Neon grid, purple sun, and your dog in wraparound shades
Synthwave is the loudest style in the catalogue. It is retro-futurism as a full colour world - magenta and cyan, everything glowing, nothing subtle.
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The style samples share one golden retriever wherever they can (the astronaut is a beagle), so you can compare all 10 mediums like for like.
How Synthwave is drawn
The illustration is built on the standard synthwave furniture: a neon magenta and cyan grid horizon, a glowing purple sun with palm silhouettes cut against it, and your pet in wraparound shades and a leather jacket in front of it. The palette is deliberately narrow, which is what makes the style hold together as a single graphic rather than a collage of effects.
Which pets it suits
Dogs with strong silhouettes get the most out of it, because the neon rim-light traces the outline. Dark coats do especially well - the glow separates a black dog from the background in a way daylight never manages. The shades cover the eyes, so pick your photo for the head shape rather than the expression.
Whatever the medium, identity outranks it: the generator is told never to change breed, face shape, coat colour, markings, eye colour or ears. The photo guidelines cover what to upload.
How it prints
Neon is a value trick, not a pigment: magenta looks electric only when it sits against something dark, which is why Synthwave is made for dark shirts only. On black or pepper the night sky is never printed at all - the shirt is the sky - and the sun, the grid and the rim light are keyed straight into the fabric, so nothing ends in a rectangle. This is the clearest case in the catalogue for a dark shirt.
Every design prints at a 12-inch chest placement on a 16-colour garment range - the mockups above use the real print box.
Price, shirt and shipping
- $34.99
- The printed shirt with your portrait on it, listed at $49.99. Generating and previewing artwork is free.
- Free US shipping
- Every order, no minimum, US addresses only - typically 7-12 business days with tracking.
- Sizes S-2XL
- A premium shirt - Comfort Colors 1717, a garment-dyed heavyweight tee. Printed to order in the USA; the blank is imported.
- Approve before print
- Three free previews a day, for everyone. Nothing prints and nothing is charged until you say yes.
Custom items are not returnable for change of mind. A damaged, misprinted or wrong order is reprinted free or refunded within 30 days - the FAQ has the details, and the size guide has the measurements.
Synthwave questions
Does it work in a photo where my dog is indoors?＋
Yes. The scene is drawn from scratch, so indoor lighting in your upload is not carried over - it only needs to be a clear, sharp view of the face.
Can I combine Synthwave with a preset scene?＋
You pick one or the other: a preset look supplies a scene, a style supplies a medium. Synthwave already contains its own scene, which is why it stands alone.
Is this the same as the Streetwear style?＋
No. Streetwear is a screen-print graphic with heavy black outlines against a graffiti wall. Synthwave is a glowing 80s landscape. They share an attitude and nothing else.
Compare another style
Mostly the same dog, a different medium each time - that is the whole point of these samples.
See your own pet in Synthwave
Upload one photo and this style is already chosen for you. The preview is free - decide after you have seen it.
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