Articles

In-depth guides and practical articles on designer murals.

• From file to wall: how a digital mural is actually printed Latex, UV-cure, and eco-solvent are the three engines behind most wide-format murals. What each process does to ink, substrate, and the surface you end up living with.
• The DPI question: why 150 at final size beats 300 for a wall Print shops ask for 300 DPI out of habit, but a wall is viewed from feet away, not inches. How resolution really works at mural scale, and the one number that actually decides sharpness.
• Panels, drops, and seams: how a mural gets split to fit real walls Almost no mural prints in one piece. The logic of panelization — drop widths, overlap versus butt seams, sequencing, and matching to a wall that is never perfectly square.
• Substrate school: nonwoven, peel-and-stick, and vinyl grounds The material a mural is printed on is not an afterthought. A working comparison of the three grounds you will actually be offered, and where each one earns its place.
• Color that survives the wall: profiles, proofing, and light The mural on your monitor and the mural on your wall are two different objects made two different ways. How color management, proofing, and room light decide whether they agree.