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Positive Heroes designs - Time to vote shoutOut on 5/9/11 by DuncanBoxie in wordUp |
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Hi there one and all,The Positive Heroes submissions have been coming through thick and fast, with plenty of serious design talent to choose from. We have already had quite a few designs come through from some of our more ‘well known’ designers. NEN101, Dewedhe, BarmalisiRTB and UncleHani have all subbed some really cool stuff, which I’m sure you are going to like. We even have Springleap veterans such as VickyLee who are back with some great work.
Please remember that voting has already begun! This may also help other designers to better understand what exactly Positive Heroes are looking for in their winning design.
We are still accepting submissions up until 03 October. You may notice that the closing date for designs has been extended slightly. This is due to the date of the Positive Heroes fashion show being moved by a week. We hope that this does not inconvenience you in any way. In fact it should give you more time to come up with the perfect concept and send through some submissions.
With a crazy awesome US$1250 grand prize, there is no way you can afford to not get involved in this awesome competition.
This truly is a competition theme with a conscience. Thanks to everybody who has submitted to Positive Heroes. It really is great to see so many designers taking an interest in this fantastic theme and wanting to spread the word about Positive Heroes. We applaud the work you have all done, well done!!
We can’t wait to see more of your designs coming through. |
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Choose our new hoodie design - WIN shoutOut on 2/9/11 by DuncanBoxie in wordUp |
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Hi there guys and girls .
Its time for another thrilling Springleap OPEN THEME competition!
NO specific theme , only regular guidelines apply! You know the drill NO OBSCENITY, NO HATE SPEECH…all that jazz.
This is your chance to show us your creativity on your own terms. Don’t be shy – just put it out there! Let the world be your inspiration. We wanna see what lives within your artistic mind.
You can submit up to 5 designs so go wild! The more designs you submit the greater chances you have of winning!
So, get designing peeps. The time is now to show us what you got!
One winner will receive
… 4 printed t-shirts, a cash prize – US$500 (R4000)
DATES TO DIARISE:
Submissions for designs open: 04 August 2021
Submissions for designs close: 30 August 2021
Voting starts: 01 September 2021
Voting ends: 15 September 2021
Winner is announced: 19 September 2021
You could be the next winner on Springleap.com and gain exposure for yourself! You also stand a chance of winning amazing prizes and loads of cash .
Winners will now be chosen using votes as an indicator. The top 10 voted designs will get the golden stamp of approval and go in for review . The final verdict will come down to our esteemed design panel here at Springleap . For those that don’t win, you still stand a chance to have your designs printed! We’ll be keeping all top 10 designs in our re-seller catalogue and who knows we could be printing and selling your designs nationwide!
Everyone WINS!!
In order to get started on your designs download the Springleap t-shirt Submission Kit and get started right away!
Confused or uncertain about anything?
Post your questions about the OPEN THEME competition below or click our online support button to the left of our header.
Good Luck and Happy Designing!
The Springleap.com Team
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Before we get started, have you used the Springleap share bar??
Tip #1
Email your friends and ask them to vote on your design
- Attach the image of your design in your e-mail – tell a story underneath and give people a call to action!
-If they’re not a Springleap.com member tell them to register and provide the link:
http://www.springleap.com/register
-Give them easy directions where to vote for your design by providing the link to the voting page:
http://www.springleap.com/designs/vote
-Include the closing date for the voting process
-Add your own personal note
Tip #2
Make use of your Facebook page
-Upload your design to your Facebook page and ask friends to comment on it. This way you can hear their feedback firsthand.
-Add the link of your design on the Springleap voting page
Example: http://www.springleap.com/designs/view/my-design
-Tag your friends in your design so it comes up on their profiles too
-Send your friends to your profile page
-If you’re really serious about designing, create a fanpage for your work and get as many people involved as possible. Be creative!
