2011 Design Competition
Submit merchandise designs for our first ever design competition! Three favorite pieces will be selected to use on a variety of items — t-shirts, hats, water bottles, etc. Merchandise will be sold on site at ACL this September and online through the APF and C3 web sites.
COMPETITION BEGINS JULY 5
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES JULY 22
Entry Fee
Austin Parks Foundation Members:
Free Entry (limit of 4 designs). You can join our worthy non-profit here.
Non-Members:
$10 per Entry (limit of 3)
How to pay as a non-member:
We ask that non-members make a donation via our website.
Scale your donation based on the number of designs you are submitting. Please be sure to use the same name when making the donation as you use to submit your design(s).
Compensation & Prizes
In addition to becoming part of ACL history:
- First Prize
- $250 cash
- Pair of ACL VIP tickets ( http://www.aclfestival.com/tickets/vip-tickets/ )
- Portfolio review from C3 design team
- Two (2) samples of the merchandise item(s) on which design was printed
- Second Prize
- $100 cash
- Pair of ACL 3-day passes
- Portfolio review from C3 design team
- If selected to be printed: two (2) samples of the merchandise item(s) on which design was printed
- Third Prize
- $50 cash
- Pair of ACL 1-day passes (choice of Friday, Saturday or Sunday)
- Portfolio review from C3 design team
- If selected to be printed: two (2) samples of the merchandise item(s) on which design was printed
Theme and Design Parameters
Create a wholly original design that would appeal to the modern, unique, ACL audience (males & females). We are mainly looking for t-shirt designs, but we may also adapt artwork for use on hats, bandanas, water bottles, stickers, mobile device covers and other merchandise items.
All designs must include:
- The phrase “Austin City Limits Music Festival” and the Austin Parks Foundation. Austin City Limits and Austin Parks Foundation need not be in official logo type but if you would like to use them, they can be downloaded here:
Other than the specific guidelines listed above and also below in the Production Specifications, pretty much anything goes. Be inspired by ACL, its 10th anniversary, Austin Parks Foundation, the artists playing, Austin, music in general, pop culture, nature, your roommate, sports, food, animals, fashion, space, sunsets, you get the picture. Most of all be CREATIVE and ORIGINAL.
The following elements will render a design unusable:
- Anything that can be recognized as copyrighted material (e.g., logos, characters, brand names, other people’s artwork, etc.)
- Names, photos or drawings of celebrities or their likenesses (politicians excluded)
- Names, photos or drawings of any bands or performers, regardless of whether they are playing at ACL
- Anything that can be construed as racist, hateful or offensive
- Profanity
- Pornography
Production Specifications
- Each design must be able to be separated into individual spot colors. Please limit your design to no more than four (4) spot colors. Also, note that while we fully respect your aesthetic sensibilities, we may alter the final colors.
- For t-shirts, keep in mind the limitations of the screen-print process. Do not submit designs intended to cover the entire front and/or back or that wrap over shoulders or around sleeves. Printing on the sides and bottoms is usually okay.
- It doesn’t matter how you initially create it, but it must ultimately be put into a high-resolution digital format. See below for specific format instructions.
Submitting Your Design for Consideration
All submissions can be made via e-mail to: contest@austinparks.org
- File format/size:
- 72dpi
- RGB jpeg
- 1Mb or less
- Optional but helpful — Mock it up on a shirt blank, which can be downloaded here.
- File name: YourLastName_YourShortTitle.jpg
- No more than four (4) designs per email, please!
- Subject line: ACL Design Submission
- Include in the body of the email:
- Your full name
- Where you live
- Anything about your design you’d like us to know
Final Artwork Guidelines
If you're artwork is selected, we will email you directly and give you instructions for sending us a high-resolution file able to be opened and manipulated in Adobe Illustrator. A vector image will be highly preferred and all colors will be selected from the Pantone Coated book.
Rights & Ownership
All participating artists grant APF unlimited global rights to the artwork image, in whole or part, for promotional or commercial use on behalf of Austin City Limits. Artists may use the artwork image for his/her personal promotional, non-commercial use. APF will not sell or assign rights to the artwork image, in whole or part, to any other entities other than for the aforementioned purposes without prior approval by the Artist.
Other important dates include:
July 29th: Judging completed
August 19th: Online sales begin
September 16-18th: ACL Festival
Questions?
Email us at: contest@austinparks.org
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Join us for our Second Annual Cocktails in the Park Pre-ACL Festival Gala!
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Tickets and More Info Available Here
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