Boat Graphics

[236eaglexp]

Who can help with some boat graphics?
I have a pretty good idea of what I want, but need it polished up. Maybe ideas or tweaks ?

 

[Advantage 1]

Looks good. Lots of red. Maybe have a fade / transition of color? I started with a very bright yellow and transitioned back to a deep red with some nice orange in between. Added some dark grey drop shadows and it really pops! We went through quite a bit of tracing paper and colored pencils

 

[236eaglexp]

Yeah it needs some tweeking, hoping theres somebody with some graphics skills to help me. I did that in microsoft paint

 

[OutCole'd]

I would not change a thing, I think that looks awesome!:thumbup:

 

[Abc123]

Looks good and I agree with A1. Throw a different random color in to make it pop.

Closed bow or open? What's the top going to look like? Lines go across transom or solid color?

 

[236eaglexp]

Its a deck boat. Undecided on transom. I do want the color to come up and over sponsons.

 

[236eaglexp]

I thought maybe bright orange pins and darker shade of silver/gray to make it pop. Its a re gel so I dont want to get too crazy

 

[dribble]

I might crossover or under that bottom horizontal stripe.

 

[Scott E]

Looks like a Howard. If so, work with Mike as he will do whatever you want. The only change I would suggest, without being able to tell on the rendering, is add the color you are seeking in the pin lines.

 

[236eaglexp]

Looks like a Howard. If so, work with Mike as he will do whatever you want. The only change I would suggest, without being able to tell on the rendering, is add the color you are seeking in the pin lines.

It is a Howard, its a re gel, not a new build so I dont really want to bother Mike with it. I was hoping to find someone with more graphic ability than myself to help dial it in.

 

[SoCalXFactor]

You should consider doing a wrap. It's cheaper and can be changed if you get tired of the colors or design.

 

[Advantage 1]

Here is a close up of the stern & a view of the bow. The yellow is really bright.

Grey pins, not black.

And I kept the red solid, but for the blue & grey "swoosh", Advantage faded away the color. The grey swoosh is lighter in the center and gets darker along the edges. They did an awesome job.

 

[doubleeagle]

Gelcoater to the White courtesy phone please. :bowdown:

 

[236eaglexp]

Here is a close up of the stern & a view of the bow. The yellow is really bright.

Grey pins, not black.

And I kept the red solid, but for the blue & grey "swoosh", Advantage faded away the color. The grey swoosh is lighter in the center and gets darker along the edges. They did an awesome job.

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Your boat looks nice. Advantage seems to have really stepped up their game on graphics

 

[FreeBird236]

Who can help with some boat graphics?
I have a pretty good idea of what I want, but need it polished up. Maybe ideas or tweaks ?

That's a really nice graphic. It may be just the computer rendering, but I would soften the transition where the bottom red starts rising as it goes to the back of the boat, and lengthen the very bottom red, and bring it just slightly farther forward. The rest of it looks awesome.:thumbup:

 

[GRADS]

Call the painter/gelcoater from Kachina....he's got some epic stuff.

 

[236eaglexp]

Call the painter/gelcoater from Kachina....he's got some epic stuff.

Let me try and find his number...nah, nevermind...Ive already had a boat with "Epic" graphics.

 

[28Eliminator]

Hockey sticks [emoji106]

 

[Riverbound]

Hockey sticks [emoji106]

And checkers
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[HALLETT BOY]

These are cutting edge and timeless .

 

[GRADS]

I put a little something in there from every decade.:thumbup::rolleyes

 

[H20-ski]

I put a little something in there from every decade.:thumbup:

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That should give him a lot of good ideas. :rolleyes

 

[copterzach]

I put a little something in there from every decade.:thumbup::rolleyes

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Grads, I don't know what you do for a living, but you should quit today and start a graphic design studio. You have skills.

 

[236eaglexp]

I put a little something in there from every decade.[emoji106]:rolleyes

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Damn thats perfect! Where do I send payment?

 

[GRADS]

Hey, I worked hard on those green tribal flames.

 

[Advantage 1]

Hey, I worked hard on those green tribal flames.

Thanks for clarifying... I though they were tree roots

 

[BHC Vic]

Shit I saw a dragon...

 

[dribble]

I put a little something in there from every decade.:thumbup::rolleyes

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Where's the pink?

 

[Advantage 1]

Shit I saw a dragon...

No dragon on your Cobra...

 

[BHC Vic]

No dragon on your Cobra...

did my brother have a 40oz in the bow??

 

[Advantage 1]

did my brother have a 40oz in the bow??

