hidepounder Posted August 31, 2009 Author Report Posted August 31, 2009 absolutely beautiful. its the kind of thing that is fun to look at over and over again. a great study reference as well. by the way... would you mind briefly describing how it is you go about lettering? Hello and welcome to the site! When it comes to lettering I'm a strong advocate of tooling all lettering. I feel that the stamps give an amatuerish result and it is difficult to get them straight and even. I find it is very easy to use a word processor to to select the lettering style I want to use and to size the lettering properly. I simply print out what I want....transfer to tracing film....transfer to the leather. Lettering can be manipulated is some programs to create an arch or taper on the ends.....the variations are limitless. Applying lettering in this manner really makes your project look custom....because it is! I hope this helps..... Bobby Quote
Members Angel Posted September 2, 2009 Members Report Posted September 2, 2009 Mr. Park, First of all, you are AWESOME! Someday I hope to be just a 1/4 as good as you are. I have looked at this notebook so many times I may be accused of stalking you. This may be a dumb question that everyone knows the answer to. But, guess I don't. To my point...on the spine of your notebook, how are you getting the layout so perfect? What are you using to get your arches? What about adjusting to different sizes? This may be something simple, I just don't get it. Yes I'm blonde! Also, what tool are you using for you border outline? Very crisp and beautiful! I would love any advice, if you don't mind sharing. Thanks in advance, Angel Quote
hidepounder Posted September 4, 2009 Author Report Posted September 4, 2009 absolutely beautiful. its the kind of thing that is fun to look at over and over again. a great study reference as well. by the way... would you mind briefly describing how it is you go about lettering? Hi pburges, Sorry it's taken me a while to respond....I missed your post. Anyway, I do all my lettering on a word processor....enlarge it to the size I need and then print it out, trace onto tracing film and then transfer it on to the leather. There is a whole world of different fonts that you can download for free. I don't like using letter stamps. Hope this helps..... Bobby Quote
hidepounder Posted September 4, 2009 Author Report Posted September 4, 2009 (edited) Mr. Park, First of all, you are AWESOME! Someday I hope to be just a 1/4 as good as you are. I have looked at this notebook so many times I may be accused of stalking you. This may be a dumb question that everyone knows the answer to. But, guess I don't. To my point...on the spine of your notebook, how are you getting the layout so perfect? What are you using to get your arches? What about adjusting to different sizes? This may be something simple, I just don't get it. Yes I'm blonde! Also, what tool are you using for you border outline? Very crisp and beautiful! I would love any advice, if you don't mind sharing. Thanks in advance, Angel Hi Angel, Sorry to be slow in responding....I missed the last couple of posts. There is no magic to the design....I just drew a scallop that looked the way I wanted it to and then made a pattern. I traced half of it out and then flopped it over to trace the second half so that both both ends would be the same. By using a pattern it made it easy to transfer to the leather and cut it out. Also it made it easy to duplicate the scallop when drawing the tooling pattern. If there are small adjustment sizes needed I lengthen or shorten the ends. If a big adjustment is needed I would re-draw the scallop. The bead border was made by first cutting a very light line with a swivel knife. I then use a hand beader....placing one edge of the beading tool into the light cut and then with firm pressure I follow the cut and create the bead. Thanks for the compliments....I hope this helps.... Bobby Edited September 4, 2009 by hidepounder Quote
Members pancho47 Posted September 4, 2009 Members Report Posted September 4, 2009 you do real good work,i always like looking at your work Quote
Members Go2Tex Posted October 31, 2009 Members Report Posted October 31, 2009 Well Bob, looks like we managed to get a clinic out of you yet. Wonderful work, as usual, and thanks for all the time you spent answering our questions. Did you notice how many views this thread has gotten? Quote Brent Tubre email: BCL@ziplinkmail.com
hidepounder Posted October 31, 2009 Author Report Posted October 31, 2009 Well Bob, looks like we managed to get a clinic out of you yet. Wonderful work, as usual, and thanks for all the time you spent answering our questions. Did you notice how many views this thread has gotten? Thanks Brent, I hope I was able to help a few folks out. I was really suprised to see this thread pop up again. Over 1500 views...WOW! Quote
Members wood Posted November 17, 2009 Members Report Posted November 17, 2009 1500 views and everyone of them well earned. Great work as always. Thanks for everything you share, I often want to be a fly on the wall of your shop. RW Quote "A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice." - Bill Cosby
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