Custom Graffiti Stickers in Bold Vinyl

Vinyl and Finish Options

Gloss white vinyl gives the brightest colours and suits most designs. Matte vinyl calms down reflections and looks more like spray paint on a wall. For limited drops, holographic and chrome effects add shine to fills and highlights, and clear vinyl lets the surface show through behind the letters, which looks sharp on laptops and glass.

Every sticker can be laminated, which protects the print from scuffs, rain and the friction of being stuck to a skateboard. If your stickers are going on boards, bikes or outdoor kit, laminate is worth the small extra cost. p1 Clear and chrome stocks are compared on our vinyl stickers page.

• Gloss or matte white vinyl
• Clear vinyl for a no-background look
• Holographic and chrome effect vinyl
• Gloss, matte or soft-touch laminate

Preparing Artwork for Graffiti Stickers

Vector files keep outlines crisp at any size, but most graffiti artists work by hand or in a painting app. A high-resolution PNG or PSD with a transparent background is fine, as long as it is at least the final print size. Tell us if the cut should follow the outer outline or include the shadow, and we will draw the cut path for you.

Very thin lines can disappear at small sizes. As a guide, keep outlines a little heavier than you would on a wall and avoid lettering that relies on hairline gaps. Bright colours on a dark outline almost always read well, and a white keyline around the whole piece separates it from whatever it is stuck on.

If you want several designs, send them together. Mixed packs can run in one order, with each design priced on the quantity you need. p2 Outdoor pieces for vehicles are covered on our car stickers in weatherproof vinyl page.

Sizes People Actually Stick

Around 75 mm across is the classic size for a pack sticker or a laptop. Smaller 50 mm stickers suit phone cases, water bottles and thank-you cards in mailers. Larger 100 to 150 mm pieces work on skate decks, guitar cases and shop windows. If your tag is long and narrow, size it by width and let the height follow.

Think about where most of your stickers will end up. If they are going in clothing orders, a size that fits flat in a poly mailer with a swing tag is ideal. If they are for gigs and markets, mix a few large statement pieces with plenty of smaller freebies. p1 Bottles and flasks take the smaller sizes, as on our water bottle stickers page.

Using Stickers Across Your Brand

Stickers are one of the few pieces of branding that customers ask for. A streetwear label might drop a different sticker with every collection, so collectors keep coming back to complete the set. A tattoo studio could print each artist's tag as a sticker and leave a tray of them by the door. A skate shop can hand them out at the end of a session, and they will be on a hundred decks by the end of the month.

It helps to plan a small family of designs rather than a single sticker. A main logo, a character, a short slogan and one limited holographic piece gives you something for every situation, and each one feels like a reward rather than a leaflet. Keeping the same outline colour or border style across them ties the set together.

Sticker packs also make a simple product to sell. Five designs in a printed bag or on a backing card can sit by the till at a market stall and earn their keep without taking up space.

We love seeing stickers in the wild, but we print them for brand use, merch and personal belongings. Please do not use them on property that is not yours, such as public signs, street furniture or other people's vehicles. Not only can it land the person sticking them in trouble, it rarely does a brand any good to be linked with damage. Laptops, notebooks, boards, cases, bottles and your own shop windows are all fair game. If in doubt, ask the owner first; most shop owners are happy to say yes to a good-looking sticker on the right spot. p3 A short-run holographic piece can be ordered as hologram stickers for limited drops.

Draw Your Outline Heavier Than You Would on a Wall

Graffiti artwork is made for walls, and at 75 mm the hairline gaps and thin drips that look sharp at two metres close up or snap off at the cut. Before you save the file, thicken the outer outline, join the stars and sparkles to the main shape, and decide if the cut follows the letters or the drop shadow. Send a transparent PNG at print size or larger, or a vector if you have one.

Pick the vinyl from where the sticker will live: gloss for colour, matte for a painted feel, laminate for anything going on a deck or a bike. Tell us the sizes and the quantity per design, and the custom quote arrives by email within one working day, from £0.25 a sticker, with the minimum set per job.

The free proof shows the cut line drawn over your art; check it for any spike thinner than a couple of millimetres. Printing and cutting take 4 to 7 working days after approval and the stickers reach UK mainland addresses by free tracked delivery. Artists who sell packs at markets add a sheet of die-cut stickers in a smaller size for the freebie tray.