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Father's Day Tie Challenge

Lesley Yarbrough Last updated: March 22, 2024 · 2 min read

With Father’s Day fast approaching, we thought this was an excellent opportunity for another design challenge! And what better way to celebrate the dad in your life than with a really great tie, made by you. We’ve partnered with the awesome folks at Knotty Tie Company to help you do just that with our latest challenge.
If you’re not familiar with Knotty Tie, they are a new startup that lets you create your own amazing tie designs and then they handcraft your masterpiece for you. They recently had a very successful Kickstarter project and we’re definitely excited to see them bring a little fun and creativity to the world of ties.

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Challenge

Download our tie template

and design a Father’s Day tie that features at least one asset from Creative Market. It can be a anything — a pattern, an illustration, or a font, and it can even be something you sell in your own shop.
Using our template, simply place your design in the “TIE” folder where says “YOUR DESIGN HERE” and it will automatically be added to the tie.

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How to Enter

Comment on this post with a link to your design and a link to the Creative Market good(s) you used to help create it. You can submit as many tie designs as you like and entries will be accepted until midnight EST on Sunday, June 16th.
**The template is large, please save and submit your entries at 1000px wide.**

Winners & Prizes

After all the designs are in, our staff will select our top five favorite tie designs. Each of the talented winners will receive $25 in marketplace credit and their design printed on a tie courtesy of the folks at Knotty Tie.

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Does that sound like fun? Good! Here’s a few selections from the marketplace that can help get you started with this challenge.

  

  

  

  

Happy creating!

