【Kittl】 - Create your Design Now! | Pros and Cons

Today I would like to introduce to you an online design and making tool that can be used on Print On Demand - "Kittl"

Kittl is an online designing software similar to Vexels and Canva, but in use (design editor) and they are actually quite different

Compared to Vexels and Canva, it is relatively unknown but has been rapidly increasing its popularity recently.

Kittl Logo

Kittl: What is it?

Maybe you haven't heard of Kittl yet so at the very beginning I would like to introduce "What is Kittl?"

Kittl Homepage

Kittl used to be a website called Heritage Designer. This year, it officially changed its name to Kittl and expanded its business, scope their material library. According to the official website's blog, Kittl will continue to expand into many different design fields in the future.

Now Kittl can complete these design areas:

• Logo Creator
• T-Shirt Creator
• Poster Creator
• Label Creator
• Card Creator

In addition to the above areas, Kittl can also make other types of designs, but there are not so many template resources. You can adjust the size of the artboard at will, so it is very convenient to do other types of designs.

Kittl adjust the size of the artboard

Kittl: Create a new accunt

To use Kittl, you need to log in to your account. If you have a Kittl account, you can sign up for a Kittl account here.

You can use Email, Google account or Facebook account to register Kittl account, after successful registration, you can start using Kittl

In my experience, after registering Kittl, you will see the following screen first

Kittl - activate account

You can complete this tutorial above to activate your Kittl account

This tutorial will first ask you to choose a design template and then introduce you to some Kittl functions, a simple editor tutorial

Kittl - official guide

You can see the progress of the tutorial tour from the small box floating next to it. Of course, you can also skip the tutorial 

After completing the tutorial, you will see the following screen

Kittl -completing the tutorial

Kittl will set off firecrackers for you as you complete the tutorial and celebrate your Kittl account is officially activated (if you skip the tutorial you can still successfully activate your Kittl account)

After completing the guided tour, you can use Kittl freely, and you can choose to delete or keep the design that you created follows the tour.

Kittl: Create a new design

To create a new design on Kittl you can start from a blank page or find a design from a template and then apply it and modify the template.

To create a design from a blank page first, you can click on "New Project" in the upper right corner

Kittl: Create a new project

Then you will see a screen similar to the following:

Kittl: blank artboard

You can find your favorite design from the "Design" column on the left or create your own design from blank

In addition to building a design from a blank page, you can first find a design template you like and then start modifying

This way you can start from this row on the homepage:

Choose Kittl Design Type

Click on what type of design you want to make, and then the corresponding design template will appear.

Or you can click "Create" in the row above:

Kittl: Create a new design

Then choose what type of design you want to create, after Kittl will also show the relative design template below

Kittl: Make a new design

Now that we're in the Kittl editor, let's create a new design using

If your artboard is still blank, start by selecting a design from the design bar next to it!

Kittl: choose random design

"Design" - in this column, you can see all the projects you have created. You can also switch projects by clicking on any design.

Under "Design", you can see "Text", you can create a new text design through this column or select a text design template to use

To modify the text you just need to click on the text on the screen and a window similar to the following will appear on the right:

Kittl: edit text

You can change the color of the text, the transparency of the text, the symmetry of the left and right, the font type, the use of text effects, etc.

You can also insert letters directly via the A+ button

Kittl: add text

Here's what it looks like after I random changed it:

Kittl: modify the text

You can see "Elements" below the text. Basically, most of the elements in Kittl's material library can be used in the free version.

You can use the search bar to type in a keyword and the elements related to the keyword will appear

You can also find your favorite graphics from the big category to use

Kittl: use graph

In addition to graphics you can also use photos / Find photos on Kittl

Kittl: use photo

Here's what it looks like after a slight modification:

Kittl slight modification

In addition, you can also upload graphics files yourself, you can upload png, jpg, svg files to Kittl (free version users are limited)

Kittl upload file

You can also add 『Textures』

Kittl Textures 

Kittl: Pros / Features / Special

In the next column I will list some features of Kittl to let you know why you should use Kittl / What are the benefits of using Kittl?

• Auto-Save Design 

So that you don't have to worry about forgetting to save and closing the design, causing the design to disappear
• Lots of high-quality design templates

Kittl design templates

• Most of the functions can be used for free

Whether it is design templates or graphic elements, text, etc. Kittl is mostly available for free use (free version users can also use it)

• Free version users can also use designs in commercial projects

Although it can be used in commercial activities, it must be accompanied by the name of Kittl (requires attribution)

• Can upload/share files to the community

You can share designs on Kittl and provide templates to others, in addition to being publicly available for everyone to download/use/edit, you can also provide them privately to others

Kittl - upload design to community

• Designs can be used on Print On Demand

Designs made on Kittl can be used on Print On Demand platforms like Redbubble, Merch By Amazon, Society 6, Zazzle, etc.

• Affordable price plan

The initial paid plan (Pro plan) is only $10 USD per month, which is a relatively affordable price

Next, in addition to the advantages, I will also mention some disadvantages of Kittl

Kittl: Cons

• There is a little lag when returning to the previous step
• No Chinese fonts (you can upload your own fonts if you are using the paid version)
• Elements are hard to find

Kittl: Price Plan

Kittl's price plan offers 3 different plans

Kittl: price plan

Available in Pro, Expert and Business plan

Priced at $10 / $24 / $79 

The prices above are for annual subscriptions

Kittl - Free Plan:

• Price pro Month: $0
• Download file: low quality (up to 800px)
• Storage: Up to 50MB
• Design Projects: Up to 10 Projects
• Commercial: must give credit
• Use non-premium-specific templates

Kittl - Pro Plan:

• Price pro Month: $0 ➜ $10 
• Download file: low quality (up to 800px) ➜ no download limit
• Storage: Up to 50MB ➜ 1 GB
• Design Projects: Up to 10 Projects ➜ 50 Projects
• Commercial: must give credit ➜ Commercial OK - no credit required
• Use non-premium-specific templates

Kittl - Expert Plan:

• Price pro Month: $10 ➜ $24
• Download file: No Download Limit
• Storage: 1 GB ➜ 10 GB
• Design Projects: Up to 50 Projects ➜ Unlimited Projects
• Commercial: Commercial OK - no marking required
• Use non-premium-exclusive templates ➜ Premium-exclusive templates can be used

Kittl - Business Plan:

• Price pro Month: $24 ➜ $79 ( $2450 TWD)
• Download file: No Download Limit
• Storage: unlimited
• Design Projects: Unlimited Projects
• Commercial: Commercial OK - no credit required
• Premium version exclusive templates available
• 5 accounts can be used (Each account have access to Expert Pro features)
• Advanced customer service
• Enterprise & Team Features

Kittl : FAQ

This column will list some common problems that most people will encounter:

Can I unsubscribe at any time?

A: Yes

What happens when I unsubscribe?

A: You can use your Pro / Expert / Business account normally until the end of that month

What things are forbidden?

A: You may not resell or redistribute the design alone / assert exclusive rights or registered trademarks of the design / infringe the intellectual property rights of others / use for illegal, immoral, pornographic purposes

Can I use it on mugs, T-Shirts, stickers for sale?

A: Yes (free version users need to inform users that the design was made on Kittl and give credit to Kittl)