deviantART in collaboration with Sum 41 proudly brings you the Sum 41 T-Shirt Design Contest. This contest is open only to members in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Japan, and South Korea. Once you're eligible, please continue reading for more details.

Canada's Sum 41 is looking for a tee shirt design to celebrate their new album Underclass Hero and want to see if YOU have any ideas.

All you have to do is create a new design for Sum 41(please see below contest guideline). The top contenders will be presented to the band, and they will choose a winner, who will receive the grand prize! There will also be six runner up winners.

After a hiatus that brought many changes including, among others, a new line-up, Sum41 have come crashing back into the public eye with their new album Underclass Hero. While the record has their trademark no apologies- punk sound, it contains songs that are not simple diatribes, but are deeply personal statements reflecting the confusion and frustration in modern society.

Rather than telling you what Sum 41 would like to see, here's a few images to avoid: military or war images, skulls and devils. There's no need to rehash tired punk images, BE CREATIVE!

Official website: www.sum41.com | MySpace: www.myspace.com/sum41

RULES
Contest starts June 4, 2007 at 12am pst.

Contest closes July 10, 2007 at 11:59pm pst. In addition to the items below, all winners will receive a T-shirt printed with their winning design

1st PRIZE (1 winner):
Five Hundred ($500.00) U.S. Dollars cash;
One (1) framed album signed by the band;
One (1) t-shirt (with the winning design) signed by the band;
Two (2) tickets to an upcoming Sum 41 show (subject to a tour happening) in the city closest to the selected entrants residence. Any costs associated with attendance at the show, or travel to and from the show, will be the sole responsibility of the selected entrant and their companion to the show; and
One (1) Sum 41 CD catalog consisting of the following CDs: Half Hour of Power (2000), All Killer No Filler (2001), Does This Look Infected? (2002), Chuck (2004), Underclass Hero (2007)

The approximate total retail value of the Grand Prize is $1,000.00 USD.

2nd PRIZE (1 winner):
Two Hundred Fifty ($250.00) U.S. Dollars cash;
One (1) signed copy of the CD entitled “Underclass Hero”
The approximate total retail value of the second prize is $265.00 USD.

3rd PRIZE (5 winners):
One Hundred ($100.00) U.S. Dollars cash;
One (1) signed copy of the CD entitled “Underclass Hero”
The approximate total retail value of each runner-up prize is $115.00 USD.
As stated, the winning design and artwork becomes the exclusive property of Sum 41. The Runner(s)-up shall grant a worldwide perpetual license of their designs and artwork to Sum 41 for use in all promotional efforts in all media now known or to be devised.

Entries must be submitted in a jpeg format (see specifications below) via the Internet. If you are a Selected Entrant you will also be required to sign a hard copy of the Entry Form and Release Form as part of the contest closing documents before the prize will be awarded.

Entrants may submit as many entries as they like as long as the entries meet the following criteria:
Only jpg images in RGB color will be accepted (not CMYK)
You may submit more than one entry;
Entries can be handdrawn or created on the computer, but either way, the submission shall be via the website as hard copies will not be accepted;
The image uploaded should be under 1 MB file size;
You cannot use any of the Sum 41 logos unless you draw them yourself and use them in some manipulated way;
Please retain your hi-resolution version of the design as it will be required to produce the final artwork should you be the Winner or a Runner-up.

Submit your deviations to the proper contest category: submit -> deviation -> community projects -> contests -> 2007 -> Sum 41 Contest

To ensure proper notification in the case that you are selected as a winner, please send an e-mail to sum41contest@nettwerk.com with your name, link to your contest entry, and contact information (e-mail address and phone number).

By entering in this contest you have read and agree to the terms stated in the contest rules
The Contest is open to all legal individual residents of Canada (excluding Quebec), the United States (except Rhode Island), the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Japan and South Korea who have reached their thirteenth (13th) birthday (19th birthday in France) as at June 5, 2007, except for employees of the Sponsors and their affiliated companies, advertising and promotional agencies, and all persons with whom such excepted persons are domiciled.

Art Requirements for Screen Printing

Permitted platforms: Macintosh or Windows.

Software:

Illustrator CS2: Saved as AI, or EPS with all text created into outlines.

Photoshop CS2: Files must be a minimum of 200-300 dpi at 100% size for screen printing. Saved as a TIF/TIFF or PSD in RGB format. Please do not flatten layers.

Un-acceptable Formats: JPG/JPEG and CMYK files that do not meet our basic minimum requirements for printing and will not be accepted.

Microsoft Paint, Word, and Power Point files do not meet our basic minimum requirements and will not be accepted.


Official Rules/Regulations

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FAQ

1. Could contestants used Photoshop 7 and save as .psd file or .tiff file?
PSD files saved at actual size and 300 dpi meet print requirements.

2. How will the winning designs be used? Would it be produced commercially?
A limited run of T-shirts will be produced and used in marketing, prizing and retail.

3. Could contestants use Photoshop Elements and save as .psd file?
Yes.

5. As regards to Sum 41 logo, can it be our own rendition of it, or does it have to be the same logo?
Artists can create any variation of the logo they like. However, only designs deemed to enhance the branding efforts of the band will be used.

6. Do they have a preference of what colour tee they are going to print this on? should it look best on black, grey, etc?
No preference as to shirt colour. This is up to the artists discretion.

7. JPG/JPEG and CMYK files that do not meet our basic minimum requirements for printing and will not be accepted. What does this mean?
It means that CMYK files in the whole isn't accepted and .JPG files must meet required printing format to be accepted.