We have just added 6 amazing tees from our recent "I Am Thinking.." competition! They are all printed on our usual American Apparel tees and they not just look great but they feel fantastic too. 1 EUR from each sale goes to Cancer Research UK.

They Are:
The Architect by a.mar.illo
We Need Help by Joe Gonzalez
Underwater Birds by a.mar.illo
I'm Thinking Big... by Sepra4life
Movies by Nikola Kostic
Jana by vergilije

Get the while they're hot!

We've had few questions recently from our members about the commissions system and how all that works. We thought it would be a great post to address some of those issues including a few words about the relationship we have with our designers...after all, without them there would be no Allmightys. So here we go...

1. When your design wins/is selected we send you a welcome email to the team. We also request their info for their own designer pages including images of their work and some text about themselves. Our customers love reading about the designers and these pages are crucial for customers to understand where the ideas come from.

2. We then discuss any details there are about their design and if there any special requirements/issues to do with the design. In some cases we make slight adjustments to the design (if necessary) ourselves but if we feel the change is major we always consult with our designers.

3. The design is then printed and as soon as it is in the store we notify our designers.

4. When the sales start coming in, of course, all sales are recorded and stored in our system. At the same time, we monitor all visits to the tee product pages as well as designer profiles. The designer profiles and tees are promoted on the front page.

5. We scan the web for postings/writings about the tees. We also promote them on t-shirt blogs, clothing sites and many other social networks including myspace, behance, humblevoice and others. If we find some interesting articles about designer's tee we make sure we send them an email and a link.

6. Every quarter (one has just passed) we send our designers something we call "Designer Reports" where we lay out how many tees have been sold, how many views they've had - to their profiles as well as their tees and of course how much money they have earned this quarter. We also offer to make payments to the designers via PayPal for all figures below €50.00 or bank transfers to any account in the world.

7. We involve our designers into Allmightys developments as much as possible. This includes site feature development, designing competition banners, anniversary tees, etc..

We hope this gives you an overall idea of how Allmightys Team works with their designers. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to drop us a line. We love answering your questions however silly they can sometimes be..here is one:

“Can I submit a design after the deadline?”

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So wait no more and submit your wonderful designs. We want you on our Team!!

If you would like to read more about Allmightys Designers then visit our Designer pages..some incredible work there.

Image by Yonil, see his profile here.

You The Designer has just announced winner of our joint mini contest for 2 free tees (P&P included) to the comment that best describes "why outdoors is way more fun than indoors".

The winner is Lori:

“I really love the outdoors because it means forgetting about the world and being free. I don’t have to think about deadlines and stroke lines, just what flavor ice cream I want when I sit on the grass and watch the clouds make shapes.” Lori


Here are some other great entries that unfortunately didn't make it:

_{Nature in general is very inspirational.. What drives me out from home is actually the sea.. and the sand.. I live in small town here in Italy close to the sea and the name is “Senigallia-The velvet sand” because of the wonderful beach that we have.. What inspire me most is the space without limits in front of you when you point the view from the water to the horizon..}
Giacomo Coppola
Web and Graphic Designer

_{Outside, after a winter cooped up,
Is breezes and birches and sun.
Outside, after months indoors,
Is sneezes and searches and fun.
Sorry, I can never resist a bit of doggerel. ;o)}
Kdfrawg -

_{It is not beauty or attributes that are the inspiration. Nature, the world’s canvas, reflects every heart and soul gazing on it by drawing the essence of who you are by reflection in your mind of what you see. Nature as purity, stillness and rest, portrays that deep self which our world no longer accepts in a fast paced society: innocence. It therefore guides way to nature inspiring your heart - whereas, it is your heart that has inspired the vision and interpetation of nature. One Creator; one core; all creation.}
melodeejean

_{I love the outdoors because it reminds me how fragile life really is.}
Jon

_{i love being outside because no matter how amazing your printer is, how fantastic of a camera you have, or how many pantone swatchbooks you own… you can never match the breathtaking colors of fall leaves on the trees, hot pink azaleas blooming, or the constantly changing blue of the sky. you can’t duplicate a miracle, no matter how genius of a designer you are.}
mollie

For more ideas for our current competition "Out and About" go to You The Designer and read all the comments ...there are some really great ones among them ..definitely inspirational!

