Current mood:	optimistic
Current music:	Eric's Trip - Listen
Entry tags:	cafepress, eric's trip, shirt, sticker, t-shirt

Eric's Trip T-Shirts on Cafepress
I really wanted a t-shirt for the band Eric's Trip. I searched the Internet high and low from Sub-Pop and other random sites that carry such memorabilia. Na-da. Zip. Zero. Nothing. So what's a low-fi garage fuzz 90's Canadian post-punk music fan with above average graphics arts skills, questionable copyright compliance, and Internet commerce skills to do? Scratch that itch!
Design assignment: Create reasonably priced t-shirt of reasonable quality with a reasonable design for fav band Eric's Trip.
Result: http://www.cafepress.com/abandonwear
Tools & Resources: cafepress.com, images.google.com, Paint Shop Pro, and 2 hours of free time.
Steps to create:

1. Create a shop at cafepress.com.
2. Use source images found on Internet to create an image suitable for t-shirt designs per cafepress.com design templates.
3. Upload image to cafepress.com shop.
4. Assign image to shirts.
5. Buy your t-shirt.
6. ...
7. Profit?

That's a good question. Do I leave the shop open for others? I can't be the only one who wants one. What if someone else buys one of my shirts designs? Can I be sued for copyright infringement? The images weren't copyrighted, or are they? How can I tell if it isn't obvious? Should I just give the band all or some of the profits? I don't want to piss anyone off, I just want an Eric's Trip t-shirt and others might want one too.