Tip #3
Social media groups
-Create groups or write blog postings on various sites about your design
-Network with different types of people to gain maximium exposure for your design
Here are some networking sites you can make use of:
Blogger
Delicious
Digg
Friendfeed
Google Buzz
LinkedIn
MySpace
Netfriendships
Ning
Stumbleupon
Secondlife
Reddit
Yelp
Tumblr
Tip #4
Upload your design to photo sharing sites
Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user’s digital photos online, thus enabling the user has to share them with others (publicly or privately). This can be loosely applied to the use of online galleries that are setup and managed by individual users, including photoblogs.
Here is a list to get you started, remember to include the link to your design on the Springleap website and the caption “VOTE FOR THIS ON SPRINGLEAP”
Flickr
Fotolog
My Opera
Picli
Zoomr
Fotoki
Linkinn
Photobucket
Tagmee
Tip #5
Get onto an existing blog
-Send the administrator a quick email about yourself and your design
-Be sure to include:
1. An image of your design
2. A link to your design on Springleap.com
(include the name of the competition you entered)
3. All the important competition dates
You can also target blogs dedicated solely to t-shirts.
Here’s a list of a few:
T-shirt review
Print Liberation
Busted Tees
T-shirt Legends
Shirts on sale
T-shirt Casserole
T-shirt Advocate
T-addict
Pop culture Tees
Cottonable
T-shirt Talk
If this isn’t enough for you here’s a list of blog directories. You’ll find thousands of sites where you can submit your design to and ask them to do a write up about it.
Blogorama
Top rank blog
Blog catalog
Bloggapedia
Bloggingfusion
You can also try sites like:
iFashion
iMod
2oceansvibe
SA Rocks
Tip #6
Tweet about your design
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known as tweets).
If you don’t already have a Twitter account, you can join and ask a whole lot of people to follow you, send out a message with a link to your design on Springleap.com, asking people to vote for your design
OR
If you know somebody else that is already on Twitter, ask them to tweet your design for you!
Tip #7
Social Bookmarks
Social bookmarking allows internet users to store, organize, search and manage their favourite web pages on the Internet. Users save links they want to remember and/or share with specified people or groups.
Check out some of the sites below, tag your design and say vote for this. Ask your friends to do it too, the more people that tag your design the higher it will be ranked.
Backflip
Delicious
My Bbookmarks
Chipmark
Zurpy
Tip #8
Be creative – upload a video
-All you need is your phone or a digital camera to get crazy and creative by
-Find some inspiration and make your own funny catchy video
-Post it on Facebook and Springleap.com’s website.
Here are some popular video sites on the web - you’ll be able to use them to find all sorts of free videos, movies, and documentaries, as well as short films and viral videos.
Zoopy
MySpace Videos
LiveLeak
Break
Daily Motion
Metacafe
YouTube
Video Sift
MegaVideo
Yahoo Video
Tip #9
Keep trying and designing
Carry on designing, submitting and sharing your work on the Internet and amongst friends and family!
Tip #10
Keep your profile page updated and comment
Springleap is a place where people come to discover amazing designers – so take good care of your profile page –show it some love! This is where people get to see your work. Post links, add your facebook details, stay current and comment a lot.
Commenting and keeping your profile current makes for great content and engagement. It’s the perfect way to discuss, learn and share.
GOOD LUCK!
The Springleap.com Team
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Springleap.com is all about supplying T-shirts and other new and exciting products that don’t compromise on quality on any level.
When it comes to quality, Springleap strives to always stay ahead of the pack.If your organization requires promotional printing on the highest quality T-shirts, then you have come to the right place!
Springleap.com specializes in providing finished products that live up to the very highest standards that you have come to expect from us. Whatever your requirement is, whether it be corporate, brand or promotional printing, Springleap has everything you need and more.
We provide a range of services from helping you source the designs you require, to printing to a finished product. It’s the kind of garment that people love to wear day-in, day-out.
Our t-shirts are amazingly comfortable 145g pre-shrunk shaped/fitted Combed Cotton garments with a contrasting backneck binding. We produce at a minimum of Woolworths certification and quality to ensure that the garments look and feel incredible.
Take a look at this awesome example of our corporate printing on the CA Global team t-shirts below.
Why print on a garment that no-one wants to wear? Why besmirch your brand with low quality products and associations? Why take the risk that the garment will look like a mess or deal with the hassles?
