Designing ads for vehicles
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- weirdel
For buses, vans and such. do i need a template of sorts for the particular vehicle?
- C_ville0
Ask the shop that will be printing the wrap. They should have all the templates for whichever veh you're designing for. Good luck...yer gonna need it!
This is a great source...but it'll cost'ya:
http://www.digitalauto.on.ca/
- weirdel0
lol... u r scaring me here. it's a crap job?
- C_ville0
oh, god...maybe you'll have a better shop than the poor f'er i had to work with!
this guy's done a decent job of explaining the process: http://www.castlegraphics.net/Wr…
make dang sure the template you get your hands on is the same model year of the vehicle you're doing. Models vary even a fraction of an inch from year to year and that can make a real headache for the installer...and you.
They say it gets easier the more you do...and that your pretty much f'ed on the first attempt. Maybe my next one (the 10th or something like that..) will be a breeze! :)
- weirdel0
lol! thanks for the advice and dat article C_ville!
- iDp0
Did a bus wrap a year ago...biggest nightmare ever.
This was basically the conversation:
me: I need to get the model of bus from you so that I can get a template.
client: It's 40 x 12!
me: dude you have no idea what you are talking about...I need to know where wheel wells are, where the bus curves, I need to know this shit man.
client: well the designer who did this last year didn't need that
me: yeah he was a hack
client: ...
This bus was used at the Video Music Awards and this guy wanted me to wing it. What a fucking douche.
- anon0
sorry to hear that you have to deal with non design industry related clients who are no experts in the design field idp. i'm sure your doctor has some pills for you to patch you up again must have been utter hell.
- ArtDirector0
Usually I got a template when I made wrap for vehicles. It's very cool to see the end result. I made a lot of bleed in some cases, and the files were huge. A great portfolio piece.
- weirdel0
iDp:
This bus was used at the Video Music Awards and this guy wanted me to wing it. What a fucking douche.
--------------------------------...lol... sounded to me like there were lotsa trial n error involved. sorry but what does "guy wanted me to wing it" mean? :)
- weirdel0
ArtDirector: yeah it really sounds fun. although i guess every single tiny error gets manified many time bigger :D