Help vectorizing

[Dowens 1]

A customer sent me this drawing and they want me to use it on some shirts for them. Can anyone help me?

[Jburns 239]

Do you have a way to scan it into a PDF and or do you have an intuos pen?

[OWJones 1,981]

Do they want exactly that, or are they looking for something similar to that?

[Dowens 1]

I don't have this on a piece of paper they drew it and emailed me this photo so I can't scan it onto my computer. It doesn't have to be exact, but they did make it clear they want the farm boy as close as possible.

[skarekrow 1,842]

Maybe there's something here you can use...

 

 

StrawBossFarmS_02b.svg

StrawBossFarmS_02b.eps

 

(I added an ear... he didn't have one)

[Dowens 1]

Thank you so much!!! They are going to love it! What program do you use if you don't mind me asking?

[joker 618]

Once again Mr Skarekrow to the rescue... Skarekrow is the king of eps files and Mark is font king....lol

 

Nice work Skarekrow..

[Jay2703 704]

Nice work Scarekrow

[skarekrow 1,842]

Thanks, redrew the graphic on the tablet in Photoshop and VinylMaster for the text and vector.

[Dowens 1]

showed it to my customer and they like it except want a more lively font, but it the same layout? Any suggestions on a different font style?

[101LEDs 100]

Goudy Stout?

[busterbay 326]

Thanks, redrew the graphic on the tablet in Photoshop and VinylMaster for the text and vector.

 

What kind of tablet do you have ?

[skarekrow 1,842]

Wacom Intuos 3

 

it has a few years on it but still get the job done.

[busterbay 326]

Wacom Intuos 3

 

it has a few years on it but still get the job done.

 

I have been thinking about getting one for a few years, is there much of a learning curve ?

[skarekrow 1,842]

Yes. There's the concept/ practice of drawing in one place (tablet in lap or on desk) while looking at another (monitor).

( This is where the Cintiq really shines. Love to have one but just cant justify the expense.)

 

Like anything, practice is the key. It can take a while to get the express keys set up to be most useful and then used enough

to become second nature, then it's a piece o' cake.

 

I put mine in my lap and keep my free hand mostly on my laptop keypad. I use Shortcut keystrokes extensively and mostly zoom

and change tools with the tablet keys.

 

If you have and use drawing skills on the computer then the tablet is likely a good addition.

[Wildgoose 4,200]

And you have to able to actually hand draw something! My drawing skills suck freehand. I tried a tablet out for about 15 minutes and I realized it was a tool that was going to sit in a drawer at my place. Kudo's to those with true drawing talent. My oldest daughter is a great artist as is my sister but somehow I missed out on that completely. 

[bigmax 166]

You do some awesome work skarecrow

[busterbay 326]

Yes. There's the concept/ practice of drawing in one place (tablet in lap or on desk) while looking at another (monitor).

( This is where the Cintiq really shines. Love to have one but just cant justify the expense.)

 

Like anything, practice is the key. It can take a while to get the express keys set up to be most useful and then used enough

to become second nature, then it's a piece o' cake.

 

I put mine in my lap and keep my free hand mostly on my laptop keypad. I use Shortcut keystrokes extensively and mostly zoom

and change tools with the tablet keys.

 

If you have and use drawing skills on the computer then the tablet is likely a good addition.

 

Thank you, for the information. I may just pick one up and give it whirl.

 

I picked up a usb pen sevral years back but it was jumpy of course I was running VISTA so everything was jumpy. I Googled the Cintiq interesting, I think I would like to master the regular tablet before laying out the capital for that.