I managed to get instagram shopping online and connect met Spreadshop to it.

However Facebook checks the images and this morning I received a message on this image…. (I translated it from Dutch)

Product with a sexualized positioning.
It is not allowed to display products or services in a sexually explicit way in advertisements.

What’s this world I am living in? 




I finally managed to get my Instagram shopping online…. Don’t ask me how I did it but it seems to work. Check my insta “stefsprintshop”. It’s now possible to buy spreadshop products in my insta account. 

Using Facebook’s business suite I am now able to tag products in an Instagram message. For some reason tagging only works when I create Instagram messages using business suite. 

Any one else who has an insta shopping account?

Is there a way to send a small message to a customer who bought something? For example; someone buys a shirt and after payment he receives a small message from me saying “thanks for buying this T-shirt - are you happy with it share it on insta - don’t forget to mention my insta” (or something similar) 

Hm... I made two new designs.... 

However ... if use keywords as “Kat”, “kater”, “poes” or miauw in Dutch, I can’t select children products anymore. Design not suitable for children it say’s. Translated in English the word cat means “pussy”... 

Strange isn’t it... 

I made a new instagram/igtv project. Showcasing the steps I took to create and upload one of my designs to my spreadshop. 

Feel free to send some feedback. 




Well my story starts 50 years (and two months) ago in Belgium. Or maybe even earlier because it was my Grandfather, although being a classic artist and painter, who inspired me te become what I am. An independent illustration, cartoon, animation and graphic design specialist.




I started drawing as soon as I could hold a pencil and spent hours and hours in his studio watching him painting and trying to make my own drawings. I followed drawing classes from the age of 8, went to a graphic design school at the age of 13 (before there where computers to make designs). Had higher education in Ghent (Belgium) and became a "master in animation" at the age of 22. Almost immediately after my graduation I stared working as a designer in a television studio in Bruges (Belgium). Two years later I became a stage and exhibition designer. 

I met my Dutch love in the summer of 2001 and two years later I found a  print and design job in Amsterdam so I moved to the Netherlands. At the same time I started my own company, first named Car-toon and changed to StefRingoot in 2008 when I completely went independent. In 2011 I married my love and someone asked me to become a design teacher.

As today,  I am still a design teacher for two day’s a week. I “Teach what I Preach” (My last lessons was about creating illustrations for Print on demand) so the rest of the week I create colorful artwork for different clients. I can write a book about my work but it is much easier to check my website. (www.StefRingoot.com - it’s in Dutch but it’s all about images so it shouldn’t be a great problem)

That’s me... in a nutshell





However... this story is about selling artwork ....

I never throw anything away. Ask me what I made in 2003 and I’ll show you. As a cartoonist, and illustrator I made hundreds of illustrations and comics which where never used be clients. (I alway’s offer multiple solutions) So I have a large design library. Using vectors for my designs is another advantage. It’s “easy” to adapt existing designs and create new things based on old stuff.

Here is (an older) video of How I do it on You-Tube

Being a graphic designer is not a job it’s a way of living for me. I also draw and design for pleasure which results in an ongoing archive with lots of drawings and designs.

It all stared with a wish to find a way of selling greeting cards based on these unused designs. After a long search I opened my first shop in September 2020. However I still haven’t found a satisfying way of selling greeting cards. The search goes on.

At the moment of writing I have three different Spreadshops. They are all specialized in something.

- https://stefringoot.com/stefs-mokken-shop (my own cartoons and illustrations on mugs)

- https://stefringoot.com/spreadshop (my personal, colourful illustrations on different media)

I also use some other POD sites to sell stuff like puzzles, greeting cards and large format printing. (My puzzles are a big hit)




There is no big message behind my design but I like to create. I am known by my clients for my colourful semi classic artwork. So colourful designs with a smile is what I can offer.

The story of my grandfather also continues.

I promised my grandfather Pieter Ringoot (1921 - 2011) to look after his work. That’s why I started Galerie Ringoot. This “art gallery” is dedicated to the work of my grandfather but also to the work of my father in law, Dutch illustrator and painter Hans Sturris.

- You can find the (third) shop here; https://galerieringoot.com/spreadshop-van-galerie-ringoot

With a sale in the shop of “Galerie Ringoot” you help me to maintain the website, scan and photograph the paintings in high resolution and keep the heritage of my familie alive and visible for everyone.

At the moment the site is in Dutch (witch I hope isn’t a big problem for the users of this community since the site is about watching the art of Pieter and Hans) in the near future I will try to translate the site to English (and French)





The show must go on

Creating art doesn’t work without promoting that art. So I use different social media to make promotion. However my own Wordpress website is still the centre of this all. 

Searching the best way to promote and building an audience is an ongoing process. At the moment I am working on some “animated” way’s to promote things online. Due to lots of other things to do, it will take some time to finish it. Stay tuned... 

The best way of promoting things, is promotion by the people in your network. So that’s why I need you and why I write this message.

you are welcome to follow my Instagram ; @stefwebshop and my twitter @StefWebshop. I’ll follow back. 

Hope my English was good enough ... I remember an English teacher (I was 12) who once told my mother my English (and French) where so bad I would never graduate.

Greetings from Holland 

Stef 

Hi folks,

I have a range of cartoons called Cat&Fish. I want to use these cartoons in my “mokkenshop” (this shop Is dedicated to prints on mugs - and sometimes  coasters, cooking aprons and lunch boxes) 

As you can see in the example below I use a gradient as a background. The original file is vector and finished in Adobe illustrator (I started the drawing on my iPad in Vectornator).

I was wondering wish is the best way of publishing this document. Should I upload the ai file, upload a transparent png or use jpg with a white background? 

I assume that it is possible to use the jpg with a white background and place them on white mugs? 

But what if I upload the vector file? Do I need a white background? Or can the background be transparant? (Type and black lines our outlined) 

A transparent png is Alway’s rejected.  I once read that this is due to the printing technic for t-shirt. But why is this a problem for mugs? 

I have a sublimation printer wish prints my designs on transfer foil. With a “mug press” the foil is applied to the mug. Gradients are never a problem. But I assume that Spreadshop uses another technic? 





Well I am a professional (vector) designer, specialised in “cartoon style”. Check my (Dutch) website at www.StefRingoot.com. If you need help on creating designs, feel free to message me.

Pay attention... as I professional designer I can’t work for free. I also need to pay my bill’s.  However I am open to your offers... 

Greetings from Holland. 

Stef





Hi there... greetings from Holland 

This morning I discovered some messages in my account.  I sold my third product a few day’s ago 🥳 but there was also a message from last night that some of my designs where rejected. However when I open the message I can’t find anything. If I us “rejected” ass a filter option I can’t find any rejected design. I made some screenshots. 

What can I do?

Hi there,

I made a new design based on a sketch (the second picture) my grandfather made years ago. I transferred it to vector and published it on different media. It’s now available in the spreadshop of www.GalerieRingoot.com (site dedicated to the work of my grandfather) Feel free to post feedback on the design.

I published the artwork on different t-shirts. But as this is a black design it can’t be printed on dark/black colour. After selecting the different clothing I have to switch off the colours I don’t want. I have to do this for every product I choose. And that’s a lot of work. I was wondering if it wasn’t possible to do this in an easyer way? 

Greetings from Holland and Belgium.

Stef