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Originally Posted by pylon
But it's not a stock graphic. Compare the mountains they are entirely different.
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I'm 100% certain the vector graphic on the left is the source of the mountains in design #1. The graphic itself is vector based which makes it really easy to pull pieces out of and make adjustments like mirroring, colour changes, and scaling.
Stock graphics are a double edged sword in the design industry, at times they are easily the best solution VS illustrating it yourself. If you're doing an 80 page annual report with dozens of custom charts/infographics on every page, then yeah, using stock vectors will save a ton of time, while still allowing the you to maintain the integrity of the overall piece. Given that you've got 80 pages of content and likely 1000's of words around the graphics, so they arean't the focus of the piece.
But when you're doing a piece that's 6 inches by 12 inches, and the graphics make up 80% of the design elements you really owe it to the client & the project to push it further. Grabbing some stock vectors and assembling them isn't really "design", it's art production in a way, but very lazy.
As I said in my prev post, these plates are going to be on thousands of vehicles for 20-30 years. Something with that much exposure deserves more attention and effort put in then what was displayed in the proposed designs.