A few companies that do full board inlay graphics have caught my eye. Seems like a simple way to get some good artwork on boards, but at $100 a pop, that's adding basically another 50% to my cost to make a board!
Do any of the swaylockers know much about the process / what the inlays are printed on, what kind of printers etc?
Is it as simple as printing on large format rice paper?
You can get a whole sheet for around 100$ and on that you can fit like hundred of logos depending on the size. Unless your into production why bother? rice paper is easier, cheaper, and you dont have to deal with shipping.
surfding thats awesome, did you design that.
It depends what you want to achieve -
As a longtime airbrusher, I can say that the stuff that can be done with prints is hugely figetty and time-consuming by hand. Alot of the time, way more than $100 worth goes into a rad board design in paint.
I'm embracing the print tech - have a look at this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwLTMFsEe5E I've done many versions of that by hand, but this one is fully computer generated. Print thanks to Ian at www.surfdecals.com (blatant plug! - he's excellent...)
On the other hand however, there are other aspects of board art that are more easy and effective in paint - If you want simple blocks of colour, fades, stripes, paint it.
JD
Nice work Josh.
$200 airbrush for sure.
thanks for the help fellas.
definately cheaper than a detailed airbrush for some of the designs.
looks like it might cost a bit to much to set up for a small time builder like myself. I guess under $100 for a detailed graphic is pretty decent.
