey with lines that cross over from/to front, back, sleeves, etc... we do exactly that.  We print each one multiple times to ensure that we get as close as possible.  Again, we will do our best with the sewing dept, trying to get them as close as possible, but it can not be guaranteed.

Team And Sponsor Logos

Whether you plan to submit your own jersey design or to submit logos or other graphics to be included on pre-existing designs please follow the guidelines above while gathering team and sponsor logos to send. You may need to contact your sponsors to have them provide logos in vector or high resolution raster formats suitable for print.

Important Notes

We assume that all submitted designs and artwork is owned by you, the submitter, or that you have obtained permission to use all submitted designs and artwork if created by another party. Animal Paintball and Animal Customs will not be responsible for copyright infringements on submitted artwork.

If you are sending artwork, our timeline is under the assumption that your artwork follows our guidelines.  If it does not, then the timeline will have to be increased, due to waiting for the correct artwork.

Important Template Explanation Pic

• R G B Colors for Animal Customs Sublimation

• If you are making your own custom jersey designs, some colors that you see on your monitor will appear different when we sublimate them due to differences in your monitor set up, inks used, materials sublimated, pressing times and sublimation software.   For that reason we have supplied the following are the RGB colors used to assist you in getting the correct colors.

COLOR   CHART

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