When selling your custom bodies....

[cuchytil]

When selling your custom bodies (for those of you that do) do you put your signature on the car anywhere, be it a logo or name?

[Tyrael1986]

i dont sell bodies, but i think thats a good idea... sign it under the hood or something in a safe spot then spray a few layers of clear coat on top of the signature to keep it there :)

[AirBoston]

I used to spray a mist coat through a stencil. I just cut a new stencil to do the same again. People will hire you because they like your paint. Your paint is your art and it should be signed. Sign it so that the sig can be see with the car on the ground. I used the rear windows a lot but I've also put my sig into the design when I could.

[cuchytil]

Yea Airboston, those were around the same lines I was thinking. I wanted to check though because I wasnt sure if people would like that or not.

Now the fun part, designing a logo!

[AirBoston]

If people don't like your sig, then they don't like your work. There isn't an artist I know who would let their work go without a signature. Here is a line to cross. Are you an artist producing a piece or just someone squirting paint like a building contractor paint a wall.

I haven't designed my logo yet as I don't know what I want. Lately, I've been signing all my shirts with just my first name.

[SNEEZER]

I had a sticker made and always place it when im done.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/sneezer714/5.jpg

[SNEEZER]

I use to sing it with a sharpie but it will erase easy, so i had this sticker made
(sorry for the double post)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v734/sneezer714/barceloneta/Team%20Serpent/paolo_28.jpg

[cuchytil]

Looks good. Do you have a vinyl cutter? If my wallet was bigger I'd get one, because the possibilities are endless with a cutter and photoshop/illustrator.

[PitStops]

you can use a sharpie from the inside before you paint, I have done that in the past, now I have decals, I am also working a a stencil for a logo I can ghost into every body.

[FESTER2004]

heres my general life logo,lol ,i made this about 4 yrs ago or so:

[cuchytil]

lol... you are crazy!

[cuchytil]

You need to make a body with that guy on it!

[FESTER2004]

i was thinking about that!lol! hmmmmmm......now the wheels are turning.the only prob is i live in ny n there is only a couple of months left to paint before the bad weather comes. i really dont have a garage to with heat to spray!

i still have a couple of bodies to paint on top of it but i am sure it could be done-we'll see!

[FESTER2004]

hey i could do a theme body of myself......would that be a first?lmao!cuz that is basically a picture of me(as u couldnt tell anyway,lol) but i am little heaver than that but hey it is a cartoon charater!,lol!

[AirBoston]

i was thinking about that!lol! hmmmmmm......now the wheels are turning.the only prob is i live in ny n there is only a couple of months left to paint before the bad weather comes. i really dont have a garage to with heat to spray!

i still have a couple of bodies to paint on top of it but i am sure it could be done-we'll see!

Just paint in the house. I rigged up a bathroom exhaust fan over my studio and while I should have gone with a bigger fan, it works pretty good. I mostly shoot createx, but will clear small items too.

[harley1874666]

the few bodies i've done for people i put an H in the rear side window.

[cuchytil]

Do you have a pic Harley?

[harley1874666]

i used to have a pic but i can't find it or just don't have it anymore. it was just a really small H in the back corner of a side window. sometimes i did it freehand sometimes with a stencil sometimes even multi color. whatever i did the H was never bigger that the eraser on the end of a pencil.

[harley1874666]

i had one guy snap a pic for me so you could see it.

[FESTER2004]

pretty cool, i like the whole offset thing.

[Bodywerx]

On all my bodies, I cut my own window trim and include my company name in the front windsheild top strip.

Having a vinyl cutter helps. :D

Bodywerx
Dave Jones

[harley1874666]

what vinyl cutter do you use? i've been looking for one but i don't really know where to start.

[minimole]

Looks good. Do you have a vinyl cutter? If my wallet was bigger I'd get one, because the possibilities are endless with a cutter and photoshop/illustrator.

Could you not use some print on decal stuff, the see through stuff, and then put a clear coat over it...?

(Im presuming there is such a thing available...)

Duane. :D

[minimole]

what vinyl cutter do you use? i've been looking for one but i don't really know where to start.

Pardon my stupidity, but why douldnt you use a sharpe knif or whatever to cut the vinyl?

Thanks, Duane. :D

[cuchytil]

Does the print on decal stuff worK? I dont want something that doesnt look 100% real.

[harley1874666]

a vinyl cutter or plotter makes perfect stencils of letters, numbers, shapes, etc. it's really just a nice thing to have if you paint a lot. most painters consider details like that "tricks of the trade" and are much less than willing to tell anyone what they use.

[cuchytil]

Nice for those of us who cant draw but can use computer software to make body details

[Bodywerx]

what vinyl cutter do you use? i've been looking for one but i don't really know where to start.

Sticka STX 12" cutter

[Bodywerx]

Most painters consider details like that "tricks of the trade" and are much less than willing to tell anyone what they use.

Not true. :D

[cuchytil]

I really want one, but I also really want $600....

[harley1874666]

Not true. :D
well thank you for proving me wrong :D much appreciated.