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    Posted by David Mitchell on September 27, 2013 at 3:31 pm

    So i purchased myself a cutter and have done some work on a few friends vehicles. looking for some constructive criticism please!



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  • David Rogers

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    September 27, 2013 at 4:55 pm

    FRJ – on the whole, well balanced & good use of the colour scheme.
    Maybe just drop the side panels down 2 inches so it’s more balanced top to bottom.

    It’s a pet hate of mine, but I hate to see small letters (&) sliced through in the pursuit of "it MUST be dead centre" or rear doors…jogging the small line of text an inch either way makes for a neater finish IMO.

    CORBETT – it’s not one of my favourite fonts that’s for sure! Maybe the layout looks a bit ‘sparse’ and spread out.

    VERY IMPORTANTLY – as these are your first few jobs you’re on the right track. Keep it up.

    Dave

  • David Mitchell

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    September 27, 2013 at 10:43 pm

    cheers dave, totally agree about slicin small letters , learned taht as soon as i done it,

    as for the corbett one, max cutting size on my machine is 12" at the moment, on a hiding to nothing trying to fill space on a big transit. and for the font ive only just learned how to create shadows etc and it was pretty much the only font in my programme that had anything resembling a shadow!! not a font i would use again now.

    thanks for your feedback appreciate it 🙂

  • David Mitchell

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    September 27, 2013 at 10:50 pm

    heres my next two 🙂


  • Chris Wool

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    September 28, 2013 at 8:46 am

    david started you off with some good points.
    my one woud be alignment on the sides modern vans don’t help with lots of lines the fiat looks tilted front high may be the camera lens or the angle taken, the vw is a bit front high as well.
    find a oblong of old backing paper about 1200×500 and a few magnets place on side of vehicle and stand back walk around look at different angles adjust till it looks right, and you will notice that it probably does not line up with the roof or waist band. but it looks right when driving down the road.

    enjoy

  • David-Foster-

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    October 1, 2013 at 8:58 am

    Well done on your first jobs, the FJR Valeting looks very good. You look like you have a great lock-up as well to work in. Good luck.

  • Jamie Dale

    Member
    October 1, 2013 at 10:36 am

    yeah I agree 100% with Dave, everything is looking fantastic and going the right track. Just the sides on the valeting van just down a few inch… I assume you started with the lettering first and centered that, instead of centering it as a whole. I’ve been there done that and learned from the mistakes 🙂

  • Neil Speirs

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    October 4, 2013 at 7:39 pm

    Keep up the good work fella!

  • David Mitchell

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    October 14, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    cheers guys much appreciated.. yes the valeting i started with main text n worked round it and it was a bit of a squeeze getting the black in o top, lesson learned!!

    hopefully got a few more jobs in now, and may venture back into wrapping again!

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  • Martin Oxenham

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    October 25, 2013 at 2:59 pm

    Just remember to put things in the centre nothing looks worse than too much space at the top or bottom, or left to right. It should be balanced.

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