Blackart Graphics to produce an Emira? - help required.

[Al]

Some of you will be familiar with http://www.blackartgraphics.com/ and the lovely 'blueprint' style plaques they produce for earlier Lotus cars as an official supplier.  I have 2 on my study wall and I know others who have in their Man Caves.  Well they haven't yet got an Emira available yet but with some help it won't take much to make it happen.  I have been in discussion with Dan Kozakewycz and if he can get about 5 orders together it will make it worthwhile for him to produce the template.  I already have another LEGS member looking for an A3 one and I want an A4 one.  Can we drum up any further orders?  If we could do this soon he would be able to produce to be in time for Christmas presents.  This next bit copied from Dan

Current catalogue list pricing (inc customisation) is as follows:

A4 - £179
A3 - £249
A2 - £399
A1 - £679

These can also be a mix of i4 and V6 models (assuming no major visual differences between them).

Our payment terms for new commissions are 50% on booking with the balance payment due upon submission of the finished draft copy for your review, prior to final manufacture. 

Please point people in the direction of our Porsche Collection for an idea of how the finished designs will look, the 718 GT4 RS is our most recent addition: Porsche 718 GT4 RS

Reason for directing people here instead of the Lotus collection is that the products listed in the Lotus Collection depict the products that were offered as official licensed merchandise a few years back, however we no longer hold that license and cannot use the official trademarks or use the green Lotus branded presentation box. As such, the Porsche Collection is a better match for how new Lotus models will be offered.

Standard lead time is approx. 4 weeks from order, however I would endeavour to get them all done and shipped in time for Christmas if we had enough deposits to proceed confirmed by the end of November.

If anybody interested could you PM me, or post up here I'll see that we can get the required numbers together first before we try ordering on his website.

Cheers, Al.

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

I have this on my office wall. It’s directly behind my lap top, so something to look at during all of those tedious Teams meetings!
 

[Jon Fuller]

On 23/11/2023 at 18:42, Al said:

Some of you will be familiar with http://www.blackartgraphics.com/ and the lovely 'blueprint' style plaques they produce for earlier Lotus cars as an official supplier.  I have 2 on my study wall and I know others who have in their Man Caves.  Well they haven't yet got an Emira available yet but with some help it won't take much to make it happen.  I have been in discussion with Dan Kozakewycz and if he can get about 5 orders together it will make it worthwhile for him to produce the template.  I already have another LEGS member looking for an A3 one and I want an A4 one.  Can we drum up any further orders?  If we could do this soon he would be able to produce to be in time for Christmas presents.  This next bit copied from Dan

Current catalogue list pricing (inc customisation) is as follows:

A4 - £179
A3 - £249
A2 - £399
A1 - £679

These can also be a mix of i4 and V6 models (assuming no major visual differences between them).

Our payment terms for new commissions are 50% on booking with the balance payment due upon submission of the finished draft copy for your review, prior to final manufacture. 

Please point people in the direction of our Porsche Collection for an idea of how the finished designs will look, the 718 GT4 RS is our most recent addition: Porsche 718 GT4 RS

Reason for directing people here instead of the Lotus collection is that the products listed in the Lotus Collection depict the products that were offered as official licensed merchandise a few years back, however we no longer hold that license and cannot use the official trademarks or use the green Lotus branded presentation box. As such, the Porsche Collection is a better match for how new Lotus models will be offered.

Standard lead time is approx. 4 weeks from order, however I would endeavour to get them all done and shipped in time for Christmas if we had enough deposits to proceed confirmed by the end of November.

If anybody interested could you PM me, or post up here I'll see that we can get the required numbers together first before we try ordering on his website.

Cheers, Al.

I'd have an Emira one in A3.

 

How is the deposit done?

 

Jon

[Al]

On 27/11/2023 at 08:15, Jon Fuller said:

I'd have an Emira one in A3.

 

How is the deposit done?

 

Jon

Hi Jon,

Thanks for posting up and sorry for delay but I was away a few days.  At the moment I'm just trying to gauge the interest and then it would be available via their website I'm expecting but we aren't at that stage yet.  I'll get back to you if we can muster enough interest.

Cheers, Al.

[Black Art Graphics]

Hello guys, Dan here from Black Art Graphics. Thanks for the introduction Al!

For those who aren't familiar, these drawings are 100% original, generated from professional-grade reference photos that I shoot myself using a proprietary photogrammetry technique (basically like 3D scanning, but for 2D and using a normal camera). The line art is all created manually (no AI or computer wizardry) and combined with locating a vehicle and arranging the photoshoot, takes rather a long time to complete, around 30 hours in total. 

Each piece is made to order and individually customised to your vehicle, incorporating details such as the number plates, VIN, paint code, build date and factory options list to create a bespoke blueprint for your exact car. You'll receive a proof copy of your artwork before manufacture to check over all the details, with the chance to make any changes necessary as required. 

The finished design is then laser etched onto our bespoke 3mm brushed aluminium plaques, the laser finely removing the colour from the gorgeous matte black anodised finish to give a bright white contrast. These plates are extremely durable and are expected to last hundreds, if not thousands of years, and could well become part of the historical record of our civilisation for future archaeologists to dig up!

They come with a frameless wall mounting kit which attaches directly to the rear of the plate so that the plate sits proud from the wall by about 10mm, accentuating the fact that it's no ordinary print or canvas.

Given the work that goes into developing the designs, I do need a few deposits down for a new model to be able to cover the development of the new design, that way if I don't make any additional sales of that model past that initial group buy (always a risk in the current economy) then at least it was worth doing those few.

