Create Your First Product

Time estimate: about 5 minutes, after at least one artwork is approved.

A product on Artist 360 is a base item (shirt, hoodie, vinyl, tote, digital download, stream ticket) plus your artwork placed on one or more print zones. The Product wizard walks you through picking the base, placing your artwork, and submitting for review in three steps.

Approved artwork required

You need at least one Approved artwork before you can complete the wizard. If your artwork is still Pending Review, wait until it’s approved (most within 2 business days) and come back.

Step 1: Open the Product wizard

1. Sign in to Creator Studio.
2. Open Products → Create Product.

The wizard opens on the Choose Product step with three indicators across the top: Choose Product, Make It Yours, Review.

Step 2: Choose a base product

1. Browse the base product grid. Each tile shows the product image, name, and category (T-Shirt, Hoodie, Vinyl, Tote, etc.).
2. Click the base product you want. A highlight ring confirms the selection.
3. Click Continue.

The available base products are curated by Artist 360. If you want a base that isn’t listed, request it in What’s New.

Step 3: Make it yours

This step is the Product Designer. It has a left sidebar with icon buttons and a canvas on the right.

1. In the Product panel on the left, enter a Title (required, up to 255 characters) and an optional Description (up to 5000 characters).
2. Open the Uploads panel. You’ll see every Approved artwork from your library.
3. Drag an artwork onto one of the Print Zones on the canvas (e.g., Front Center, Back Full). A green dot on the zone tab confirms placement.
4. Watch the DPI badge next to each placement:
   • Good — 300 DPI or higher at placed size
   • Fair — between 150 and 300 DPI
   • Low — below 150 DPI
5. Toggle between the Design and Mockups views to check how the product will look on a fan-visible preview.
6. Click Continue.

Inline artwork upload

You can upload new artwork directly from the wizard’s Uploads panel. It still goes through review, so plan for the wait unless you’ve already uploaded what you need.

Print Zones explained

A Print Zone is the area on a base product where artwork can be placed. Each base product has one or more zones with their own dimensions and DPI thresholds. For example, a T-Shirt has Front Center and Back Full zones, each with their own maximum print size and minimum DPI. You don’t have to place artwork on every zone.

Step 4: Review and submit

1. Review the summary: product name, artwork title, print zones with artwork placed.
2. Read the pricing note. Default prices are set from your tier’s multipliers. You can customize each variant’s price after the product is approved.
3. Click Submit for Review.

You’ll land on the new product’s detail page with status Pending. Artist 360 reviews it within 1-2 business days after the artwork has been approved.

Product status lifecycle

Status	Meaning	What You Can Do
Draft	Still being built in the wizard	Continue editing or discard
Pending	Submitted for review	Wait for the reviewer
Approved	Passed review	Set to Active to publish
Active	Visible on your storefront	Edit, pause, or unpublish
Paused	Temporarily hidden from fans	Reactivate any time
Rejected	Reviewer sent it back	Read the reason, edit, resubmit

What You Accomplished

• Picked a base product
• Entered a title and placed artwork on at least one print zone
• Submitted the product for review
• Status shows Pending on the product detail page

What’s Next

You Want To…	Go To
Understand product variants and pricing	Products
Group products into a collection	Products
Fix a rejected product	Troubleshooting
Invite a teammate to review products with you	Invite Your Team

Need Help?

If you get stuck, check Troubleshooting or contact support from your Creator Studio.