colonial raptor
- May 28th, 2015
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So I bought a Colonial Raptor sticker that I found for sale online, but it wasn’t the adhere-inside kind, it was the adhere-outside kind, and not vinyl, so I don’t trust it in weather. But I found a place that will make inside-window static-clings for you for like $5 from your own art, so I converted it for that. And also changed the text layout. Anyway, it looks like this now:
I’m not sure that the slightly-offset circles thing reads as entirely intentional but I like it, it adds a hint of extra depth for me. The white parts will be transparent, so I hope the design actually shows up well. If not, eh, it wasn’t exactly a lot of money anyway.
I’ve never spent this much attention on a vehicle before, what is wrong with me? ＼☉～⚆ ／
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As far as stickers weathering-depends on the colors, and where you’re at. I have a bumper sticker that’s 10 years old on my car, and that’s in Kentucky weather (from 101 deg. F to -14 or so F). It’s just barely starting to fade. There’s one stuck to a piece of PVC pipe in my yard that’s 22 years old. Reds seem to fade first. The interior stickers seem to age faster, the clear portions turning yellow/brown in a few years. I suppose the heat in summer with the windows rolled up ages them fast. Then again, like you said, you’re only out a few bucks.
Yeah – I don’t know that this sticker won’t last outdoors, right? But I hate half-torn-off stickers and stuff like that. (Also I didn’t like the text treatment so I redid it. Never bend typefaces, eh? Just… don’t. So that’s another good thing for my version.)
Anyway, we’ll see when it gets here. ^_^