Originally Posted By Steph-n-Kev Hi guys, For anyone who has made tshirts for their large Disneyland group - are there any copyright issues using Disney graphics when homeprinting (I'll be doing 10 matching shirts)? Also, does anyone have a site that I can download CLEAR, precise graphics from, as I'm having trouble enlarging clip art. Thanks!
Originally Posted By nk28 hi steph-n-kev...I'm not sure but I think there might be some kind of copyright. my daughters are performing next week at Disneyland and all I know is when we were trying to decide what kind of design we wanted on the t-shirts for the performance, our original selection was rejected by Disney as it had a silhouette of Mickey Mouse in between our slogan and we had to redo the whole design...maybe someone will be able to explain further?
Originally Posted By Steph-n-Kev Great, yeah, I thought that "personal use" and not onselling them might make it okay..... Any idea where I can get good, clear graphics from? Thanks!
Originally Posted By Steph-n-Kev Great, yeah, I thought that "personal use" and not onselling them might make it okay..... Any idea where I can get good, clear graphics from? Thanks!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan From a strictly legal perspective, it is a copyright violation to use Disney images on your home-made shirts, whether you sell them or not. If you're wearing them to the parks, it's anyone's guess on whether they will make an issue of it or not when you go through the gate. You might be safer if you make the shirts 'Disney-esque' rather than straight lifts of Disney art. More generic elements like 'pixie dust' stars, fireworks and such, rather than an actual image of Mickey Mouse. Again, it might not be a big deal -- I've seen group shirts in the parks every so often that do have recognizable characters on them. But just know that Disney, like most companies, protects its copyright material pretty vigorously, so making shirts is a roll of the dice. If any of the character warehouses are around your area, you could buy a bunch of Disney shirts pretty cheap, or get them from Target or someplace, and add "THE STEPH-N-KEV FAMILY DISNEYLAND VACATION 2006" on the back. Then you're totally safe.
Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM Hi...I'm not sure which character you are looking for, but we are going on a family vacation to DL next summer, and I wanted to print up matching t-shirts. I found that the VERY BEST color and clarity were on the site dltk-kids.com. They had characters from winnie the pooh, monsters inc, and toy story. The pictures looked wonderful, and were pretty large, too. More characters may have been added since I used this site. Check it out, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Originally Posted By nk28 I agree with kar2oonman, our studio was informed by Disney to redesign our t-shirts and to remove the Mickey silhouette. I would definitely check into it...
Originally Posted By hopemax You can always order stuff from Zazzle. <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/disney" target="_blank">http://www.zazzle.com/disney</a>
Originally Posted By wonderingalice And on disneyshopping.com you can create your own shirts from scratch for reasonable prices.
Originally Posted By atinkfan When we went to WDW in 2004, we made up our own shirts for the trip from our local graphics design shop. They were black and on the front chest, it said Orlando 2004 under a palm tree. On the back we had a big skull & crossbones. On top of the skull it said: "The NEW Pirates of the Caribbean" On the bottom, we had all of our first names printed (there were 10 in our group). We wore them on the plane trip there and again one day in the parks. We got alot of compliments on them! So even though we didn't use any Disney graphics, it still got the point across!
Originally Posted By Misty We have made t-shirts 4 different times with large groups, once in WDW and 3 times in DL. Rather than using graphics I made a mickey silouette with tie-dye. Actually the mickey shape was white and the rest of the shirt one solid, bright color. We got many, many comments on the shirts from cast members, but all positive. I even wrote down directions for one cm who wanted to make the shirt. (they are fairly easy to make!)
Originally Posted By kennedyjane I've designed a few trip tee-shirts in the past. I found a Disney graphics kit with iron transfers to print on called Disney Print Studio Deluxe. It's kinda cute, has a limited amount of Fab Five graphics and Disney fonts and such. I also found a Disney Print Studio to make stick on tatoos. Also, I've used my own pictures of the castle, I've even printed out from a Disney wallpaper from the Disney Dashboard. The 50th Castle wallpaper. I've never been told that I can't wear my shirt in the park. If your not making a profit and it's in good taste I'm sure your ok.
