design problem

[149047]

hi all!

one of my customers desided to pick this

www.markusmooslechner.com/red-spiral.jpg

image i created for his office.
the problem is, the office is all white painted - ceiling, walls - everything white. for my taste, the contrast (especially the right dark side) this image will produce is way to strong.

can you think of an idea to tweak this image (inverting does not do a great job) - so i can still be displayed without being too much of a contrast to the rest of the room ???
the reason i do not want to leave the customer with his joice is that the image will not be cheap and so i do not want him to be unhappy :)

looking forward .....

markus

www.markusmooslechner.com

[Drorain]

strong might be good, are you an interior designer, that flash of color against a stark white bg would be very sleek and sexy in my opinion

[PrintDriver]

As long as the furniture isn't aqua, there's no reason to change it. Dro is right.
Er, how big is that art going to be?

[149047]

THX
no - i am not an interior designer :o -
i am the artist who created this image.
it is going to be an 500x50cm print.

[Drorain]

THX
no - i am not an interior designer :o -
i am the artist who created this image.
it is going to be an 500x50cm print.

I like the colors and the effects. Now for a probing question...

Is the file already formated to this size, do you know what the resolution is? And what will your printing method be? Vinyl or some other method? I ask because some people on the boards can give some good input on this, but you may also already be an expert on this process.

[149047]

no - the art i posted is a first draft.
by the time we're moving towards print, i will
process the complete image. that is, it will first
be rendered to size (14000px x 1700px) and then
go into ps, for color pprocessing.
the print will be done on some type of film that will
then be laminated on acrylic. my printing service
does all that. i just drop the digi file - (and close the door after me :) )

[Drorain]

Awesome, I just wanted to probe a little to make sure you had the right resolution thats about 86dpi on the height, and near 71dpi on the width...hmm large format guys did I confuse myself? also is that resolution good for large format, just want to help our buddy out...I may have gotten lost in the cm to inch conversion

[PrintDriver]

It would be really cool backlit... Dreaming I know...

As long as 'rendered to size' doesn't mean interpolation then you're fine.
It might be to your advantage, as an artist, to know a little bit more about the print process you are using. Usually for 'high end art' you want to be using some of the more archival processes... Just a suggestion. You may already be using one of the 20 to 60 year products if it is indeed a 'film' rather than an inkjet.

[149047]

itt wiiiiilllll be backlit !!!!!!!
be sure, i am reaallyyy looking forward to that :)
as to the printing process, you're right - i should take care about
the theory-background a little more. :rolleyes:

by rendering to size i really mean rendering and not interpolating.
i can adjust the resolutiuon prior to rendering - it will be 180dpi - my printing service usually does a good job with that.

by the way - i heard that there are films, laminates, foils (don't know which) that are self-illuminating ....
they sort of need to be plugged and .....
any clues???

[D-Frag]

If its backlit, then you want to keep an eye on colors, I highly recommend printing out a small version and holding it against a backlight source to check your colors. colors shift alot during backlighting, especially blacks tend to turn green. def double check it before printing out the big one.

nice job, i think it looks killer.

[D-Frag]

there is a backlit film that this will be applied to, it will then have an adhesive put on top of the actual graphic, they will peel the adhesive back and mount (graphic faced forward) onto a material like plexi.

ive also seen this done using polyurethane, so depending on where you go, will depend on the process. if they do the aboe mentioned with the film, then the colors will shift slightly because of the adhesive laminate...

[149047]

alright!!! thanx for your help - everybody :)
may i bother you for anouther look --

those are the alternative designs i did for the mentioned office
what do you think? (backlit as well)

www.markusmooslechner.com/1.jpg
www.markusmooslechner.com/2.jpg

please excuse the artifacts --- it will all be neat and smooth :)

((the name in the corner is the doctors name (client) so his patients
know that they're in the right place))

[JaCkinbOx]

I really dig the images, but I'm confused -- what are they being used for?

I feel so out of the loop.

[PrintDriver]

Jack, these are wall art. Decorative treatment.

D-Frag, his printer should color correct the saturation of the image for him but, as always, a proof is in order. Viewing it against the light from the actual litebox is highly recommended. We get things color corrected based on light source. One curve for incandescent and another for cool white. (Yes, we are that into it).

There is an electroluminecent film out there that does just plug in but I've lost the cheat sheet on it (salesman 'borrowed' it). It may have been pulled from the market as even our electronics guy can't find it. We've looked recently and I'd appreciate anyone knowing of such a product to post here.

Some of the slim-line lightboxes are really sweet.

[JaCkinbOx]

So it's some sort of wallpaper...?

[149047]

well - it is going to be printed on some sort of film (translucent ...) - this then will be laminated onto 7mm acrylic. alltogether a size of 480x60cm /
due to size it will be printed in two and then applied onto on big acrylic piece.