karenneill

UHG! How do you resize in Inkscape...It's too big of a file to send. I've been working on this since you sent your reply...I have no problems resizing pictures but can't quite get this one figures out.

I recently joined this forum to help me learn...I thnk I want to start a t-shirt business (more so as a hobby than a huge money maker). So I am trying to learn all the ins and outs before I go spending lots of money on equipment. I do already own a heat press though and have had fun with the few tshirts i have done but know i have so much more to learn. So anyway, over the past few days I have been playing with Inkscape to learn how to do Vector Graphics. Before i purchase the cutter I wanted to see how much trouble it will be to create graphics. So my first project was to take an old T-shirt graphic and trace it, then to add color and accents to make it my own. I did use layers but not sure if I did so correctly. I also learned how to use the nodes to clean it up. So my question (hopefully I am allowed to ask this...If not let me know and I will remove my post)...but is it possible to send this file to someone out there to look over to tell me if i did this right? I would also welcome any artistic feed back too...I am far from being an artist! I could also send the original to show what i used. I guess the other question would be-- Is it even legal for me to have traced this object to use? I don't know who the creator was to ask permission. It was used for a tshirt that our summer pool's dive team had a few years ago and I was hoping to use it again on this years tshirt. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Karen

Ah yes i see th 1 and add a 1 to yours. Very helpful info from both of you...thank you and i will give it a try and keep you all posted on my efforts.

I'm not yet. That is actually what brought me to this forum...I was researching cutters. I was looking at something on the smaller and cheaper range to start with and get a feel for things so I was looking at the USCutter MH365 12" vinyl craft and scrapbooking cutter. I know that this wouldn't put out any high end production but thought that since i really don't have a clientel base yet this wouldn't be too bad to start tthings off...any thoughts?

So at this point I am gathering as much info as i can to see if the T-shirt business is something for me. I have a Heat Press that was given to me by a friend that was doing tshirts but got out of the biz. I have dabbled with doing some small heat press projects and have really enjoyed it to the point of maybe making a run at it as a business. I don't know that i would say I'm overly artistic but enjoy doing artistic things. I have been doing alot of Google Searches--reading and watching videos on what it takes to get going in this. One of the questions I am still trying to learn about relates to software for graphics. Currently I have a fairly new version of CorelPhotoShop--would this work instead of CorelDraw for some of the cutters that are mentioned in the forum? At least until I decide if I want to pursue this in more depth! I haven't actually sat down and played with making drawings yet but it is on my list of things to do in my learning quest. I did come across a manual that I found in the Forum that seems like will be a huge amount of help...I've printed it and and starting to read. Ok so now that i have written a book for my intro--If anyone has any advice please share. Karen