Your stickers,
printed like they matter

Four reasons to send me your artwork

nine inks, not four.

Real prints

Every one of these came off my printer. Real orders and customers.

How long it actually lasts

Most people never think about what a sticker is made of, but it's the whole difference between one that's still there in three years and one that curls off in a month.

you'll get bored of the sticker long before it gets bored of you.

The part that takes the time

Big printers are good at printing. What they don't do is look at your file. It goes into a queue with a few thousand others, then gets whatever the machine was set to, and ships out. Nobody looked at it.

That's the part I do differently, and it comes down to three things.

Color

Most printing uses four inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. Every color gets mixed from those four, and mixing can't reach everything. Saturated reds come out closer to orange. If your sticker's colors live out at that end, four-ink printing quietly dulls your colors and tones.

My printer runs nine inks. Orange and red are their own inks rather than mixes, and three lighter inks are in there to keep gradients smooth, so soft fur shading prints soft instead of breaking into visible bands.

Then I calibrate it monthly against the exact vinyl I print on, and I spend a lot of time on that. A printer that hasn't been calibrated still prints fine. But the colors are just wrong, and nothing about the print tells you that. You find out when the stickers arrive. It's boring work, but it's the whole reason your colors come out looking perfect.

This is why I ask for RGB files. Other companies tell you to convert to CMYK first. Please don't. Converting messes up your colors and ruins the file. Send RGB and it'll look just like you intended.

Cutting

Cheap cutters drag a fixed blade around your shape. Corners get rounded off and tight curves wobble.

We use what's called a tangential head. It lifts the blade out of the vinyl, turns it to face the new direction, and sets it back down, and it does that at every single corner. That's why sharp corners stay sharp. It also reads small printed marks on the sheet to work out exactly where your artwork sits, and cuts to within four thousandths of an inch of it. Every detail comes out precise.

And me, actually looking at it

Every file gets opened by hand before anything prints. I set the bleed, check the cut line, and look at whether your linework will hold up at the size you asked for. If something's going to print badly, you'll hear from me before any production. It doesn't scale, which is why bigger shops don't do it.

You'll always know where your order is

Most shops give you one word: processing. It doesn't mean anything and it doesn't change for two weeks.

Every order gets its own page showing seven steps:

Each one is stamped with when it actually happens. “Files proofed” is me in Illustrator.

Ahead of you right now 3

While you're waiting, the page also tells you how many orders are ahead of yours. The number goes down as I work through them.

No account needed. The link in your order email will send you directly to the page.

How ordering works

1. 1

   Upload your artwork

   PNG is best. I'll also take JPG, WEBP, AVIF, PSD, PDF and SVG.

2. 2

   Set the longest edge in inches

   The other side follows your art's own proportions automatically.

3. 3

   Pick a quantity

   A price list appears for the size you set.

4. 4

   Add another design if you want

   One order can hold as many as you like, each with its own size and quantity.

5. 5

   Pay

   Your tracking page goes live straight away.

After that it's on me. I process the file, set the bleed, sort out the cut lines, and lay everything onto the roll. Then it prints, gets laminated, gets cut, and goes in a bubble mailer. Your tracking page fills in as each of those happens.

Want a rough idea of cost first? There's a calculator on the pricing page.

Sending me good files

It's pretty simple, and nothing gets turned away for being the wrong type. If something's off, I'll tell you before I start printing.

The practical stuff

$20 minimum

Minimum charge for any order.

Quantities come in full rows

The price list won't offer you 37 of something. Stickers print in rows across the roll, and a part-used row still costs the full width of it, so the quantities you can pick are the ones that fill a row exactly. It's also why the price per sticker drops the way it does.

1 to 2 weeks

From payment to completed stickers, plus shipping time on top. If you are ordering for a convention, please order ahead of time! (Everyone starts ordering stickers last minute!)

Shipping is US only

For now, calculated at checkout.

If something's wrong, email me

I will do my best to sort out any issues!

Mature artwork is accepted

I print anything you want, and it ships in the same plain packaging as everything else.

Stickers explained

Cut types

Kiss cut.

The blade cuts through the vinyl but not the backing, so your sticker stays on a rectangle of paper until you peel it off. Almost everything I make is kiss cut, and it's the more accurate of the two. The backing holds every piece exactly where it was printed, so the cut can follow a complicated outline without anything shifting.

Die cut.

The blade cuts all the way through, backing included, so the sticker comes out as a loose shape. I offer this for simple shapes: circles, squares, ovals and rectangles. I don't offer it for complicated outlines, because cutting all the way through is less accurate.

If you're not sure, pick kiss cut. It's what most people want.

Sticker sheet.

Several designs kiss cut onto one backing sheet, usually with a printed background. Please tell me in your order notes if an uploaded design is a sticker sheet.

Backing.

The paper your sticker sits on before you peel it off.

Material words

Vinyl

The plastic film your sticker is printed on.

Polymeric and monomeric

Two grades of vinyl. Polymeric holds its shape as it ages. Monomeric is cheaper and shrinks, which is what makes corners lift. I only use polymeric vinyl.

Laminate

A clear film applied over the print. All the wear happens to it instead of to your artwork.

Mil

How thick a film is. One mil is a thousandth of an inch. I use thin but premium-feeling materials totaling 5.5 mil once the vinyl and laminate are together.

Gloss

Shiny finish. It's the only finish I offer right now.

Order words

Proof

Me checking your file over before it prints, at the size you asked for.

Row

One line of stickers across the width of the roll. Prices work in whole rows.

Bleed

A small margin of extra color around the edge of a design, so the cut never leaves a white sliver. I add this for you.

PPI

Pixels per inch, meaning how much detail your file has at print size. 300 is ideal, and 150 is useable too.

Questions I get asked

Can I get matte or holographic?

Not right now. Everything I make is gloss. It's the finish that provides the best colors and highest durability.

Do you ship outside the US?

Not at the moment.

I need these by a convention date. Can you make it?

Production is 1 to 2 weeks plus shipping, so please order as soon as you can to make sure I can get it to you before any convention!

Can I reorder something I've had before?

Yes. Just upload the same artwork again and set it up the way you did last time.

What if my art isn't high enough resolution?

You'll see a warning before you pay. You can get away with surprisingly low resolution, since a sticker is normally viewed from about 12 inches away.

Do you print things that aren't furry?

Yes, I can print any other stickers as well.

Can I have a different border color?

Yes. Just say so when you order.

Do you print mature artwork?

I print anything you send me.

What size should my sticker be?

The most common size is 2 to 3 inches.