Springleap provide corporate garments to a variety of top-end brands ranging from Apple, AMD (International), WooTHemes, Saatchi Saatchi, Jupiter Drawing Room, Truth Coffee and more.
If you would like to see more examples of our amazing corporate designs, please CLICK HERE
To find out how we can help you bring your promotional and corporate printing requirements to life, contact us by going to our CONTACT US page
We look forward to hearing from you!
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Hi Claire Thanks for your enquiry. Please drop me a line with your artwork and proposed quantities so that I can take a look and give you an accurate quote. catherine (at) springleap (dot) com. Look forward to hearing from you!
shoutBack on 21/6/11 by CathRon
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Hi , please can you send me a quote to have my a t-shirt printed with a vegetable growing theme and my company logo. Thanks
shoutBack on 21/6/11 by clairereelgardening
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Hi there Matsika. If you can please get hold of Catherine at: catherine@springleap.com She will assist you in your inquiry :) Please let her know quantities and supply the image that needs printing. Have a great one!
shoutBack on 7/12/10 by DuncanBoxie
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Hi, i have some designs that i would like you guys to put on some of your great blank t-shirts. how much would it cost and how long would it take. what other information would you need? thanks.
shoutBack on 3/12/10 by matsika
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Hey designers!
This is a list of all the design-related blogs that have been, and will continue to be posted right here on Springleap
These posts are aimed at helping our designers to become the best they can be. We hope that you will use these tutorials and advice blogs to keep up your game so you can make lotsa $$$$$!!!
1. Apply a Vintage Effect to Several Images Using Actions
2. Examples of transparent screen trick photos from Smashing Magazine
3. Preparing and talking about your graphic design portfolio
4. Create sparkling, animated text in photoshop
5. Create metallic text on a concrete background
6. Design a print ready flier with photoshop and illustrator
7. Colour Variations
8. Custom Fonts
9. Design Write Up
10. Colour Separations
11. Illustrator Brushes
12. Vector tutorial
13. Distressed Effect
14. Christmas Fonts
15. Custom Photoshop Brush
16. Illustrator flourish tutorial
17. Blending Modes
18. Balanced t-shirt design
Keep your eye on Springleap for more cool specials, tutorials, advice, competitions and MORE!!!
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Hi Impish, Good questions! Check the resolution on your original design for the Thumbnail. E-mail me at chloe@springleap.com with the thumbnail image and I will see if I can spot the distortion problem.
shoutBack on 12/1/11 by cloMO
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@Impish for all design related queries please email chloe[at]springleap[dot]com and she will gladly assist you. She will also post an answer on this thread for everyone to view :)
shoutBack on 9/1/11 by amyabrahams
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shoutBack on 2/1/11 by Impish
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Glad to hear it Kayo!
shoutBack on 16/9/10 by DuncanBoxie
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This advice is the best thing you guys have given to us ,i really hope i can use it to fulfill my dreams.
shoutBack on 16/9/10 by Kayo
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Springleap.com is one of the most innovative t-shirt brands in the country.
Springleap.com sources cutting edge designs from a large community of design lovers and voters who participate in fortnightly t-shirt design competitions, with the winner voted by the community. Our business also has a number of other websites that we are currently building.
Would you like to join the team at Springleap.com?
Springleap.com is a young, dynamic and growing company always on the look out for strong talent. We look for people who are energetic, creative and dynamic, who have the desire to work within a fast paced environment where they can learn from the best!
If you think you have got what it takes to be part of our exciting team, contact our HR Department by sending your CV to jobs@springleap.com
Examples of some of our previous vacancies (which have now been filled) are:
Springleap in-house Designer
Part Time PHP Developer
Traffic Intern
Sales Representatives
PR Intern
Front End Web Developer
Marketing Intern
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Hi Kayo. Let me know if I can help you with anything further :)
shoutBack on 29/11/10 by DuncanBoxie
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Does the sending of Cv’s run on an annual????
shoutBack on 3/11/10 by Kayo
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Hi Happydance! I believe it is - please drop sarah@springleap.com an email with your CV and set up a meeting!
shoutBack on 26/9/10 by EranEyal
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Hi, Is the Marketing Intern position still available?
shoutBack on 26/9/10 by HappyDance
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So you’ve registered, but you’re having trouble with something - ANYTHING?
