Wessidewb 1 Posted April 14, 2015 I am in the process of creating outlines for the purpose of skinning. I was wondering if anyone had a quicker more effective workflow for this? I have about 6 outlines made up and i need them to be less time consuming, thank you in advance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moody Blue 505 Posted April 14, 2015 Im lost to what you are asking. Skinning as in an animal? Creating "outlines" is easy....select all and (Adobe Illustrator) "shift>control>O" or on the menu bar "Type>Create Outlines"... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wessidewb 1 Posted April 14, 2015 Haha oulines, pre made template files for printing. aka xbox skins, cell phone skins. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wessidewb 1 Posted April 14, 2015 I have been drafting on paper, taking measurements, Digitize, test print, test fit, make adjustments..... make sense? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wildgoose 4,200 Posted April 14, 2015 For small stuff sometimes you can scan the whole thing and then build from there. I did this on a set of Wii remotes. For wrapping the whole thing you definitely will have more time involved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moody Blue 505 Posted April 14, 2015 Templates take lots of trial and error. If you can, I would print the templates on paper first to compare size instead of wasting a bunch of material and time weeding. No good way of creating from scratch except to measure 10 times and then remeasure 10 more if it doesn't fit correctly lol. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mb20music 760 Posted April 14, 2015 Im lost to what you are asking. Skinning as in an animal? LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OWJones 1,981 Posted April 15, 2015 A lot of skin templates are also available online - I have the skin templates for most older gaming systems and iPhones - never used most of them so I never bought the newer versions... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TauntDevil 19 Posted April 18, 2015 From experience of doing designs and templates of automotive stuff, what has worked the most is using tape. Tape the item with roughly 2 layer of tape (just going over it twice) and then using a razor blade, cut where the ends would be if you were to make a template. Then flatten and scan the result. Difficult to explain in text and when I get back home next week, I will try and make a tutorial video. I hope this helps in the meantime. Something to try too. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites