About DRAW Decal
How did we get our Name? My father is a US Army-trained draftsman, and he always signed his drawings with the initials “DRAW.” Since we have to DRAW our decals, and DRAW is also the first four letters of my last name, it seemed to be a natural name for our company.
What is the idea behind DRAW Decal? I produce airline decals that normally would not be popular enough to justify mass producing. Each decal is printed as demand warrants, one page at a time on our digital printers. This makes for slow production, but it allows me to individually inspect each decal and to also update the decal sets as the need arises. While these production sets are all currently available, they are only produced (i.e. printed) as they are ordered. I have no large pile of unsold, unpopular decals to contend with this way. Our decals are as close to custom-made as possible.
Who creates your art? The art work for our decals is created by a group of artists, with each one contributing sets of their own unique design and preference. Currently, DRAW Decal offers decals designed by: Cristian Xavier Balo, Chris Banyai-Riepl, Tim Bradley, Simone Barbarisi, Mike Egan, Norm Filer, Mike Jernfors, Jodie Peeler, Carlos Soto, Jeff Thomsen and yours truly, Greg Drawbaugh. Each set is identified by whom designed it unless I was the one who designed it.
How do I do that? Although the majority of our decals are printed in our exclusive Digital Silk process, we will continue to print some sets using our high quality Laser and ALPS-type printing processes. Some sets will combine pieces from two printing processes when this will yield the best possible decal set. As new decals are printed, the Digital Silk or Laser Printed logos will appear on the sets. In addition, our “How to Apply” page has been updated with new application instructions. All of our decals are printed on the very same high quality decal paper that we have always used, and will continue to use.
We are making the switch to Digital Silk to provide what we believe to be among the highest quality decals in the industry. We also want to be able to provide subjects that just would not print well using any other process. Quality and value have always been our driving force, and we are also pleased to reveal that there will be no immediate price increase for our decals.
Do you run out of stock? No, as I print decals only as they are ordered. This ensures that the decals are fresh and never out of stock. This also allows me to make corrections and additions to each set as they occur.
Once applied, these decals will look just like they were painted on, rather than just “stickers” applied over a paint job. Remember, the art of decaling is making it look like you did not use any decals! Click on the link “How to Apply” for some pointers on applying our decals.
Thanks for stopping by, and come back often to see what I’ve added.
Greg Drawbaugh
DRAW Decal
This is the first Bailey, may she
rest in peace after 16 years of
faithful companionship.