Rebuilding for Large Format Output

A friend asked about how to tile a portion of the original logo for 120" of custom pinstriping for some heavy equipment.

He tried powerclipping a portion of that original logo. But I could see that the fountain fill in the chunk he was trying to tile was interfering with a clean tiling (the area between the trees)

I proposed a different way, that only took a couple of minutes.

I redrew a section as 100% vector shapes and created a solid filled area behind the diamond plate. The color is now consistent from section to section.

The advantages:

1. Vector elements are faster to rip
2. They will print as sharp as possible (final results depend on DPI/quality settings in printer driver for your output unit)
3. The file size drops dramatically
4. Easier to edit colors

I enjoy solving industrial problems like this - esp. when they're this easy! :-)

Click for a larger version: note the pattern looks rough here due to the screen shots only.