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28 Comments
  • Have to say I love the concept behind knotty tie - a sweet way to give a unique gift 13 years ago
  • Oh sweet. I did not know they printed on ties. This will be an excellent gift. 13 years ago
  • Fun Challenge! Entry to follow! 13 years ago
  • Haha, this looks like fun! ;) 13 years ago
  • Hey guys, Dads are known to be rather conservative in their choice of attire, but if Dad decides to go wild for a day, here is something to help with that: http://mindfulpixels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/happy-fathers-day-challenge.jpg http://mindfulpixels.com/work-play/fathers-day-tie-challenge-on-creative-market/ I've used my Aztec Watercolor Brushes: http://crtv.mk/rJOV and @seanwes's: Hi-Res Subtle Grunge Vector Textures: http://crtv.mk/cEy5 Happy Wednesday! ♥ Lin 13 years ago
  • @Lin Chervenkova very nice! I'm a big fan of bright colored ties, so this one is definitely speaking to me. :) Thanks so much for entering the challenge! 13 years ago
  • @Lin Chervenkova love it! That would look awesome on one of our ties! -Mark, Knotty Tie Co. Co-Founder 13 years ago
  • Oh my, thanks guys! I'm so glad you like my little yellow tie! :) 13 years ago
  • What a great prompt - I've never tried designing for ties! Both of these entries use some seamless textures from here: https://creativemarket.com/YD-LABS/2584-6-Seamless-Fabric-Textures This first mod flower design uses 3 textures in various colors in one of my Illustrator patterns: http://www.flickr.com/photos/katrinazerilli/9028653205/in/photostream/ And this second design uses the one diagonal twill in two colors placed in a geometric design that I painted with gouache and scanned in: http://www.flickr.com/photos/katrinazerilli/9028653473/in/photostream/ 13 years ago
  • My submission :) http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fa/03/c4/fa03c453af9eafa78b38df739c930357.jpg https://creativemarket.com/anonymuse/604-Ondalum/screenshots/#screenshot2 13 years ago
  • Finally got my entry finished. This is using the Lil Buildings from Lil Squid: https://creativemarket.com/lilsquid/4341-Lil-Buildings From the suburbs to the city to the industrial area, all the way down to where dad belongs: as King of the Castle. :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephfaye/9039651618/ PS - thanks for the intro to Knotty Tie Company - such an awesome idea! 13 years ago
  • Hi All, I created a few designs that can be seen here: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Fathers-Day-Tie-Challenge-Creative-Market/9311241 I used elements from: https://creativemarket.com/jackietran/3414-Pixicon-User-interface-icons https://creativemarket.com/uiparade/4823-Flatties-flat-style-icon-set Thanks much for the opportunity! 13 years ago
  • Really awesome job everyone! Loving all of these designs. :) I've collected everything so far on our Facebook page: http://crtv.mk/fMA4 13 years ago
  • Thanks for the idea, I had a lot of fun creating designs :) Here are my submissions: 1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/96429152@N06/9046419804/ I used cute elements by @Lin Chervenkova: https://creativemarket.com/mindfulpixels/4358-113-Hi-Res-Watercolor-Brushes https://creativemarket.com/mindfulpixels/5670-30sale-Spring-Vector-Borders 2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/96429152@N06/9046419724/ This pattern is from my own set: https://creativemarket.com/khandishka/5016-Vector-Geometric-Backgrounds 3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/96429152@N06/9046419714/ One pattern used is made by ClementineDigitals: https://creativemarket.com/ClementineDigitals/6791-Nautical-Digital-Papers And the other one is mine from the same set. 4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/96429152@N06/9046419706/ What I used here is a pattern by Aleksandra Sabelskaya: https://creativemarket.com/Sabelskaya/6727-Seamless-Patterns-With-Houses Plus one of my geometric patterns again. Knotty Tie Company, great project, all the best to you! Thanks for the challenge, it was fun :) 13 years ago
  • Here we go: Version One: http://i.imgur.com/aXFMXSB.jpg Version Two: http://i.imgur.com/yC3clPl.jpg texture made with my fabric texture pack: http://crtv.mk/pJw0 13 years ago
  • here are my submission. 1. http://tinyurl.com/n5cydzo 2. http://tinyurl.com/lmoap5l 3. http://tinyurl.com/k33b7wk i use the following patterns: 1. https://creativemarket.com/margarida.lisboa/3063-Digital-Background-Pattern-Pack/screenshots/#screenshot4 2. https://creativemarket.com/IndigoPerez/3353-Hand-Painted-Swirl-Pattern/screenshots/#screenshot1 3. https://creativemarket.com/MaishopDigitalArt/5187-Digital-Paper-Linen-Afrika-Skins/screenshots/#screenshot1 thanks for the fun contest. 13 years ago
  • Hello Everyone! Here my submission: Is a tipical regimental tie made with the initials of my great dad! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8367517/tiecontestCM.png I use my font Bahn Pro Regular: http://crtv.mk/sEHw Thanks CM for the contest :) 13 years ago
  • Great contest @Lesley Yarbrough, sure enjoyed designing my first tie! Here's my entry - http://tomanders.com/portfolio-item/tie-design/ It's something very funky, I'd love to see my father in it! Inspiration - https://creativemarket.com/PinkPueblo/1695-Bright-Geometric-PapersBackgrounds https://creativemarket.com/khandishka/5016-Vector-Geometric-Backgrounds Products used - https://creativemarket.com/TomAnders/2819-Vintage-Bundle Great entries so far and thanks again for a great contest! 13 years ago
  • I couldn't help myself, this is too much fun so I made a few more designs :) They can be seen here: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Fathers-Day-Tie-Challenge-Creative-Market/9311241 Along with the elements I listed previously, I have also used: https://creativemarket.com/gemma.garner/4793-Pressed-Flowers-Photoshop-Brushes https://creativemarket.com/friskweb/4437-30-Sweet-Deco-Frames-PS-Brushes https://creativemarket.com/LynnSkipper/5761-infographics-set It has been inspiring to see so many great designs. Thanks again so much for the wonderful creative project! 13 years ago
  • This is what happens when I decide that I want to make a "hipster tie": http://flic.kr/p/eNnofH Created using: HIpster infographic - http://crtv.mk/gFUv Black & White Background Patterns - http://crtv.mk/gFVN 13 years ago
  • So nice to see some of our items at your ties and on the Facebook Father's Day card :)))! Thanks and good luck for all! ♥ 13 years ago
  • Whew, album updated here: http://crtv.mk/fMA4 Thanks for entering everyone and hope you're having a Happy Father's Day! 13 years ago
  • Oh heck, why not another one. Bike tie! http://flic.kr/p/eNEpy3 Created using: Fabric Texture Pack - http://crtv.mk/pJw0 BIKES - http://crtv.mk/sE0l 13 years ago
  • my entry: http://flic.kr/p/eNAvmP source: https://creativemarket.com/lilsquid/4594-Lil-Accessories-Dress-up 13 years ago
  • Happy Father's Day everyone! Here's my entry: http://littlepxlvectors.tumblr.com/image/53143844343 I used the awesome typeface Frontage: http://crtv.mk/sDtb 13 years ago
  • So, so impressed with all of these! I'm sure the Creative Market team is going to have a tough time picking winners. 13 years ago
  • ...and who won Tie Challenge? 13 years ago
  • @paxpp sorry for the delay, winners post coming tomorrow morning! 13 years ago