Want some free tees? Then head over to You The Designer and leave a comment about our current competition theme and win yourself two allmightys tees of your choice. Whilst you there, make sure you check out some other posts on the site ..fantastic resource for all related to design (tutorials, tips, etc..)

Here is the info:
As designers we tend to spend countless hours in front of the computer screen so in a previous article how important it is to get fresh air once in a while. Venturing outdoors is a great way to clear your mind and many artists find nature incredibly inspirational. This is why we wanted to start a discussion about why you love the outdoors! Do you skateboard, hike, jump put of planes, or just lay on the grass and look at the clouds? Whatever it is we want to know! read more and now to enter

Allmightys and PopDeck have joined forces to bring you a joint competition for artists to design a T-Shirt and a Skateboard deck!

Theme Title: Out and About

Description: We would like to think of all the wonderful things we do out and about. Think cities, streets, friends, landscapes, holidays, trees, games, sports, SKATEBOARDING and everything else that makes the world outside way more interesting and challenging.

Submission Deadline is 21st April 2008, 23.00 GMT.

-Gold prize Winner will be decided by Allmightys.com and Popdeck by picking one design for deck and tee.
-Other winners will be decided by Allmightys.com on the basis of average score/types of scores and comments (Read full T&C).
-Artists do not have to submit both designs to PopDeck.com or Allmightys.com but its a prerequisite to win Gold prize
-Tee and Deck do not have to be the exactly same design but then need to somehow relate to one another (by colour, details, etc..)
-To qualify for gold prize Artists need to make it clear / link to / their design submitted on PopDeck.com or Allmightys.com (use design comments)
-Artists can illustrate both the tee and the deck designs on their submission images.
-Allmightys.com will also pick silver and bronze prize for printing on tees ONLY.
-Allmightys.com may also pick some Special Selection for printing on tees ONLY.
-Popdeck will produce one design only [gold prize]
-Gold prize winner receives a free deck and a free tee. (P&P included) (+ standard Allmightys T&C €2.00 commission per tee sold)
-Silver, Bronze and Special Selections receive a free tee (incl standard Allmightys T&C commission per tee sold)
-T-Shirts and Winning Deck will be offered for purchase separately  (deck via popdeck.com and tee via allmightys.com store)

Dates:
Competition announced: Monday 10th March 2008
Submission Deadline: 21st April 2008, 23.00 GMT
Voting Ends: 25th April 2008, 23.00 GMT

Competition banner by Puzon

Read here about how to submit.

As you know, we are launching a brand new competition tomorrow ...so to improve your experience on allmightys.com we have decided to make few changes to the way competitions run. Up until now, it has been submissions and then voting. Although this system is good and simple we have noticed few behaviour patterns that we think need improvement. The main 3 problems are:
1. Members comment on submitted designs and they do not comment when the voting is on.
2. There are way too many designs to vote on at once.
3. You are voting on the designs you have already seen in the forum and its not as fun as it should be.

So we are changing all of this and here is what is happening from now on:

1. You can submit and vote at the same time
2. Submissions and Voting are simultaneous except that voting goes on for extra 4 days to get those last few votes.
3. Approved designs in the forum link directly to the voting page
4. Submissions go on for 6 weeks (Voting = same 6 weeks + extra 4 days for those late comers)
5. You can no longer re-submit designs unless they have been rejected, once they are approved and in the voting that's it.
6. If you are unsure about your design and need advice, use "post discussion".
7. Small functionality and graphic improvements to the site and various bug fixes.
8. If the submission does not meet "Minimum quality requirements" we will turn it into a discussion for you to tell us otherwise.
9. Updated FAQ

We hope you enjoy the new rules and as always if you have any comments send them over.

New competition launches tomorrow..banner has been designed by Puzon ..and boy it is so cool.

Allmightys is growing and it needs a new home. We are happy to announce that this afternoon we will be moving to the new server. You will notice speed improvement and overall much better stability this evening/tomorrow. This is all in preparation for our next competition next week and a bunch of new features associated with it.

Please note you may notice some weirdness in the next few hours as our domain is being repointed.

