First Project - Boat

[codogs 0]

Hi, I just joined the forum about a week ago.  The MH-721 and supplies I ordered arrived on Tuesday, so it was time to begin my first project which is to redo all of the graphics on my old boat (1986 Skeeter).

First, a big thanks to tlzimmerman for the "Teach em to Fish" vectorizing tutorial.  I used the tracing tips outlined in this tutorial to duplicate all of the graphics from pictures I took of my existing graphics.

I cut the vinyl last night and weeded it this morning.  Now I just need to mask it and remove the old vinyl from my boat which I will hopefully be able to do today.

Here are a few pictures.  One is an existing Skeeter decal on the boat, you can see it's pretty beat up.  The other two pictures are the cut/weeded vinyl that I'll be applying.

-Cody

Cody

[Guest fivestar]

  Excellent Job

[signpro 1]

Sweet work!!!

[#D-zine# 2]

Great job! 

[yoginaranjo 0]

looks good 

[codogs 0]

Thanks for the compliments.  I finished putting the vinyl on today.  Below are some pictures.  I went ahead and made new letting for my Kansas boat ID so it would match the grey/white/red theme of the Skeeter decals.  I'm really happy with how everything came out.

-Cody

[jayfil23 0]

makes me feel like you got a new boat ! lol. great job

[99v8miata 3]

Very nice work.

Dave

[sarconastic 29]

Looks Great 

I haven't drug mine out of the weeds yet, but i am planning on the same thing. I've got an 83 BeachCraft that needs the Look updated.

Kevin

[painteddesigns 0]

Vice nice. 

[tlzimmerman 11]

Awesome work.  Glad to see that people are getting something out of those tutorials!  Makes me want to do more of them.

[wasatchcars 0]

Looks GREAT

And thats a GREAT bass boat Skeeter makes there fast also.

Whats on the back?

[codogs 0]

Thanks again for the compliments.  Now I just need to find time to use the boat! 

wasatchcars - my boat isn't one of the fast one's, it's got a 40hp Yamaha on the back.  35-40 mph is fast enough for me, though.  Most of my time is spent trolling at .5 mph when I'm not retrieving my lures from trees!   

[locknload1 17]

Really great work!

[Guest kenya]

Wonderful job !!! 

[Benr98 40]

WOW that turned out really nice!! 

Now is finding the time, to enjoy it on the water!

[Guest Schramm]

Man that is some great work!!!

[Doeboy 11]

thats your first job? that looks awsome, mine looked like crud, props for you!

10 respect points  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[codogs 0]

Doeboy - this was my first real cutting.  The night I assembled the cutter, I ran my wife and son's names through to see check calibration, after a few tweaks it was good so the boat vinyl was the next thing to come through it.

I've done quite a bit of vinyl signage application in the past, but I had zero experience cutting vinyl before getting this cutter.  I did a ton of searching through the forums here to answer things I wasn't sure about (and still do). I've learned a lot thanks to the folks on this forums, but I have so much more to learn.

Thanks again for the compliments.

Cody

[Doeboy 11]

Doeboy - this was my first real cutting.  The night I assembled the cutter, I ran my wife and son's names through to see check calibration, after a few tweaks it was good so the boat vinyl was the next thing to come through it.

I've done quite a bit of vinyl signage application in the past, but I had zero experience cutting vinyl before getting this cutter.  I did a ton of searching through the forums here to answer things I wasn't sure about (and still do). I've learned a lot thanks to the folks on this forums, but I have so much more to learn.

Thanks again for the compliments.

Cody

Deff agree. loads of info and awsome moral, and great attitudes with awsome ppl here!

[GameDemon 0]

wow great work would you mind sharing the .eps files for the Skeeter part? Thanks

[GameDemon 0]

bump on getting the .eps?