Artists / Design & Craft
How to Make Honest Mockups of Your T-Shirt Design
How to build a mockup that matches the real scale, placement and colors of your shirt, with a table to check each image before posting.
The journal
The HollaJack journal for artists and collectors.
Practical guides for independent artists, notes for people who collect numbered art tees and canvas prints, and news from HollaJack.
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For artists
Artists
Practical guides for independent artists: design, printing, pricing numbered editions, marketing and running a storefront on HollaJack. 24 articles -
For collectors
Collectors
For collectors: what numbered editions, rising prices and certificates of ownership mean for the person who owns the piece. 6 articles -
News
News
News and notes from HollaJack: platform updates, changes in print on demand and independent art, and what is new for… 1 article
Latest articles
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Artists / Marketing & Promotion
Planning a Holiday Drop: A Week-by-Week Timeline for Artists
A six-week plan for a holiday drop: what to decide, finish, announce and tell gift buyers, without countdowns or rushed promises.
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Collectors / Buying Guides
What Does the Number on a Numbered Edition Mean?
How to read a mark like 12/50, what AP and PP mean, why a low number is not a quality grade, and…
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Collectors / Buying Guides
How to Start Collecting Art on a Budget
A calm starter plan for new collectors: a limit you will not miss, low-cost formats, a full-cost test before you pay, and…
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Artists / Design & Craft
How to Turn a Painting Into a T-Shirt Design
Capture, crop, clean and test a painting so it holds up on fabric, with a table of what changes and a worked…
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Artists / Selling & Storefronts
Your First Art Drop: A 14-Day Launch Checklist
A day-by-day plan for your first art drop: what to finish, when to tell people, and what to check before you publish.
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Artists / Selling & Storefronts
How to Sell Your Art on T-Shirts Without Holding Inventory
A practical guide to selling your art on t-shirts with no stock: the three main routes, preparing files, pricing your work, and…
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For artists
Sell your art as numbered editions.
Open a HollaJack shop and upload a design. Every piece is printed and shipped to order, so you never hold stock, and each numbered run steps up in price as it sells.
For collectors
Own a numbered piece.
Every tee and canvas is made to order, signed to a numbered run and issued with a certificate of ownership. See what is open now.
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News / Industry & Trends
Print-on-Demand Isn’t a Shortcut Anymore
The bar for what counts as a serious piece has moved. What print-on-demand changes for artists, and the old shortcuts that now…
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Artists / Tools & Resources
A Workspace Built for Running Your Shop Like a Business
The admin side of a shop deserves a real system, not a pile of open browser tabs.
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Artists / Tools & Resources
Five Things Worth Automating Before Your Third Drop
The busywork that quietly eats the time you meant to spend designing.
Made by hand
From sketch to press.
Notes on screen printing, color, canvas and the quiet details that make a numbered edition worth owning.
The next drop
Hear about new editions first.
One note when a run opens. Nothing else, no digest, no discounts, no drip.