If you have any problems, of find any odd bugs, please let us know.

[UPDATE 8pm GMT]: Allmightys is up and running on the new server! Oh snappy snappy!! :) How is everyone finding it?

Thanks to all the designers for all the great artwork you submitted and thanks to everyone for telling us your opinions!! We think the winning designs are great examples of the quality of designs that were submitted.

a.mar.illo's 'The Architect' led the way from pretty much day 1 due to it's idea, style and colour combination. miracletwentyone_org's 'We need Help' was up there all the time too and especially received lots of comments through it's contemporary and thought-provoking theme. 'Underwater Birds' by a.mar.illo is a very unique design especially in terms of composition and colours.  sepra4life's 'I'm Thinking Big...' is a clear and striking line drawing with a simple yet complex structure. knikola's 'Movies' reached high scores due to it's bold and well composed combination of typo and images. Finally, 'Jana' by vergilije is a strong graphic with great use of colour and a lot of attention to detail...

So, without further ado, here are...

The results:

Prize Winners (Printed)
1. The Architect by a.mar.illo (Com: 2.00 EUR per shirt sold)
2. We Need Help by miracletwentyone_org (Com: 1.50 EUR per shirt sold)
3. Underwater Birds by a.mar.illo (Com: 1.00 EUR per shirt sold)

Special Selection (Printed)
(Commission: 1.00 EUR per shirt sold)
1. I'm Thinking Big... by Sepra4life
2. Movies by knikola
3. Jana by vergilije 

Special Mention (Not Printed)
(order by score)
1. I Wish I Could Stop (Thinking) by Puzon
2. I Am Thinking... by seeabhay
3. The Wooden Girl On The Hill by a.mar.illo
4. My Thinking Bulbs by wickedtruffy
5. Wrapped Up In Civilization by zerus
6. Are We Really Thinking? by Yonil

Thank you all again for submitting these great designs.

We are now in the process of preparing a brand new competition for you all. We think this one is going to be big!! Check back in couple of days for details.

As you can probably already tell there are quite a few things going on at Allmightys at the moment. We are hard at work not only to prepare for the end of the current competition but also bring you a new one very shortly after the voting is complete with "I Am thinking..".

There are now only 2 days left to vote for the designs and without revealing anything the current standings are very interesting and making the decision which designs get printed and those that don't is going to be the most difficult ever. We've had some trully fantastic designs this time around and picking only 6 is going to be an impossible task...but we may just manage :)
In any case, we would love to thank all of you who have already voted as the final decision would be impossible without you. Make sure you come back on Tuesday to check out the winning entries. We will then get right on with getting them printed as soon as possible.

Apart from the current competition, you may have also noticed few layout changes on the pages. We always try to improve how things work here and it's a learning experience for us too. Every day brings something new....

In preparation for the next competition, we will also be bringing you some functionality updates on the site ...which we do not yet want to talk about as with these things until they are implemented you never know. Be sure we are hard at work and we are pretty sure you will love them. It makes the whole submission/voting process a lot more fluent. More about this later ...

If you remember our recent update on the Allmightys server, this is also currently happening. The beast is in place, loaded with another copy of our whole site and we are bashing it like there is no tomorrow. Poor thing...

So, as you can see, pretty busy these days ..but thats great, eh?

Here is a little sneak of how we do things here at Allmightys. A sneak peak in how we make things happen here and they are:
1. iChat  
Apple's AIM client we wouldn't know what do without. Most of the time Kon is in Berlin and I (filip) am in London. Almost every day we are on ichat doing video, sharing thoughts, discussing opportunities, submissions, etc...
2. Basecamp
This is a great online app by 37signals that lets you collaborate online via various projects you set-up. From to-dos to milestones, discussions and much more. Definitely check it out and if you work with clients, its a fantastic way to share and update. Its free for one project.
3. Typo3
Typo is the base of allmightys, what Allmightys runs on. OpenSource! Its what you see every day and what you use. The difference being is that we use backend way more than front end. Its like cooking and serving ..all you see is whats served. I do wish at times the backend was as pretty as front end :)

We hope this gives you a little peak in how we do things over here. Make sure you check out these tools, they are all pretty amazing...Berlin and London have never been closer! :)