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Designing Vehicle Wraps

Arguably, the most important aspect of a vehicle is the design. Simply, if a vehicle wrap design is not well suited to your brand, product and company image, it will not produce the result you intended. While fleet branding wrap design is certainly based on consistency among the fleet, the design itself is the single most significant element of the project.

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Designing Vehicle Wraps

Arguably, the most important aspect of a vehicle is the design. Simply, if a vehicle wrap design is not well suited to your brand, product and company image, it will not produce the result you intended. While fleet branding wrap design is certainly based on consistency among the fleet, the design itself is the single most significant element of the project.

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Choosing the right vehicle wrap designer

As you continue your research to find the right vehicle wrap design team, you should consider the factors that most affect the final look of your wrapped vehicle. The most important thing to keep in mind while choosing a designer is picking someone with experience in vehicle wrap design. Your regular graphic designer might do great work, but if he or she hasn't had experience with the particular quirks of vehicle wrap design, your wrap might turn our beautiful on paper and awful on the actual car. Professional wrap designers know how to avoid mistakes like placing faces over door handles or cutting off important information. Just think of your favorite sports car. All those nooks, crannies and curves have to be taken into careful account when designing the right wrap for your fleet.

advantage_design1-resized-600Most vehicle wrap designs are created using templates. There are templates available for most makes and models of vehicle, but if your vehicle is customized, let your designer stop by to take measurements so he or she can create their own template. Using a design template can help the designer with layout and give you a better idea of what the finished vehicle will look like. Most importantly, the template acts as a guideline for placement of the graphics.  If you aren’t sure about where a graphical element should be placed, you can see it multiple ways before deciding.

Another thing to keep in mind about wrap design is to make sure that your graphics are created in a vector based program. Simply put, vector graphics allow designers to scale your design without losing clarity of the images. This means when we scale up your graphics for large format printing, they won't be blurry or distorted. While any vector based graphics program will do the job, at Sunrise we prefer Adobe Illustrator.

Choosing the right vehicle wrap designer

As you continue your research to find the right vehicle wrap design team, you should consider the factors that most affect the final look of your wrapped vehicle. The most important thing to keep in mind while choosing a designer is picking someone with experience in vehicle wrap design. Your regular graphic designer might do great work, but if he or she hasn't had experience with the particular quirks of vehicle wrap design, your wrap might turn our beautiful on paper and awful on the actual car. Professional wrap designers know how to avoid mistakes like placing faces over door handles or cutting off important information. Just think of your favorite sports car. All those nooks, crannies and curves have to be taken into careful account when designing the right wrap for your fleet.

Most vehicle wrap designs are created using templates. There are templates available for most makes and models of vehicle, but if your vehicle is customized, let your designer stop by to take measurements so he or she can create their own template. Using a design template can help the designer with layout and give you a better idea of what the finished vehicle will look like. Most importantly, the template acts as a guideline for placement of the graphics.  If you aren’t sure about where a graphical element should be placed, you can see it multiple ways before deciding.

Another thing to keep in mind about wrap design is to make sure that your graphics are created in a vector based program. Simply put, vector graphics allow designers to scale your design without losing clarity of the images. This means when we scale up your graphics for large format printing, they won't be blurry or distorted. While any vector based graphics program will do the job, at Sunrise we prefer Adobe Illustrator.

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The finer points of wrap design

When it comes to the actual design of your vehicle wrap, remember that your artwork needs to be read at a variety of speeds and distances. You want something that is easy to understand and visually pleasing whether your vehicle is parked or zipping down the highway. Here are a few tips to keep in mind while in the design stage of your wrap: 

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  • Keep your messages direct and simple.  The more information, the less people will remember.
  • Use big, easy to read text.  Script font is very pretty…on wedding invitations…but barely readable on a vehicle.
  • Choose a simple color scheme that's eye-catching, not eye-clashing.  Even neon can look great when kept simple.
  • Avoid placing major  design elements like logos or words around major curves or molding on the vehicle.
  • Keep in mind where the seams of the vinyl will fall. A professional installer will do everything he or she can to make the seams look invisible, but it all starts with the design.  If you aren’t sure, ask for a pre-installation review so you know exactly what to expect.

