Welcome Artists!
CinemaShirts, in collaboration with an artist, prints one original design a month. Our team reviews every submission and selects one for an upcoming release. Your shirt will be for sale for the entire month and vaulted after. Your social media link(s) will be displayed along with a short blurb and photo of your choice. All submissions must be original art or fall under Fair Use. See here for more info: Submission Guidelines.
$50 flat, up front
Paid on acceptance, before a single shirt sells. Yours to keep whether the drop sells five or five hundred.
10% of every shirt
On top of the flat fee, you earn 10% of the retail price of each shirt sold in perpetuity.
Credit and promotion
Your name, bio, and links sit on the drop page all month, and you’re promoted with the release.
One month, then vaulted
Your design prints for one month, then it’s vaulted and comes off sale. Shirts may be re-released due to popularity or during promotions. You get paid no matter when it sells.
How it works
- 1Send us your idea. A sketch, a mockup, or link to your work and a sentence about what you’d make.
- 2We pick one design a month. If yours is a fit, we email you to discuss what you want for sizing, colours, and placement.
- 3You send us the digital file to spec. We will create a mockup and send it to you for a final approval.
- 4It drops on the 1st. You’re paid the $50 on acceptance, credited on the page, and paid your 10% after the month closes. Full terms — including how royalties are handled if your design is ever re-released — are confirmed in writing when we accept your submission.
Print file spec
For reference only — you don’t need any of this to submit an idea.
| Canvas | 3600 × 4800 px (12 × 16 inches at 300 DPI) |
|---|---|
| Format | PNG with a transparent background |
| Colour | sRGB — convert and embed the profile on export |
| Resolution | 300 DPI (150 is the absolute floor) |
| Placement | Front print. Ask us first if you want something else |
| Avoid | Soft drop shadows and glows — semi-transparent pixels print as a faint haze |
Pitch us
Terms are set per drop and confirmed in writing before anything is printed. See the current drop on the Originals page.