Put On Your Cape!
It's Time to Design Artwork for DC Comics
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's officially licensed artwork for the Design By Humans' DC Comics FanShop! Join forces with your favorite classic comic book heroes and villains like Superman, Harley Quinn, and Batman by designing officially licensed artwork for the DC Universe with a DBH FanShop today.
You might just find yourself feeling faster than a speeding bullet in your excitement to create licensed designs for your favorite comic book characters. Jump into the nearest phone booth and get ready to fly with awesome Superman art or lasso yourself up some classic Wonder Woman designs; no one will want to miss this exclusive opportunity to make officially licensed graphics for DC Comics.
We're not joking (we'll leave that to the Joker...) and we're definitely not lying (we'll leave that to Two-Face); now is the chance to reimagine your favorite comic book personalities and design fan-inspired artwork for the DC Comics franchise!
Getting Started
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Submit Art
Create a t-shirt design for iconic DC Comics characters like Batman™, Superman™, Wonder Woman™, or the DC Universe character of your choice!
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Get approved
All designs that follow the rules and guidelines found in the design brief will be sent to DC Comics for approval.
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Earn Royalties
Approved designs will be sold in the Officially Licensed DC Comics store and the artist will receive a royalty for every product sold.
Guidelines
Don't change any of the legally protected taglines (i.e. It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman)
Art should be in the comic look, do not use any live action talent from TV or films
Don't add word bubbles or copy
Don't use TV show or Movie logos
Don't use comic title logo fonts as type
Don't create mash-ups between DC characters and other properties
Don't create designs that have already been done
Don't use character images from the internet
Rules
Participants must have a DBH store account to submit their artwork
Participants may submit as many designs as they want, no limit
This design must be 100% your own work, please do not submit art that is produced by someone else. Proof of original source material may be required.
No sexual content, overly graphic violence, drug use, alcohol abuse, profanity or characters/property depicted in a negative light
No Weapons
All submissions will be approved/rejected at DBH's discretion. If your design is rejected you will be given a reason why
Royalties
Royalties differ from your standard rates
View your DC Comics royalty rates »
You will earn royalties from sales on the following channels:
DesignByHumans.com, FifthSun.com, Amazon.com Marketplaces, Amazon.com Merch on Demand, Walmart.com, Ebay.com, Jet.com, Google Express, Wish.com, Rakuten.com
2023 Theme Schedule
The DC FanShop is set up on a scheduled submission process. Please review the current schedule and submit your designs accordingly.
September
Batman Day (Bat Family/Batman with other Characters from DC Universe)
October
Wonder Woman(Classic)
November
Justice League/Holidays(Classic)
December
Aquaman(Classic)
Please note: Designs submitted must follow the requested themes. Unfortunately, submissions that do not follow the themes and/or are submitted outside of the scheduled timeframes will not be accepted. Themes change month to month, so please check back often to see upcoming topics!