In total, I need a group buy with a total order value of around £1200, and this can be made up of a combination of orders for the four aluminium plaque sizes (A4 thru A1), but I am now starting to offer non-customised print versions moving forwards as well, so these could be included too. 

The prints are printed on 290gsm pearl Giclee paper and will be made available in a few different model-relevant colour palettes. 

A3 framed print - £35
A2 framed print - £45

We're about halfway there on the required level of interest so far, hopefully, now I've explained a bit more in-depth about the product and added a few new options, we can get a few more on board!

Happy to answer any questions. 

[Jon Fuller]

I take it that for the alloy version, black is the only option for the anodising? dark green would be nice.

 

I'm deff up for an A3 in alloy.

 

Jon

[Black Art Graphics]

1 hour ago, Jon Fuller said:

I take it that for the alloy version, black is the only option for the anodising? dark green would be nice.

That is correct. While custom colours are technically possible, we'd need a minimum order of 50 in that colour so it's not really practical, unfortunately.

[Jon Fuller]

👍

[Black Art Graphics]

The prints are now available in British Racing Green. (Haven't got a Lotus version available just yet, should have some done soon!)

[Jon Fuller]

I'd take a black alloy one, and a green print, both A3.  Assume, the customised artwork can be same on anodised one, and the card print?

 

Jon

[Black Art Graphics]

The standard prints are all going to be the same format (portrait, very basic technical spec to keep it simple) and non customised to keep the price down, however if you are ordering one of the personalised aluminium ones then I would be happy do a custom print with a duplicate of the full tech spev artwork in the green. I'd need to work out a price for that as it would cost more than the standard prints!

[CocoPops]

Whilst not an Emira owner… I do have 2 of Dans custom Ali prints of my previous Evora (x2).

Can vouch for his work, and I really ought to get round to having one done for my Cup250FE

[Black Art Graphics]

@Al @Jon Fuller

Hello everyone, good news on this project as I've just heard from a friend of mine who has just taken delivery of their Emira and would like an A1 version, so with that one onboard we now have enough demand to proceed and I will be arranging a trip over the water from the Isle of Wight to Dorset to do the required reference photography with his car within the next week or two (once he's got all his warning lights sorted😂).

As such I'm now opening up the pre-orders for this model, I've created direct order links below before the various plaque sizes (I can't create a full website listing until the artwork is completed and I can add all the product photos). 

The DEPOSITPAYMENT discount code has been automatically added to take 50% off the total. The balance payment will then become due once the the artwork has been completed and your personalised proof copies have all been issued, this will need to be settled prior to final manufacture. 

At the moment there's only one request for a print as an add on item with a plaque so I'll sort that directly as an add on to that order. If anyone would like to order a print on its own, let me know and I can get those product listings and order links set up. 

Once your order is confirmed you will receive an email requesting the vehicle information that you would like to be included on the plaque. Once this has been filled in (and the base template for the Emira has been generated), our artists will put together your personalised design and email over a draft copy for you to review and approve.

Please ensure that the steps in the email following the order confirmation are followed, the links provided feed information back to our order management system to avoid errors and delays in the customisation and approvals process. 

Customised Lotus Emira A4 Engineered Art Pre-Order | £149

Customised Lotus Emira A3 Engineered Art Pre-Order | £279

Customised Lotus Emira A2 Engineered Art Pre-Order | £379

Customised Lotus Emira A1 Engineered Art Pre-Order | £679

[Al]

Well great to see this gaining some traction Dan!  Just ordered my A3 one as a starter.  I'll post a link up on a few Lotus groups I'm in.  The other known purchaser I had is travelling at present but will be no doubt on here in due course

[Black Art Graphics]

Thanks Al, looking forward to getting this done!

Just published a video of our Evora GT piece on Instagram here: 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1xANjfBKYY/?igsh=ODI4djlibTR2NmR0

[bingoking]

I can also vouch for the quality of Dan’s work and have just ordered an A2 Emira plaque to go with my other plaques. 

[Black Art Graphics]

Thanks for your continued support Brian!

(If there's any in your vehicle collection you don't have yet that you'd like to add, drop me a DM for a special discount! 😁)

[Black Art Graphics]

Photo referencing completed this morning!

Artwork development will start next week. 😎

[Black Art Graphics]

First view done.

 

Edited February 7 by Black Art Graphics

[Black Art Graphics]

Rear view done.

[Jon Fuller]

Looking great!

 

J

[Black Art Graphics]

Bit of a delay this week as I've had to spend a lot of time trouble shooting a technical fault with the laser which ended up being a failed power supply. 

Now the parts are on order, I've managed to get back to some drawing work!

Front view now done...

[Black Art Graphics]

Hello guys, apologies for the long delay in updates. Getting inundated with general laser cutting work at the moment which I'm having to take on even if it's not ideal as the current economy has nerfed sales of the Engineered Art products quite badly!

Emira drawing is almost complete now, I'm just sorting the technical specifications. I've started by copying the Evora GT specs and editing them. 

Currently trying to find details on the gear ratios for the Emira, does anyone know if these are different from the Evoras?

[Al]

For anybody maybe on the fence about ordering one Dan has now finalised the artwork for these plaques and those of us who are early adopters have got our proofs and updates done and signed off for production.

[Black Art Graphics]

Now listed on the website!

https://www.blackartgraphics.com/collections/lotus/products/2022-2025-emira?dc=showform

Print versions up next.