Wrap designs come in three styles; full, partial, and custom decals or lettering. A full wrap covers the car from bumper to bumper and allows your designer the most possible space for large graphics and text. Windows and roofs are optional in full wraps. A partial wrap uses less vinyl but can create a similar amount of visibility. Partial wraps typically involve only wrapping the sides or rear of your vehicle and are a great way to unify multiple vehicles in fleet branding. Custom lettering and decals are the least expensive method of adding branding to your vehicle. Just because lettering and decals tend to be simple doesn't mean that they can't be creative. Think about using an unusual, er, readable, font or mascot decal to stand out. Most importantly, we point out the three styles so you can know where to start with your wrap designer.  If you have a shoestring budget, decals are usually the best option.  However, for a billboard on wheels, or fleet of billboards, start with a full wrap design, then scale down.  You’ll be surprised how awesome the right design looks.

The finer points of wrap design

When it comes to the actual design of your vehicle wrap, remember that your artwork needs to be read at a variety of speeds and distances. You want something that is easy to understand and visually pleasing whether your vehicle is parked or zipping down the highway. Here are a few tips to keep in mind while in the design stage of your wrap: 

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The Sunrise Process

Sunrise Signs is centrally located just outside of Philadelphia, making us easily accessible to South Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. Sunrise Signs prints, designs and installs vehicle wraps. If you're located farther away you can always pair our wrap design and printing services with our national network of installation experts. We are committed to combining quality products with creative solutions and friendly service. We make sure that designing your wrap with Sunrise Signs is a collaborative process so that you'll drive away happy with your long term marketing investment. To learn more about wraps, see photos, and watch videos feel free to check out the rest of our website. If you're interested in getting started on your wrap today with a free quote, just click the button below!

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The Sunrise Process

Blue Fleet Wraps for Vehicle by Sunrise SignsSunrise Signs is centrally located just outside of Philadelphia, making us easily accessible to South Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. Sunrise Signs prints, designs and installs vehicle wraps. If you're located farther away you can always pair our wrap design and printing services with our national network of installation experts. We are committed to combining quality products with creative solutions and friendly service. We make sure that designing your wrap with Sunrise Signs is a collaborative process so that you'll drive away happy with your long term marketing investment. To learn more about wraps, see photos, and watch videos feel free to check out the rest of our website. If you're interested in getting started on your wrap today with a free quote, just click the button below!

What our customers are saying

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Tim, Scott and the team at Sunrise Signs are as good as it gets in the print industry. Great pricing, excellent communication and they went the extra mile to help get my vehicle wrap printed and shipped so I could make a deadline. You won't find anyone better the Sunrise Signs - period.

Rob Reese
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Adam and the team at Sunrise Signs did an incredible job installing my vehicle wrap. From the sales staff to the design crew to the follow up, only professionalism. Even when I lost my receipt and emailed them on a Sunday, I had my receipt within a few minutes. Maybe that is why my company which spans four countries ONLY uses Sunrise Signs for creating our vehicle wraps.

Bruce Hill Fibrenew Cape Coral, FL
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The work was professional, detailed and on point. From Adam to Michele and Eric . They go over and above to make sure their clients are happy and satisfied. They did two of our trucks and We will be taken our next vehicle there. too.

Kevin Layton Laytons Paver Sealer Pros LLC
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My boss contacted Scott Kaiser from Sunrise Signs to start designing wraps for his newer trucks. He did such a stand up job! We have received lots of name recognition since getting the wraps done! Thanks so much to Scott and Sunrise Signs!

Brian Nolan
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Dealt with a lot of sign companies before and hands down this is the best out there. They take the time to work with me to bring my brand to life. I had an old dull logo/design on my trailers and these guys really turned it up. Best pricing for what you get in the tri-state area! Really brought my branding to a whole new level... Thanks for the great looking trailers, will do business with them again! Before and after attached.

Bobby Mort
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I worked with Sunrise Signs on our very first Cargo Trailer Wrap design. The team at Sunrise was great to work with on this project. I had no idea what design I wanted for our large training trailer and the designers helped us find the perfect balance of branding and information to make our Mobile Gas Training Unit look amazing.

Stacy Culbertson
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Do not even look anywhere else!!! They are professional, easy to work with, timely, do excellent work and all at a great price. They lettered both of our ministry vans...we get compliments all of the time. Bill

Bill Antinore
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