Vehicle Graphics: Briston

[Glenn Sharp]

nice clean looking job John…….is it your design or the customers?

[Jill Marie Welsh]

That’s a big job.
I wanna see a close-up of just one.
😉
Love….Jill

[John Childs]

Customer’s design Glenn. I’d have preferred to see their company name a bit more prominent.

Here you go Jill. I’ve got no close-ups of the Kangoos, but here’s one of a batch of Trafics we did a while ago.

Six more Kangoos booked in for May though. 😀

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[Jill Marie Welsh]

Thanks John.
I am glad for the closer look!
Ya done good.

[Warren Beard]

Nice John, I have a question, Where the blue stripe meets the image of the hands was this done as 2 pieces or where they separate, if separate what is your method for overlap and alignment?

cheers

Warren

[John Childs]

Hiya Warren.

They are two separate pieces.

The blue stripe is straight and is put on first, then the contour cut printed image is laid over the top. That obviously leaves a line where it goes from one thickness to two, but it is hardly visible, and certainly not from more than a few paces away. Even less so on the Trafic where the join falls on a swage line.

It’s done that way because, although it would be fairly easy for us on new vans to cut and apply the stripe to butt up to the print, we have to think of accident damage repair, and the skill levels found in the average bodyshop can be variable. Overlap give them a bit of placement leeway, and therefore a better chance of getting a decent result.

[Warren Beard]

Thanks John.

cheers

Warren

[Lynn Normington]

that looks very satisfying John 😀 they look good

Lynn

[Mike Grant]

Nice job John. You should take it up for a living! :lol1:

[Tim Painter]

Nice and clean looking, not over busy to the eye.

My only comment is the back of the traffic’s the lower text is aligned to the panel crease not to the rest of the upper text & the Badges.

Personal opinion but I think it looks better all being parallel.

[John Childs]

quote Tim Painter:

My only comment is the back of the traffic’s the lower text is aligned to the panel crease not to the rest of the upper text & the Badges.

Personal opinion but I think it looks better all being parallel.

I agree Tim, and I’ve told them time after time to measure up from the bumper.

[Peter Normington]

John
I align ant text in that area to the door swage
it is parallel to the bottom of the door and the bumper, but both are convex, so if you make it square it looks p1ssed

Peter

[Martin Cole]

Nice work John,

Love that blue colour on the silver

[John Childs]

That’s right Peter.

What I actually tell them is that, on any vehicle, to choose one datum from which to take all measurements. In the case of the Trafic the bumper is straight, so makes a good place to use. Other vehicles may have better datum points.

Oh for the old days, when Transits had gutters, and all we had to do was to hang a tape measure from it. 😀

[Cheryl Smith]

Nice job John, lovely work.

[Martin Oxenham]

One question about the back panel….what method do you use to cut it to the shape of the van panel ?

[Marcella Ross]

really nice job JC. 😀

[John Childs]

quote Martin Oxenham:

One question about the back panel….what method do you use to cut it to the shape of the van panel ?

Whatever the job we just use whatever method seems to be the quickest and easiest for the volumes involved.

Ones and twos we would just print oversize and trim to shape on the van. High volumes we would print and cut.

This customer falls somewhere in between those extremes, batches of five to ten at a time, so we print a fine line of the panel shape on the image, then just cut by hand.

To get the actual panel shape we start with the Impact outline, then adjust by trial and error until it’s right.

[Ezekiel Ikhinmiwn]

Very nice looking colours and design all seem to sit very well – Thanks for the images John

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Eze