Bee-Jay Industries - Union Made, Enameled Jewelry for Advertising

Designing Art

1) We Need Black & White Camera Ready Artwork
2) Black In Art Will Be Raised Metal In Product
3) White In Art Will Be Recessed For Color Application
4) Metal Borders Separate Colors(Like Stained Glass)
5) Art Should Be Supplied at Twice and Actual Size

 

Raised metal text with color behind it is the best and clearest way to display text

 

If colored text against a colored background is desired, there must be room to apply the colors

  

 

Small Colored text can be accomplished against a metal background

Outer borders should be at least 1/72" or a 1 point stroke width for a 1" piece and should scale in thickness as the piece gets larger

Inner metal lines should be at least .5" or 1/2 of a strokewidth for a 1" piece and should scale in thickness as the piece gets larger

Submission of Electronic Art

Printed

  Camera ready line art at twice size
     

Hardware:

  We use Macintosh computers and can accept diskettes, 100 MB Zip drives, and e-mail attachments
     

Software:

  Adobe Illustrator version 8.0, Adobe Photoshop version 5.5, Stuffit Deluxe
     

*Note 1:

  Convert all fonts to graphic objects
     

*Note 2:

  Bitmap resolutions should be 600 dpi or higher
     

*Note 3:

  Hard copy faxed or .jpg attached to e-mail is always helpful
     

 *Note 4:

  Microsoft PC Users "zip" file before attaching to E-mail