Boat Graphics: Narrow Boat

[Cheryl Tissington]

It looks Great Lorraine.

Just out of interest, what do people charge to do the traditional hand painted work on narrowboats like this these days ?

Cheryl 🙂

[Jill Marie Welsh]

I’m pretty picky, and I do like how you’ve managed to nearly duplicate the hand lettering.
I think you’re right about the paint outlasting the vinyl tho.
This is what I like to see, vinyl that doesn’t look like “stickers”.
Love….Jill

[Lorraine Clinch]

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[Lorraine Clinch]

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[Lorraine Clinch]

Apologies for the poor qualityof my pics-camera now replaced for a slightly newer model!

I had photo’s only to work from, and this was my first major job. I spent an age hand-drawing a lot of the pictures, laying text & designs over the pictures to get them to match. I was pretty close most of the time.

I also had to match up the colours, coz they wanted everything reproduced as exactly as possible.

Needless to say, as I had only been a sign maker for about 6 months at the time, it took me a lot longer then than it would now perhaps!!!

However, it was invaluable experience, and a job that I am still pleased with, even allowing for the mistakes which I can see now, which I was too inexperienced to see then 😀

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[Jayne Marsh]

They look really good! Well done.
I have a canal boat to do next week, all vinyl graphics so will hopefully post piccies when Ive done it.

[Kevin Flowers]

Hi
Superb work did you digitise all the pics yourself or just try to recreat
excellant work whatever

Kev

[Lorraine Clinch]

Hi Kev

digitised most. the snakes (there are 2 types) were the most difficult, (or maybe it was the ‘rosette’ actually) cos they didn’t trace brilliantly due to picture quality.

Jayne
Good luck with your boat-hope it’s not too hot!!

Do many narrow boats get vinyled?

[John Singh]

Reproducing somebody else’s work can be a nightmare
Sometimes better to start from scratch with a new design

But here you show that you’re quite talented in emulating the original
Well done Lorraine

I sometimes digitised work and thought to myself it would be quicker just to get my brushes out and lick it in – The only reason I don’t is the fact that once digitalised it there forever to blow up to any size you want

Great work Lorraine – Its looks like the real thing

[Lorraine Clinch]

Thanks John – praise indeed 😀

You’re right about it staying forever (on the comp) of course – customer was so pleased she had her wheelcover done with the name/snake (hatch)
after 😀 😀 😀

[Hugh Potter]

excellent reproduction, i’m still loking at the pic of the rossette and trying to figure how ya did it !!
i find alot of these designs are easier to do than they look, but the initial working out can take ages on something like that, when i redraw something i’m forever messing with different ways of layering it,

the lass done good !

[Lorraine Clinch]

Hugh, thanks.

I think the worst bit was getting the gaps and joins sized correctly, and also the shadows on the anvil-for such a small detail it was mighty fiddly!

You should see my on-screen ‘cutting board’, where I’ve seperated all the colours out for cutting. I wish I had known about Robs ‘registration lines’ then – layering would have been a doddle (!)

[Simon Kay]

For a job done only 6 months in the job I reckon that’s magic.

For a job done 6 years in the business I reckon that’d be magic.

😀

[Carrie Brown]

Great work Lorraine, really nice … as Jill said I like how you’ve managed to nearly duplicate the hand lettering.

Thanks for showing us your work and look forward to seeing more!!

😀

[Lorraine Clinch]

Thanks all for your positive comments, it is really rewarding to have something praised by those who know what they are talking about :thanks2:

As for the lettering-I could’nt find the exact font, so had to agree on a close match! In fact I think the ‘Blackadder’ was the only bit not hand-drawn, even the number ‘1’ had to have little cut-outs inserted

😕

[signworxs]

Been doing narrow boats on and off for 15 years or so and they get the thumbs up from me. Fact is I use vinyl myself now n again when the design warrants it.