Designing Your Own Vehicle Wrap?

Here are some tips from the pros...

Credit – Advertising Agency: Bates Y&R, Copenhagen, Denmark. Creative Director: Ib Borup. Art Director: Peder Schack. Agency Producers: Josephine Winther-Poupinel, Steen Nøhr. Other credit: Erich Karsholt

The bloggers at ImageSmithBlog have created a list of tips to help aspiring graphic designers with their vehicle wrap projects.

"Adobe Illustrator is a great tool for designing vehicle wraps, and with the help of Adobe PhotoShop you can achieve beautiful, high impact results. Perhaps the most important tip for the designer is to begin with an accurate template and work closely with your print provider to follow their required guidelines. Installation and print considerations can sometimes trump an interesting design idea when it comes down to the practicality of applying images on vinyl to metal."

One of the most important tips that can't be stressed enough is #5. If you walk away from this article having learned at least one thing about designing vehicle wraps this is probably the most important:

If you work with Photoshop to bring in image or pixel-based artwork for your wrap, be sure you are using a high resolution image. The preferred resolution for an image placed at 100% in this 1:10 scale is 720dpi – much higher than what is preferred for standard offset printing. The reason is that these files will be output at 1000%. File sizes will be large.

This article is recommended reading for all graphic designers in the sign and wrap game whether you've been creating art for vehicles for decades or are just starting. Here's a link to the post: Vehicle Wrap Design Tips

If you need help designing your wrap don't hesitate to call John at ExpoSigns in Slidell, LA. With over 20 years experience decorating vehicles with wraps and decals, John has worked with many graphic designers to get effective results. 985-956-0601

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