Designers and others help with wheel logos please!

[vinylguy]

pm sent

[Caerus]

The 1st thing that jumps to my mind is: "what is the profile of your rim?"

 

if you want a design for a 'flat' OR rounded surface I asssume you can simply draw it on a flat piece of paper and it will have the same 'look' on the rim, but if the rim goes from a flat to a rounded part (I have a set of rims like that), then your design/"cut out" will look different on paper to on the rim.... hope this makes sense

 

So: what is your shape?

I know this one is building arches, but it kinda has most of the different shapes one gets for rims too.....

Still design it on the flat surface

[Uni]

i just realised to get the text on path in Illustrator according to rim circumference requires some Maths that my brain is not genetically equipped to calculate.

[nazmo]

Hey guys, my 2 cents.

 

I think this is being overcomplicated. Based on a 17mm CAP height limit, and general wheel circumference, just design it flat, print it out 1:1 on some paper, cut and check to see if it makes sense. Worse case scenario, add some perspective distortion, or stretch/shrink cap height accordingly. You can either spend forever doing maths, or you can print, test fit on paper and adjust.

 

Vinyl Cut on some decent cast vinyl that can stretch and conform and get someone with some experience to apply it.

 

i did a quick design based on what you asked.

 

http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh545/nazmo/RIGIDWHEEL1_zps06085b95.jpg

Edited October 11, 2013 by nazmo

[Uni]

Hey guys, my 2 cents.

 

I think this is being overcomplicated. Based on a 17mm CAP height limit, and general wheel circumference, just design it flat, print it out 1:1 on some paper, cut and check to see if it makes sense. Worse case scenario, add some perspective distortion, or stretch/shrink cap height accordingly. You can either spend forever doing maths, or you can print, test fit on paper and adjust.

 

Vinyl Cut on some decent cast vinyl that can stretch and conform and get someone with some experience to apply it.

 

i did a quick design based on what you asked.

 

http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh545/nazmo/RIGIDWHEEL1_zps06085b95.jpg

 

i think we have a winner

[Caerus]

i just realised to get the text on path in Illustrator according to rim circumference requires some Maths that my brain is not genetically equipped to calculate.

Why, why, why? lol

[Uni]

Why, why, why? lol

i know right- too much for a friday.

[Caerus]

i know right- too much for a friday.

My brain is fried, its almost beer o clock

[Coenie]

i just realised to get the text on path in Illustrator according to rim circumference requires some Maths that my brain is not genetically equipped to calculate.

 

Why? Just type on a path. One of the text tools...

[Uni]

Why? Just type on a path. One of the text tools...

 

wait guys - seriously now , the arc of the circle will be determined by the size of the circle in question - in this case the size of the rim - so in order for the words to wrap around the rim correctly (i.e parallel to the rim itself) - one would need to determine the path to type on - based on said size of circle or am i seriously confused?

 

i don't know if any of that made sense .

 

i drew a picture

 

 

exact same words on path - but doesn't work on different sized circles?

Edited October 11, 2013 by Uni

[Stretched@Birth]

 

 

Confuse them more than they are already

Hey! Dont be ruud nouw. Us ouens from a souf isnt sew deur mekaar nie!

[Stretched@Birth]

While said family member is busy, can they please cut me a vinyl sticker that says "Brandewyn"? Any font will do, size, bumper sticker size, it's to go on the back of a mates car that's coming back from the panel beater next week...

 

Edit spelling.

Edited October 11, 2013 by Stretched@Birth

[Caerus]

wait guys - seriously now , the arc of the circle will be determined by the size of the circle in question - in this case the size of the rim - so in order for the words to wrap around the rim correctly (i.e parallel to the rim itself) - one would need to determine the path to type on - based on said size of circle or am i seriously confused?

 

i don't know if any of that made sense .

 

i drew a picture

 

 

exact same words on path - but doesn't work on different sized circles?

Go have that beer now, its the weeeeeeekend baby

[Uni]

Go have that beer now, its the weeeeeeekend baby

can't argue with that- head start on oktoberfest

 

[Caerus]

can't argue with that- head start on oktoberfest

 

Or ex-wife.

[eeeek]

wait guys - seriously now , the arc of the circle will be determined by the size of the circle in question - in this case the size of the rim - so in order for the words to wrap around the rim correctly (i.e parallel to the rim itself) - one would need to determine the path to type on - based on said size of circle or am i seriously confused?

 

i don't know if any of that made sense .

 

i drew a picture

 

 

exact same words on path - but doesn't work on different sized circles?

 

Thats right, but if you wrap it to the outer diameter of the rim rather than the inner, then it will always be a perfect offset to the inner diameter.

The picture you drew the inner and outer arcs of your text aren't concentric.

 

Go have a beer.