Really looking forward to getting up to the dam again this year...

 

[BHC Vic]

Really looking forward to getting up to the dam again this year...

hot sauce and two empties :thumbup: i can't wait to do the dam run this year I'm really looking forward to it. if everything goes well maybe well have a place for a little after get together by then

 

[Howard28]

Congratulations on buying a new Howard, perfect choice. And to help you out I definitely think too much red. If it was me I would get rid of the bottom red line that goes from the front to the back. I would also add some dark grey with the silver and red. Hope this helps because once it's done it's done lol.

 

[lIQUIDATEDdAMAGES]

I like it but if it were me I would add blue stripe outlining the red...

 

[Classic Daycruiser]

Who can help with some boat graphics?
I have a pretty good idea of what I want, but need it polished up. Maybe ideas or tweaks ?

Will the boat be capped? You might want to consider how the two half's come together. :hmm

I've always liked a little checker boarding in some of the stripes. :cool

Don't let Grads scare you off with his drawing skills. He has had little taste in gel coat design, as seen here.

 

[B-RAD77]

My advice is: decide on the colors you want and, kinda the design you like give a basic idea to Mike. spend a couple weeks with the crayolas, and make up some stupid theme like (subtly aggressive, that's mine) Then modify it a few times and think of you old boat's then just go for it. I designed two boats my redo of a old Eliminator (wish I didn't use the dark metallic purple) and my new Howard. my DCB was purchased used and was perfect for me.
oh yea I like Advantage1's boat and his advise

 

[B-RAD77]

Oh yea if you can make Mike snicker and stay sane with coming up with your design you win.

 

[SOCALCRICKETT]

It seems as if the style of graphic the OP showed us is a trending graphic style right now. My concern would be that in 10 years when someone sees the boat get are going to know exactly when it was built. Kinda like we all know the real and pink was early 90's, the checkers where mid/late 90's, the oranges and green were early 2000's etc. I would say the colors are spot on, red/silver/white are always timeless. Think hallett/schiada, not crazy graphics but simple and a boat from 1992 can be sitting along side a boat from 2012 and nobody would know the difference

 

[YOLO]

I couldn't afford a boat with fancy graphics like tribal flames or dragons. I like simplicity!

 

[copterzach]

I couldn't afford a boat with fancy graphics like tribal flames or dragons. I like simplicity!

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Simple and classy. Sell some cows! Cattle prices down here are still high as pussy on a ferris wheel! Then you could get Grads to design some graphics for ya!!

 

[FreeBird236]

I couldn't afford a boat with fancy graphics like tribal flames or dragons. I like simplicity!

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Very nice, but I think I would have done the DCB lettering black instead of blue.

 

[Classic Daycruiser]

and maybe gold instead of white?

 

[YOLO]

Very nice, but I think I would have done the DCB lettering black instead of blue.

LOL:thumbup:

 

[rivrrts429]

Very nice, but I think I would have done the DCB lettering black instead of blue.

Awesome lmao [emoji106]

 

[H20-ski]

Where's the pink?

Someone left it on my boat. :rolleyes

 

[Croz]

Just a thought, try switching the red and the grey, swap them. Might clean it up around the nose of it

 

[Gelcoater]

Who can help with some boat graphics?
I have a pretty good idea of what I want, but need it polished up. Maybe ideas or tweaks ?

It is a Howard, its a re gel, not a new build so I dont really want to bother Mike with it. I was hoping to find someone with more graphic ability than myself to help dial it in.

I read the first page here and skimmed a few of the second.

Sorry,I don't monkey with computer graphic programs.
If I were to change anything on this drawing you have (and I'm looking at it on a dumpy cell phone) I would lose what looks like a red outline around the gray.Go black or charcoal around it.
Second,I would lose the little red triangle looking shape at the back/bottom.Extend the gray under the red,letting more of the gray be seen as it pops out under the red stripe on its way off the bottom of the boat.
If that makes any sense?
Maybe try to lay down the gray as it moves towards the front,more horizontal.It will make the boat look longer.

 

[236eaglexp]

Here's where we are at with our graphics.
Trying to decide which one, as it is just about time to spray. We are leaning towards the top pic.

 

[Cole Trickle]

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Here's where we are at with our graphics.
Trying to decide which one, as it is just about time to spray. We are leaning towards the top pic.

They both look great and are much better than the original rendering.

I think I agree with you on the top one being my favorite but I also like a little white thrown in on the bottom.

Hard to go wrong with either imo [emoji41]

 

[HavaToon]

Top picture for the side and bottom picture for the deck.