Sargon of Akkad - Carl Benjamin - Sargon T-Shirt Competition
Aired: 2017-04-04
Duration: 03:06


=== T-Shirt Competition Call-Out (03:06) ===

[00:00:00]  So it seems the war against YouTube and YouTubers is well underway and I am no exception.
[00:00:05]  Over the last week my ad revenue has flatlined just like everyone else's.
[00:00:10]  This means I have to diversify my income revenue streams or something, and I'm loath to simply shill my Patreon because I've never wantonly shilled my Patreon before and I don't intend to start now.
[00:00:20]  Instead I thought I might do similar to the arts competition I ran last year.
[00:00:24]  I've been asked many times to sell t-shirts, which I don't mind doing but I run into a snag.
[00:00:29]  I am a terrible t-shirt designer.
[00:00:32]  I've tried my hand at this before and failed miserably because I have zero artistic talent.
[00:00:37]  So that's when you come in.
[00:00:39]  For this competition I'll select the five best designs to be printed up as t-shirts for whoever wishes to buy one.
[00:00:45]  I'll select my top five favourites to be printed up as t-shirts and each entry picked in the top five will receive prize money with fifth place receiving $100, 4th place receiving $250, 3rd place receiving $500, 2nd place receiving $1000 and 1st place receiving $2,000.
[00:01:04]  The competition will begin today and last for 1 month, closing on the 4th of May 2017.
[00:01:10]  Please email all entries as PNG files of 1920 by 1080 resolution.
[00:01:17]  The design doesn't necessarily have to fill all of the space or anything like that, I just want standardised images that I can use for my own convenience really.
[00:01:25]  And I don't really mind if the background is transparent or not, but I think I would probably prefer transparent backgrounds.
[00:01:32]  But then if you have a good reason not to have a transparent background on it, then that's fine.
[00:01:36]  I don't want to restrict you, I just let you know my preferences on it.
[00:01:40]  The designs don't necessarily need to be traditional artistic pieces.
[00:01:44]  Feel free to innovate.
[00:01:46]  Do whatever you want really.
[00:01:47]  Whatever you think looks good.
[00:01:49]  I don't have any particular preferences here, so I'm interested to see what you come up with.
[00:01:54]  Please email all the competition entries to sargonovacad100 at gmail.com, and you may enter as many times as you please.
[00:02:02]  Please write t-shirt competition in the title of the email so I can find them easily.
[00:02:07]  I don't want to miss any entries.
[00:02:09]  By entering the competition, you are transferring ownership of your design to me and may not use it elsewhere.
[00:02:15]  Once the competition is over and I have chosen the winning designs, I'll do a video showcasing the designs I received along with the name and contact information of the artist who submitted it.
[00:02:25]  So ensure you clearly include how people can find you if they enjoy your work.
[00:02:29]  So even if you don't win, I'd really like to showcase your work anyway, get you some exposure.
[00:02:34]  I'll announce when the t-shirts will be on sale via a video, and I think that I'll probably have them as a limited run with only a handful of the top entries available.
[00:02:43]  I've had so many requests from artists who want to do t-shirts for me and from people who want to buy t-shirts of mine that I figure I may as well put everything together and given how Google are not exactly a reliable source of revenue anymore and I do this professionally, I have to start looking at other avenues.
[00:03:01]  So I figure this would be one that benefits everyone.
[00:03:03]  Anyway, thanks for watching and I'm looking forward to seeing your designs.