Custom Design 101 - NEED TO KNOW!
How to Submit a High-Quality Custom Drum Wrap Design
To ensure your custom drum wrap looks professional and prints perfectly, your artwork must be high quality and properly sized. Below is everything you need to know before submitting your design.
Two Ways to Submit Your Design
Option 1: Create It Yourself (Fastest Route)
Design your wrap in Photoshop, CorelDRAW, Illustrator, or similar software, then send it to us. We’ll review the file for print quality and proceed to production.
Option 2: Send a High-Resolution Image
You may also submit a high-resolution image, but this is where most issues arise. Image size, resolution, and layout are critical for a clean, professional wrap.
Important Image Guidelines
When submitting an image for your drum wrap:
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The image must be high resolution (300 DPI recommended).
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If your image is not panoramic, it will likely need to be cropped or tiled.
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Small or low-resolution images will not stretch to fit a drum shell without losing quality.
Below, we explain how wrap sizing works using a real customer example.
How to Calculate Your Design Area
Example drum size: 12" diameter x 8" depth
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Calculate circumference:
12" × 3.14 = 37.68" (round up to 38") -
Add overlap:
38" + 1.5" = 39.5" -
Final design area:
39.5" long × 8" deep
Most images sent to us only cover ⅓ to ½ of this required design area, which means cropping, repeating, or redesigning is necessary.
Best Results Come From…
✔ Large, high-resolution images
✔ Panoramic or wide-format designs
✔ Original artwork or layered files
✔ Clear patterns, textures, fades, or graphics
✔ Files created specifically for wrap dimensions
If your image doesn’t meet these requirements, we’ll let you know and help you adjust it when possible.
Need Help?
? Email us your design or idea — we’re happy to review it and guide you through the process to get the best possible result
This was original image sent by the customer.
This box is the image area the 12x8 tom represents. 49.5"x 8". REMEMBER any diameter wrap needs this formula to find out how big an area for your image -( Diameter x 3.14 ) then add 1.5" for overlap.
Option one is to take the image and pull it (not stretch) to the length of the wrap and then crop a piece from the image like this.
Option 2 is to take image and tile it ( in this case 3 times )
to fill image area . When you tile the image it creates a mirror effect of the image where they meet as shown in this image.
How do I find a large enough image to use for my wrap ?
If your not a graphic designer and you want to send us a picture it must be minimum 1200x 1600 dpi. So when you search your image with google here are the following steps to get us the best image:
1. Search you image in google
2. Click images on the tool bar, then click search tools.
3. Click on size and then larger than and finally click 2MP.
This will filter all images that fall into the 1200x 1600 category NEEDED FOR A GREAT DESIGN.
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