Colors
Coordinate eligible products with your school, team, facility, or brand colors.
Custom Printing & Branding
Built Around Your Brand
Custom Printing & Branding
Coordinate colors, logos, mascots, lettering, graphics, and other design elements across eligible custom AK Athletics products. Whether you have finished artwork or just an idea, our team can help you work through the details before production.
Design the Details
Make the Finished Product Feel Like Yours
Build around the visual details that matter to your school, team, facility, or brand. Start with what you know and refine the layout as the project develops.
Logos & Mascots
Incorporate school marks, team logos, mascots, seals, and other approved artwork.
Graphics & Lettering
Add names, mottos, facility text, sponsor graphics, and other visual elements.
Layout & Placement
Work through size, spacing, positioning, and overall design balance before production.
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Logos, Files, Proofs, or Printing Process
Suggested: 1400 × 1050
Logos, Files, Proofs, or Printing Process
Suggested: 1400 × 1050
Do Not Have Perfect Artwork?
Start With the Best File You Have
You do not need to know whether your artwork is print-ready before contacting us. Send the highest-quality original logo, graphic, or image you have and our Design & Print team can review it for production.
- AI, EPS, SVG & Vector PDF Preferred for logos, mascots, lettering, and scalable graphics.
- PNG, JPG, TIFF & PSD May work when the file has enough resolution for the final print size.
- High-Resolution Images For many printed products, approximately 300 PPI at final print size is a useful target.
- Brand Guidelines Pantone, CMYK, and official brand references can help communicate your intended colors.
From Idea to Production
A Clear Path From Artwork to Finished Product
You do not need every detail finalized before reaching out. Start with your idea, share what you have, review the proof, and approve the design before production begins.
Step 1
Share Your Idea
Tell us what you are creating, where it will be used, and the overall look you want to achieve.
Step 2
Send Your Artwork
Provide your best logos, graphics, colors, measurements, references, and other project details.
Step 3
Review Your Proof
Check layout, spelling, colors, logo placement, dimensions, sponsor marks, and overall balance.
Step 4
Approve for Production
Once the final layout is approved, your project can move into printing and manufacturing.
Designed to Work at Full Scale
Make the Design Work From Across the Room
Large-format athletic graphics need to remain clear when they are enlarged. The strongest designs balance logos, text, markings, and background graphics instead of letting every element compete for attention.
Readable
Important logos, names, and lettering should stay clear when viewed from around the facility.
Balanced
Graphics should support the product and brand without making the finished layout feel crowded.
Built for Scale
Artwork quality, dimensions, and placement are considered around the size of the finished product.
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Buccaneers / Column Pad Production / Finished Project
Suggested: 1400 × 1050
Buccaneers / Column Pad Production / Finished Project
Suggested: 1400 × 1050
Built for Projects of Every Size
From One Custom Product to Hundreds
Custom printing can scale from an individual mat or padding project to coordinated programs across many locations. One of AK Athletics' largest projects supported the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Foundation with custom-printed column pads for schools across Southern Florida.
Nearly 500
custom column pads
200+
schools supported
~2 Weeks
near-continuous printing
Helpful Resources
Plan Your Custom Printing Project
Use these guides to prepare artwork, plan a custom design, and see how AK custom printing can scale for larger projects.
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Print-Ready Artwork Guide
Suggested: 1200 × 675
Print-Ready Artwork Guide
Suggested: 1200 × 675
Prepare Print-Ready Artwork
Learn which file types work best, why resolution matters, how color information helps, and what to review before approval.
Read the Artwork Guide
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Custom Wrestling Mat Design Guide
Suggested: 1200 × 675
Custom Wrestling Mat Design Guide
Suggested: 1200 × 675
Custom Wrestling Mat Design Guide
Explore colors, logos, graphics, text, sponsor marks, file requirements, proofing, and design considerations.
Read the Design Guide
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Buccaneers Foundation Printing Project
Suggested: 1200 × 675
Buccaneers Foundation Printing Project
Suggested: 1200 × 675
See Custom Printing at Scale
See how AK Athletics handled one of its largest custom printing projects with branded column pads for hundreds of schools.
See the ProjectReady to Start Your Design?
Bring Your Idea to AK Athletics
Send us what you have. Our team can help determine the right next step for your artwork, product, and project.
