A customer came in today asking if i could do this in vinyl for his van, i only have a cutter so it has to be in layered colours, can anyone help? What process would i use as i have only dont lettering before.
Alan
Alan,
If you haven't done this type of work before you may want to walk away from this job or hire someone to set it up for you. If you decide to hire someone, they will need to know what your capabilities are and what equipment you have as well as how many colors of vinyl you have to work with.
I would be happy to bid this job for you. Just email me at folivio (at) gmail (dot) com.
Frank OlivioAmiGraphics
It's not really that hard. Here's one way.
Find an artist that could redraw your art completely if needed or do it yourself.
To do it yourself, print onto paper and trace with tracing paper. Use a black sharpie fine tip marker. Scan in your new black and white, trace with powertrace , or just vectorize manually with beizer tool, cleanup and fill shapes with color.
Then cut each color separately and layer on one another. You could layer on to white vinyl in this case.
If you have a large format printer you can export to eps and send it to your ripper, and print.
Hope it helps.
-John
"The best thing about learning is that it never stops, and the rabbit hole will go as deep as you let it."~Johnwww.gdgmacros.com
I have a roland gx-24 cutter, i'll have a go at tracing the drawing........ If i did that what colours would i put down first, second, third etc?
Thanks for the quick responses.
Hi.
I'd go white countour cut to shape solid background and layer on to it black, then all the rest.
You probably see it clearer after you start vectorizing it.
Hi Alan
If you are in Cornwall feel free to drop into our sign shop and I will give you a few pointers on doing layered vinyl
We are in Falmouth
mamos
CorelDRAW X3 through Winplot to a Summa D60 plotter
Like the other person said. It is not very difficult to re-create that butcher design. You can trace it by putting a blank sheet on top and tape it to a window. The light will shine through enough to follow the lines. Trace it with a fine sharpie(like the other person said). Scan it in and now you have a vector design that you can put in any color yourself. With that being said, you do need to have a general idea on how you're outputting this design to assure color accuracy. If it is only Vinyl... no problem. Just match them up to Avery Vinyl color chart(my choice of vinyl) and output it. Make sure if you add any strokes to the design to convert them to outlines 1st. That way the plotter knows how thick the outline will be.
If you are not comfortable doing this... use a sign company that has a real design flare. Make them show you some original artistic sign designs... not simple cut & paste clip art which takes no skills to accomplish(very generic) NOT WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.
Good Luck,
Sincerely Sidney.
Find a local sign shop with a Versacamm or similar i.e. a solvent inkjet. I have an old Roland PC-60 that prints full color on sign and apparel vinyl but good grief it is slow and expensive. I can do it. Give me the size and I'll give you a price. If interested, email me at sue@colorspotprinting.com
Hello Alan,
I vectorized & colored the butcher guy for you. There is no catch! It is your for FREE! I have been in business for nearly 20 years and I just wanted to give you a hand, You can email me and I will send it to you so that everyone else can't take this design for themselves.
Thank you,
Sidney
TheSignArtist@yahoo.com
sidneytheartist.com
mamos: Hi Alan If you are in Cornwall feel free to drop into our sign shop and I will give you a few pointers on doing layered vinyl We are in Falmouth mamos
Hi Mamos
Where are you in Falmouth and what are your opening times?
We are on tregoniggie industrial estate.
Monday- friday 10 - 6
I have emailed you with my phone number
I bow down to TheSignArtist!
I know how to follow instructions!
Although if he did it for himself the reward would have been much greater.
Learning is awesome!