Does the shirt design HAVE to include the EXACT files given?

No it doesn't but feel free to use them if u want with your own effects.

right on, i'll see what i can come up with here in a bit.

oh, and does it matter what color the background of the shirt is?

the shirt it will be printed on will most likely be black , white and grey, but firstly do design on black shirt template please

please read new brief i have tried to make it more simple of what i require design to look like

Can you please higher your rate? It's because your requesting a logo and illustration design in one brief.

Hello. I'm currently doing the design now. Do you want to add a text at the back design?

Didn't expect it to be closed to soon I thought there's 2 days left in this contest so I made a design. Too bad. Anyway great design from the winner. Congrats!