This is the place to ask…
Do you want to know how to upload a design into the competition?
Or where to start a new blog post?
Or if anything isn’t working the way you think it should?
ASK
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Hi Hayley Welcome! Really excited to see your submissions. We screen-print all our designs, and each colour is mixed to a specific pantone, and a different screen is used for each colour. Therefore, if you create a beautiful design in 5 different shades of yellow (as an example), each shade would be classified as a separate colour, as yellow 1 may need more white than yellow 2, and then yellow 3 would need a spot of red, etc,, etc. I hope that helps, otherwise chat to duncan [at] springleap [dot] com for more advice! :) Happy designing Catherine
shoutBack on 24/8/11 by CathRon
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Hi I want to design a t-shirt and I wanted to ask you about the 7 colours that we are allowed. Are different shades of a colour considered as different colours? what do you mean by unique? Hayley
shoutBack on 24/8/11 by Animix
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Hi Katie You are very welcome to swap. Please mail lester (at) springleap (dot) com and he will arrange this with you.
shoutBack on 26/7/11 by CathRon
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I apologise. I just realised that the t-shirts i recieved with the wrong sizing are the NEXT generation sizing t-shirts.I measured the t-shirts i wanted thinking they were the old sizing. Can i return the t-shirts and get the correct sizes?
shoutBack on 25/7/11 by katie77r
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Hi there,
shoutBack on 25/7/11 by katie77r
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Hi @katie77r Are the t-shirts that you want sold out or still being printed? If they are sold out, then there is no guarantee that we will reprint them in the near future. Requesting a reprint does not automatically mean that it will be reprinted. However, if you like some of the t-shirts still to be printed, then you can already pre-buy them with your voucher, and you will be notified as soon as they are printed and ready for collection/shipping. Please email maike[at]springleap.com directly with the designs that you want so that we can see what we can do for you.
shoutBack on 22/7/11 by Maike
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Hi there,
shoutBack on 21/7/11 by katie77r
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Hi there Kimstone :)
shoutBack on 18/7/11 by DuncanBoxie
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Hi, I’m a complete klutz when it comes to resizing designs. I’m using cs5 photoshop and when I try to resize, the designs look tiny as jpegs. Can anyone give me a step-by-step guide to size the images correctly. Many thanks
shoutBack on 18/7/11 by kimstone
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Hi Koncept, please email duncan (at) springleap (dot) com. He can assist you with turning your notifications off to stop receiving comments on blogs you have commenetd on.
shoutBack on 12/7/11 by CathRon
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Springleap was established to empower designers and to give them the opportunity to have their voices and talents heard in the fashion and design industries.
By becoming a sponsor of our fortnightly themed competitions, not only does your brand get the opportunity to be associated with one of Springleap’s exciting themed competitions, but you also have the chance to help develop the amazing talented community that Springleap has been cultivating and helping grow over the last two years as well as expose your brand to them.
Do your bit for the development of both local and international talent and engage a captive targeted audience. Become a part of the Springleap community by empowering designers today!
For more information email: marketing @springleap.com
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Hi there Springleapers
Other than buying your favourite Springleap t-shirts online from Springleap you can now get your favourite Springleap designs from the following stockists:
African Trading Port
Big Blue
Big Worm
I’m Crazy ‘bout Cape Town
Global Girl Canal Walk
Global Girl Gardens Centre
Idols
Just Franschoek
Ka-Pow
Karabetswe Trading
Love Warrior
RockaBilly
Sowearto
Ska
Happy shopping!
And don’t forget to take a photo of yourself in your Springleap Tee and upload it onto our photo gallery.
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Hi Andym - For the KZN area, try any Big Blue branch, or Idols in the Pavilion for the best selection. If you know of any stores that should be stocking our tees, let us know!
shoutBack on 20/6/11 by CathRon
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hi there
shoutBack on 18/6/11 by andym
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sic!
shoutBack on 26/8/10 by claudiosworld
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