{"id":903,"date":"2016-06-14T11:20:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T15:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booster.com\/blog\/?p=903"},"modified":"2017-06-28T16:27:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T20:27:17","slug":"4-elements-great-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/4-elements-great-design\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 Elements of a Great Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--<p class=\"last-updated\">Last updated on June 28th, 2017 at 04:27 pm<\/p>--><p><script src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper style=\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nwindow._wq = window._wq || [];\n_wq.push(function(W) {\n  var playedOnce = false;\n  W.api(function(video) {\n    if (!playedOnce && \/[&?](email|facebook|twitter)\/i.test(location.href)) {\n      playedOnce = true;\n      video.play();\n    }\n  });\n});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Creating a great design is easy!<\/h2>\n<p>At Booster, we&#8217;ve seen thousands of\u00a0designs. As a result, we&#8217;ve learned a lot about what works, and the good news is that making a great design for your Booster really isn&#8217;t all that complicated. I&#8217;ve boiled it down to <strong>4 key elements<\/strong> that you can use to make a great design.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d prefer to read instead of watch, read on! Otherwise you can just watch the short video up top to get all of the same great information.<\/p>\n<h3>1) Clean and Simple<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The design on your product is conveying some sort of message to anybody who sees it. If your design is too intricate or complicated, at best it\u2019ll be difficult for someone to read and understand your message, and at worst the details won\u2019t print well due to the nature of screen printing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should also think about whether you want to have your design on just one side, or if it needs to be on both the front <\/span><b>and<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the back. You could spread out your message across both sides, but it\u2019ll add to the cost per product, which affects your print minimum and total funds raised.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>2) Limited Colors<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We recommend creating\u00a0a design that uses a small number of colors &#8211; ideally 2 or maybe 3 at most. That\u2019s because the number of colors you have on your design is a huge factor in the cost of your products. Each separate color on your design will require a time-consuming and expensive process when your products go into production, so minimizing the number of colors you use helps to keep the\u00a0cost per product down.\u00a0<\/span>As a result, this also affects your print minimum (the number of products you need to sell before your campaign is successful enough to go to print) and the amount of money you can raise per product.<\/p>\n<p>To summarize &#8211; fewer colors means <em>lower cost per shirt<\/em>, which leads to a <em>lower print minimum<\/em> and <em>more money raised per shirt<\/em>, which means it&#8217;s easier for you to be <em>more successful<\/em> and <em>raise more money.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>3) Pick the Right Product<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You want to make sure that your product pairs well with your design. You don\u2019t want a product\u00a0color that is similar to any colors in your design, or the print won\u2019t show up. And you don\u2019t want a color that\u2019s too bright, unless it matches your design and message. The safest bet is to choose a color that\u2019s either complementary to your design\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or is neutral, like white, gray, or black. Different products will have different colors<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as different costs, so you should\u00a0take a look through our product selection and find the product and color that\u2019s right for your campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I made a <a href=\"https:\/\/booster.com\/blog\/booster-tips\/6-best-shirts-for-your-booster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cool little video<\/a> that shows you a few\u00a0of the different products that you can use depending on what your goal is.<\/p>\n<h3>4) Know Your Audience<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the most important element. Know what kind of a design your audience would want to show off and the type of product they\u2019d want to wear. If you\u2019re launching in the fall, maybe choose a long sleeve or a sweatshirt. If your cause is kid-friendly, you should probably add youth sizes. If you\u2019re raising money for a specific non-profit or company, incorporate their colors or style. Whatever you\u2019re launching a Booster for, always remember that your audience &#8211; <em>your supporters<\/em> &#8211; are the most important part of your campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you use these 4 elements when creating a design for your Booster, you&#8217;ll set yourself up for even more success!\u00a0You\u00a0should check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/fundraising.booster.com\/design-resource-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Design Resource page<\/a>, which has a bunch of great templates you can\u00a0use as a starting point. And don&#8217;t be afraid to reach out to us at <a href=\"mailto:service@booster.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">service@booster.com<\/a> or 844-537-3998 if you need help with your design or have any questions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Creating a great design is easy! At Booster, we&#8217;ve seen thousands of\u00a0designs. As a result, we&#8217;ve learned a lot about what works, and the good news is that making a great design for your Booster really isn&#8217;t all that complicated. I&#8217;ve boiled it down to 4 key elements that you can use to make a great design. If you&#8217;d prefer to read instead of watch, read on! Otherwise you can just watch the short video up top to get all of the same great information. 1) Clean and Simple The design on your product is conveying some sort of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customink-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The 4 Elements of a Great Design - Custom Ink Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; Creating a great design is easy! At Booster, we&#039;ve seen thousands of\u00a0designs. 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