Vehicle Wrap Artwork

[ndwhite]

Hey everyone,

Looking for some advice, our design team lacks illustrative prowess. We use stock art for most vehicle wraps, and we would like to do something else rather than sticking low res images on layouts and then purchasing them individually after approval.

Other than the obvious memberships at Shutterstock and iStock, does anyone use any other resources for artwork?

Any recommendations you have are much appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Fred Weiss]

http://www.dreamstime.com

http://www.fotolia.com

http://www.123rf.com

http://www.expressclipart.com

http://www.allcompu.com

 

[Slamboni]

logos and inspiration

99designs has a lot of good examples of succesful design work and so does stocklogos, who are in kahoots w brands of the world to some degree. I like to check ffffound.com for creative trends when I'm stumped also.

 

[ndwhite]

I will check these places out, but I am really looking for alternatives to stock image purchasing.

 

[Mikeifg]

We've been doing more inhouse designs just messing with photoshop etc.. I have a art background so that helps. I know what you mean though you nwant something different and want to get away from the storebought designs everyone else is using.

 

[xxaxx]

Hire someone who doesn't lack illustrative prowess ... problem solved.

 

[TammieH]

You have to pay one way or another, especially if you want to stand out from the crowd or be original... you are making money on the job you should not expect to use free or low cost art. We all know you get what you pay for.

 

[xxaxx]

You can also check out http://www.sxc.hu/ for decent free stock images.

 

[ndwhite]

Hire someone who doesn't lack illustrative prowess ... problem solved.

You have to pay one way or another, especially if you want to stand out from the crowd or be original... you are making money on the job you should not expect to use free or low cost art. We all know you get what you pay for.

Being creative with how we obtain artwork is the issue, not so much the cost.

Anyone have any experience with freelance sites for artwork?

Also it used to be pretty common to buy a clip art book archive that came with a large amount of clipartwork on a CD. Anything more up to date still available? Website or print?

 

[qmr55]

99designs has a lot of good examples of succesful design work and so does stocklogos, who are in kahoots w brands of the world to some degree. I like to check ffffound.com for creative trends when I'm stumped also.

99designs?!!? Really?!????

You're plugging a crowd sourcing site?!??????????

 

[HulkSmash]

99designs has a lot of good examples of succesful design work and so does stocklogos, who are in kahoots w brands of the world to some degree. I like to check ffffound.com for creative trends when I'm stumped also.

^ not 99 designs please.

 

[signswi]

Hire better people and pay them what they deserve, problem solved.

 

[ndwhite]

Hire better people and pay them what they deserve, problem solved.

Are you implying that all shops without illustrators on staff have bad employees and don't pay people what they deserve?

This is a thread about finding sources OTHER than stock websites for artwork.

If you have an illustrator on staff and it works out for you, great. Say that, but I don't believe that we are the only shop without an illustrator.

 

[HulkSmash]

Are you implying that all shops without illustrators on staff have bad employees and don't pay people what they deserve?

This is a thread about finding sources OTHER than stock websites for artwork.

If you have an illustrator on staff and it works out for you, great. Say that, but I don't believe that we are the only shop without an illustrator.

If you work at a even semi busy sign shop, and you don't have anyone who can work with illustrator or Corel.. then yes, you have a major issue.

 

[ndwhite]

If you work at a even semi busy sign shop, and you don't have anyone who can work with illustrator or Corel.. then yes, you have a major issue.

Working with Adobe Illustrator is completely different than being an illustrator.

 

[Jthompson Designs]

LOL I don't even use Illustrator or and adobe products for that matter and can bet with our "Serif products I can produce almost anything adobe can for a 1\3 of the price. JMO

ndwhite I use a guy that produces shirt designs for groups like the rolling stone and other high profile bands and he's darn good and price are cheap if you ask me... he may be able to help, not sure but maybe

 

[qmr55]

LOL I don't even use Illustrator or and adobe products for that matter and can bet with our "Serif products I can produce almost anything adobe can for a 1\3 of the price. JMO

ndwhite I use a guy that produces shirt designs for groups like the rolling stone and other high profile bands and he's darn good and price are cheap if you ask me... he may be able to help, not sure but maybe

Wait....hold on.

The name of your business is "Jthompson Designs", yet you outsource your design work to a shirt designer who is "darn good" and "cheap" (may I quote you?).

Hmmmm...........

 

[HulkSmash]

LOL I don't even use Illustrator or and adobe products for that matter and can bet with our "Serif products I can produce almost anything adobe can for a 1\3 of the price. JMO

ndwhite I use a guy that produces shirt designs for groups like the rolling stone and other high profile bands and he's darn good and price are cheap if you ask me... he may be able to help, not sure but maybe

If you re-read what i wrote, i said corel also.

 

[signswi]

He's saying "illustrator" as in someone who is a specialist in illustrative art work, not as in someone who is technically proficient at vector software.

If you have a high demand for illustrated work, yes, you should hire an illustrator or contract a freelancer on a semi-permanent basis for those jobs (1099 contractor).

 

[Signed Out]

idk if it has been said but check out auroragraphics.net