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  • does anyone have some good ideas for painters van?

    Posted by Steve Broughton on March 12, 2003 at 1:12 pm

    OK folks have a look at this and tell me what you think, the customer said "I don’t want any pictures of dripping paint brushes or cartoons of painters" err bugger thats me stumped I thought, anyway this is what I came up with, anyone with better ideas please feel free.


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    Phill Fenton replied 21 years, 1 month ago 7 Members · 9 Replies
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  • Steve Broughton

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    March 12, 2003 at 1:19 pm

    heres a close up of the panels


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  • fluidedge

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    March 12, 2003 at 1:48 pm

    Beautiful job.

    Definitely like the bottom design best – more readable.

  • Lorraine Buchan

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    March 12, 2003 at 1:56 pm

    I’d say the bottom design too, but i’d be inclined to keep the grey picture at the rear of the van on both sides

  • Alan

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    March 12, 2003 at 2:02 pm

    It’s a pity about the no paint Steve.

    I can just see a run of paint coming down over the roof and onto the panel ending with a nice row of pig teets. (Technical term that)

    Cant I even use technical language now.

  • Alan

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    March 12, 2003 at 7:10 pm

    Hi Steve,

    If running paint is out of the question then I too prefer the lower design. I’m not sure about the grey image though I think I would lose it, seems difficult to decipher and distract the eye from the main copy, and the effect used on the GOY is sufficient to carry the job on it’s own. Not keen on the near side though.??

  • Phill Fenton

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    March 12, 2003 at 8:15 pm

    That’s pure class Steve – Absolutely brilliant.

    I too prefer the lower design – and unlike Alan I would keep the grey background scene in. As long as it’s a very pale grey it won’t distract from the foreground lettering and It gives a fantastic 3 dimensional look to the whole job. Well done.

    I’m sure your client will be over the moon with this one – tell him there’s a painter and decorator running round in Scotland with “Acrylic” lettering on his van too.

    Post a picture of the finished job when it’s completed 😀

  • Martin Pearson

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    March 12, 2003 at 11:07 pm

    Thanks for posting this Steve, Ive got a painter & decorators van to do on friday. After seeing this I wont bother posting the finished job in here.
    Great design wish I had come up with it first.

  • Neil Kelly

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    March 12, 2003 at 11:29 pm

    Like the second design with the grey detail but I think you should zoom out a little as its not that clear and had to stare at the graphic for a moment to work out what it was.

    the ladder reminded me of a van I did back in 98
    look’s a bit naff by today’s standards scanned the man of a Thompson local add and blew it up. corrected the spelling a week later.
    oops 😳 😳 😳


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  • Phill Fenton

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    March 13, 2003 at 12:17 am

    Just a thought Steve – how does it look if you put “Goy ” in the Foreground and “Richard in the Middle ground (i.e behind “Goy” not in front of it) with the grey area in the background as before.

    Like I said – Just a thought – (I would need to see it myself to decide if it made it look any better).

    While we’re at it – how about a “Starburst on one of the “Acrylic letters”

    I know, I know it’s your design and I don’t want to go and mess it up 😳

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