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BASIC REGULATION

Please read the following regulation carefully before submitting your works.

  • Designs must be two-dimensional, e.g., in the form of a painting, an illustration, a graphic, CG or a photograph, and be premised on its ability to be successfully commercialized as a T-shirt design.
  • The design(s) must be original work created and owned by the Entrant and must not have been previously used or publicly revealed elsewhere.
  • You can work on the full area of both front and back side of the T-shirt.
  • You can select the T-shirt background colour from the ten colour samples. (The actual T-shirt background color used for commercialization will be one closest to the chosen sample color.)
  • Only online submissions using the template from UTGP website will be accepted. We do not accept submissions by the mail.
  • In the case of commercialization of your design, UT Grand Prix office will ask you to submit high resolution data. (The office will contact you prior to the commercialization.)
  • Applicant is responsible for all the cost of creating work(s).

ENTRY REGULATION

Upon the submission of your works, you need to create 2 types of data: an original data in case of commercialization, and an entry data for application. Please read the following guidelines for creating design data. For any further enquiries, please contact UT Grand Prix office.

DOWNLOAD ENTRY SHEET

Choose and download the colour you like from the 10 colour samples for the T-shirt background by clicking the link below. (The actual T-shirt background color used for commercialization will be one closest to the chosen sample color.)

Downloadable files:

  • Template file for Adobe Photoshop (template-front.psd, template-back.psd)
  • Template file for Adobe Illustrator (template-front.ai, template-back.ai)
  • Template file for other applications (template-front.png, template-back.png)
  • Application sample (sample-front-judge.jpg, sample-front-web.jpg, sample-back-judge.jpg, sample-back-web.jpg)

MAKING ORIGINAL DATA

Following the guidelines below, please make original data in case of commercialization.

  • Original design data must be 100-percent-sizing and be up to 200dpi/CMYK mode, suitable for printing on a T-shirt.。
  • Allowable program versions are up to 10.0 for Illustrator and 7.0 for Photoshop.
  • If Illustrator is used, each letter must be outlined and all linked files must be stored in the same folder.
  • File names must be alphanumeric and accompanied by an appropriate suffix (e.g., .psd, .jpg or .ai).
  • Please keep all relevant data intact during the selection process as applicants whose submitted works pass the first screening may be asked to send the original design data to the UT Grand Prix Office.

MAKING ENTRY DATA

Please make entry data based on the original design data.

  • Entry data must be saved as PNG or JPG, 72dpi/RGB, and 1280 x 1280 pixel.
  • You can work on the full area of both front and back side of the T-shirt.
  • For the entry data, please have 2 types of data as a set on one side, one for screening procedure and one for WEB presentation.
  front back
For screenings

(Image of your work is masked in the shape of the T-shirt)

For WEB presentation

(Image of your work only)

Required files for submission

  • For using only the front side: 2 files in total (1 front design image for screening procedure and 1 front design image for WEB presentation)
  • For using only the back side: 2 files in total (1 back design image for screening procedure and 1 back design image for WEB presentation)
  • For ising both front and back side: 4 files in total (1 front + 1 back design images for screening procedure and 1 front + 1 back design images for WEB presentation)

Reminder on Web presentation image

  • If your work goes around the side(s) of the T-shirt or cover the whole T-shirt, please have the image of your work in the entire templat.

ABOUT TEMPLATE FILE

If you have Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator, please read the following guidelines.
If you are using any other application(s), please refer to its application manual.

Decompress the entry sheet after downloading and open the template file (utgp09_template-*.psd for Adobe Photoshop, and utgp09_template-*.ai for Adobe Illustrator)

You will be making entry data based on the original data. Layout your work on ‘graphic’ layer in the template file.


審査用フロント面(template-front.psd)


審査用バック面(template-back.psd)

Show the mask layer, ‘mask’, and save it as JPG (your artwork is masked within the shape of the T-shirt, and this becomes the data for screening procedure).


※フロント面の場合(画像クリックで拡大)


※バック面の場合(画像クリックで拡大)

Hide mask layer, ‘mask’, in the template file and save it as JPG (only your artwork is shown, and this becomes the data for WEB presentation).


*Front (click image to enlarge)


*Back (click image to enlarge)