I can'g mess this up! Help

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I have a customer who has cancer and really wants to see his old 40's car with wood trim along the panels, To get this to him before he passes- he wants me to wrap the bottom panels. He wants Blonde Oak; I can't find a good "panel" of the design to print. I am just finding pieces that have to be tiles together and because of that- the design It is turning out lame! Any suggestions on how to get this artwork without fighting it?
Thanks

 

[Jillbeans]

The easiest method would be to faux finish it using lettering enamels.
Love...jill

 

[Malkin]

Jill's method would be more true to the original.

However, if you are going to wrap it, have you considered using one of Fred's seamless texture tiles? http://www.allcompu.com/
For things like this, usually you don't notice a repeating pattern.

 

[James Burke]

My dad owned a body shop, and back in the 60s and 70s wood grain vinyl was a stock (3M?) item...mainly for station wagons. It was a lot thicker than sign vinyl, and it actually had a slight wood texture. I vaguely remember him using soap suds to apply the vinyl. Those were the days...


Check here, this stuff is 8 mil thick: http://www.metrorestyling.com/Wood-Grain-Vinyl-Film-s/1228.htm


JB

 

[Kaiser]

Search for Hetre. It might help get the tone you want but Im not sure about the texture

 

[knucklehead]

C G Textures. Hope the link works.

http://www.cgtextures.com/textures.php?t=browse&q=427

 

[rjssigns]

If I was doing the job I see two choices. Build a Photoshop file or take my good camera to a lumberyard to get high res pics. Best part of either method is you have a file that you can resell/reuse indefinitely.

Lots of good PS tuts for wood grain on the web. This would be my choice since it's cold and windy the rest of the week. Good indoor project.

 

[Richard G]

You can get htese one at a time or by the set. I have most of them and for printing there isn't a match out there.
http://www.arroway-textures.com/en/products/bundle-veneers-ce/contents