Richard, I haven't done leafing for my monograms in quite some time, but I do however, do 3 color, 3/8" initials on automobile doors.
I like your style!
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
edge it on clear and cut a box around text...that's the only way i could do it.
Posted by Bob Burns (Member # 268) on :
Print it on white with a ColorCAMM and contour cut each letter! Piece o' cake! (PAHLEEZ....NO GERBER arguments) Posted by Murray MacDonald (Member # 3558) on :
Being a confirmed Luddite,and older than dirt, I'd avoid computers like the plague and do it the old way...brushes!
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
Little stuff was never my forte. I tend to work from the shoulder when possible. I do , however, do some small stuff on helmets my son paints. I just get as comfortable as I can and go for it. Lately he's been doing more and more lettering with vinyl, a lot in this size range, with outlines. I don't satnd over his shoulder to see how much trouble it is, but from the range of cuss words eminating from the computer room, I would imagine it's a bitch.
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
Why's vinyl out of the question? Don't want vinyl? Dont think the machine can do it?
If it's a matter of capabilities, that's easy to cut with a plotter. Shouldnt have any problems with it..
But breaking out the brushes and leaf is going to be much faster by the time you screw around with setting up that lettering on a computer!
Posted by Jeff Ogden (Member # 3184) on :
That's pretty good to be able to paint something that small.I have to watch what I commit to these days, 'cause I'm not as steady as I used to be.
I saw an old NYC fire helmet (circa 1900), at the flea market last weekend. There was a dealer who was selling it for $200.00. I almost bought it, and now I wish I had. The front plate was leather cut to a shield shape and stitched,in several layers, then this small gold lettering with split outline and shade, with all sorts of decorative striping scrolls...just beautiful.
It certainly takes alot of concentration to do really small stuff. Your stuff looks nice and clean.
Posted by AlanD (Member # 1461) on :
This is about as small as we've done here. It's 3M 7725 vinyl on their clear liner which seemed to help in cutting and weeding. I had another signmaker with an edge print a spectratone color to match a PMS color that my customer had requested. Then I cut the graphic on my Summa D-610. I wasn't sure we would be able to do it, especially with the small serifs on the letters.
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