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August 5, 2010

Berry Man Vehicle Wrap

This vehicle wrap for the rear roll up door on a Berry Man truck was a lot of fun. We used a picture taken of the inside of the truck and reproduced it to create the visual illusion that you are looking inside the truck. If you see the truck driving around say "Hi" from SB Signs!

July 28, 2010

Commercial Appliance Repair Vehicle Branding

We have been branding a lot of Dodge Sprinters lately! Over three of these vans have been branded in the last month or two using cut vinyl lettering and printed 3M Controltac. Anyone else have a Sprinter ready to go???

July 22, 2010

Dee Tours Vehicle Graphics Print

This decal was printed on 3m Controltac using our solvent printer. The decal was installed on the stretch Jeep at our shop, and should last for years. The decal creates a simple and effective visual impact. Fun!

July 14, 2010

Digitally Printed Wine Grotto Signs

These signs were digitally printed on our solvent printer, and allowed our customer to provide us with a full color design for the new parking signs. The signs are outdoor durable and were made using .080 aluminum for long term use.

July 10, 2010

Utopia Vehicle Graphics

This project for Utopia (www.installutopia.com) used a combination of cut vinyl lettering and printed decals. The final results look great and allow the company to gain brand exposure while on the move in the company car!

June 25, 2010

Dramatic Trolley Print

For this project we printed graphics on Controltac and perforated vinyl, and installed the prints onto the back of the Santa Barbara Trolley. The perforated vinyl allows the driver and passengers to easily see outside from inside the vehicle, while it looks like an image from the outside. Nice!

June 18, 2010

Vehicle Magnets

We have been doing lots of digitally printed vehicle magnets for clients who want the option to remove the graphics when they travel out of town or use their vehicles for personal trips. Here is a set of magnets we designed and produced for Boyd Hernandez Construction. The signs were printed on Controltac, mounted on the magnetic material, and laminated with 8519 luster.

June 12, 2010

Who's Walking Who Vehicle Graphics

Here is a customer who offers pet walking service with a smile! We printed the company logo and contour cut it, also adding cut vinyl lettering for the words. The windows were done using perforated printed vinyl, which allow great visibility from inside the car looking out. The transition from the Controltac to the perf was a bit tricky, but turned out looking perfect.



Please visit www.whoswalkingwhopets.com for more information.

June 2, 2010

Berry Man Vehicle Wrap

This graphic was created by Berry Man to give the illusion that part of the truck is being peeled away to reveal a sunny field full of fresh produce. We think it came out great!



We would love to hear about your ideas for your vehicle, whether you want to do a full wrap, partial wrap, or just cut vinyl lettering; We can make it happen!

May 20, 2010

UCSB Technology Management Program



We were first time sponsors of the 2010 New Venture Competition put on by UCSB's Technology Management Program. It was very exciting and rewarding experience, and great to see so many new ideas and entrepreneurial students. We printed rollup banners and oversized checks for the program, and donated trade show signage to the winner of the "most fundable" category, which was Chariot Solar. We congratulate all participants, and look forward to working with you as you transform your dreams into reality.


2010 New Venture Competition Winners

Best Business Plan - Liquidus Technologies
Best Pitch - Solution Deposition Systems
Most Fundable - Chariot Solar

2010 Finalist Team List

Chariot Solar
Cyber Receipts
DIFR Technologies
Liquidus Technologies
Marketainer
Solution Deposition Systems


We invite all competition participants to get in touch for free trade show consultation.

April 7, 2010

Design Logic Motorbicycle Project

For this project we printed and machine cut a bunch of decals for Design Logic's new motorbicycle, "Da-Bomb". The owner, Lance, will be competing in an upcoming motorbicycle race in New York. The stickers are made out of 3M Controltac and almost look like carbon fiber once applied to the bike. Looks great!

March 25, 2010

Santa Barbara Denim Company - Sandblasted Sign

Simply yet effective. This motto sums up the new sandblasted sign for Santa Barbara Denim Company, located on State St., downtown Santa Barbara. Temporary busmark window decals were also printed for the company to highlight its unique value proposition - "All Clothing Under $9.99" Stop by for a visit and check out the sign!

March 12, 2010

Forms + Surfaces vehicle lettering project

This vinyl lettering for Forms + Surfaces looked great when completed. The vinyl lettering was installed at our shop on Upper State St. This brand will be seen by hundreds of thousands of people. Will yours?

Agilysys Dimensional Letters

We recently installed dimensional lettering on location for Agilysys. It came out looking great!


Diogi - Vehicle Graphics and Magnetic Signs

This project was awesome! We printed a large format perforated vinyl to be installed on the rear window of the company vehicle. We also printed matching vehicle magnets, to go on the sides of the branded car.



We are the number one place in Santa Barbara for vehicle graphics, and look forward to hearing from you about your project!

February 5, 2010

2010 Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Once again we are proudly sponsoring the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. We create schedule boards, banners, posters, and many other types of event graphics for the festival to aid in their visual communication and way finding efforts.



We have been working with the Film Festival for 7 consecutive years. They rely on our experience and knowledge to ensure that their printing projects are completed on time, and look great. Please get in touch with us if you have a need for event graphics, banners, or large format printing in Santa Barbara.

December 11, 2009

File Prep Guidelines For Printing

For artwork designed for our solvent printer for outdoor durable printing applications, we generally recommend a resolution of 150 DPI/PPI at full size. This means that if you want the print to be 18" x 24", the resolution should be 150 at this size. If you design the artwork at 9" x 12", and want it to end up being 18" x 24", the resolution needs to be twice as high (i.e. 300 DPI)

For artwork designed for our aqueous printer for indoor printing applications, photographic artwork will benefit from a resolution of 200 to 250 DPI/PPI at full size.

We can accept AI, EPS, PSD, PDF, TIF, and JPEG files. If a TIF file, please flatten by going to layers -> flatten.

We recommend embedding a CMYK color profile as appropriate, and converting all text to outlines. This can be done by selecting everything (CTRL-A) and going to font/type -> convert text to outlines. This is usually only applicable if the file is an AI, EPS, or PSD.

November 30, 2009

Moss Muscle Mustang Project

This project included a combination of small, detail rich, black vinyl lettering and Controltac printing a solid black color to achieve a "dual tone" color combination for the car. Controltac was used for this part of the project, instead of black vinyl, because of its superior flexibility, which was required in order to wrap the material around curved sections of the car.


(Front before)


(Front after)


(Back before)


(Back after)


(Company name / website)


(Detailed vinyl lettering)

Pandora Architectural Signage

Although we specialize in large format printing, we can also create more traditional architectural signage including sandblasted blade signs and dimensional letter projects. Here we used two MDO backboards and dimensional letters to create sophisticated signs for the new Pandora jewelry store in the Paseo Nuevo shopping mall, located in downtown Santa Barbara.


(Front view of the two signs)


(Closeup)


(Side view)

Dramatic Wallpaper Mural

We printed this custom wallpaper mural on three pieces of rough wallpaper, which was then installed by Gary James Paperhanging. The Reagan Ranch Center was thrilled with the final results and said that everyone loves the larger-than-life wallpaper map.


(View of the wallpaper mural from the staircase)


(Closeup of a section of the wallpaper mural)


(View of the wallpaper mural from the side)