GarciaGraphix 0 Posted April 22, 2009 A friend of mine runs a detailing shop and one of his new guys damaged the graphics on this boat pictured below. He went to the dealer to find out how much they were and said that they were way too expensive. I told him that I would take a look at it, but now I think that this is way past my current skill level. How can I go about recreating the vinyl? The top black part is painted on. All that I need to do is make the tan colored pieces, the black swoop, small black outline towards the bottom rear, and the small white stripe. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tlzimmerman 11 Posted April 22, 2009 Its pretty simple, these won't be quite exact because the picture isn't high enough resolution, but all you have to do is trace over them in the picture, then measure the exact size from top to bottom or left to right to get your scale correct, and voila. Like I said, these won't be exact, but they are pretty darn close and kinda show you what you are looking at. boatgraphics.eps boatgraphics.eps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GarciaGraphix 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Wow! You are amazing!! What software did you use to trace over the picture? I have much to learn... Thank you tlzimmerman!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tlzimmerman 11 Posted April 22, 2009 Inkscape...its free. I manual traced it, took like 2 minutes those are very simple. If you want to learn the tecnique I have a sticky with a video on how to do that kind of thing in the vectorizing thread. Its way at the top. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremySI 18 Posted April 22, 2009 does that black that is outlining the tan tie into the big black piece or are they separate? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GarciaGraphix 0 Posted April 23, 2009 From the factory it is all one piece, but I am going to do it separately to save vinyl. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites