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Old December 29th, 2007 Dec 29, 2007 9:08:35 PM -   #1 (permalink)
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Has anybody had success in trying to get a gradient/halftone look with vinyl?

I am trying to do different techniques to achieve this. Although it would be for personal use only because it is very time consuming to weed, I think it came out pretty nice. Please feel free to give comments, suggestions and other techniques. Thanks
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Old December 29th, 2007 Dec 29, 2007 9:28:20 PM -   #2 (permalink)
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That's amazing! VERY creative of you!

Now I need to steal that idea.
 
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Old December 29th, 2007 Dec 29, 2007 9:31:03 PM -   #3 (permalink)
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Has anybody had success in trying to get a gradient/halftone look with vinyl?

I am trying to do different techniques to achieve this. Although it would be for personal use only because it is very time consuming to weed, I think it came out pretty nice. Please feel free to give comments, suggestions and other techniques. Thanks
It looks like you could have weeded each letter if you pulled from the outline, but you would loose the outline. One option would be to put an outer white outline and pull the inner outline. This would result in a black outline inside the white outline and then the series of vertical lines. The results would be similar but potentially much easier to weed.

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Old December 30th, 2007 Dec 30, 2007 2:04:30 AM -   #4 (permalink)
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Looks good.
Check this tutorial for a similar effect but done horizontally:
The Go MediaZine - Exclusive insights for art, design, marketing and more. » Old School Type - Line Gradients
 
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Old December 30th, 2007 Dec 30, 2007 2:10:01 AM -   #5 (permalink)
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Nice Job !!!!
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Old December 30th, 2007 Dec 30, 2007 5:23:38 AM -   #6 (permalink)
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Has anybody had success in trying to get a gradient/halftone look with vinyl?

I am trying to do different techniques to achieve this. Although it would be for personal use only because it is very time consuming to weed, I think it came out pretty nice. Please feel free to give comments, suggestions and other techniques. Thanks
Very nice effect, and that gives me lots of ideas too!
I can sure see why you'd say that it'd be for personal use only... heheh
Maybe done on a slightly larger scale would make it easier to weed, when and if that time comes, but still get the same overall effect.

I'm impressed!


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Old December 30th, 2007 Dec 30, 2007 6:48:05 AM -   #7 (permalink)
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Nice job, but wow, Id be crossed eyed, and finger cramped up!
 
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Old December 30th, 2007 Dec 30, 2007 7:58:46 AM -   #8 (permalink)
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That was pretty cool, I couldn't figure out how to do that till this past summer. I always used bond all on the vinyl peice that I chose then I just airbrushed the greys and darks on the vinyl and then I heat pressed all of it together on the shirt came out pretty good.
 
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Old December 30th, 2007 Dec 30, 2007 8:24:33 AM -   #9 (permalink)
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Joe sounds like the easy way to do this.

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thats an awesome effect chris, make sure to keep us updated.
 
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Old December 30th, 2007 Dec 30, 2007 9:40:09 AM -   #11 (permalink)
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How long did it take you to weed it?

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Old December 30th, 2007 Dec 30, 2007 1:34:31 PM -   #12 (permalink)
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How long did it take you to weed it?

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It took me about 20 to 25 minutes to weed. I just figured out a way to weed in about 5 to 10. I will try to explain the easier way after i post some pictures of it. (I say "try" because I am not very good at giving directions). Thanks for your comments. will keep you posted.
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Old December 30th, 2007 Dec 30, 2007 1:35:22 PM -   #13 (permalink)
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Looks good.
Check this tutorial for a similar effect but done horizontally:
The Go MediaZine - Exclusive insights for art, design, marketing and more. » Old School Type - Line Gradients
Thanks for the link. I will try to do this technique and post some pictures.
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Old December 31st, 2007 Dec 31, 2007 4:23:19 AM -   #14 (permalink)
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There are gradient vinyls available for sign making but I havent seen any heatpress vinyls. Nice Job.
 
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Looks good. I've often thought about this myself. Even using a halftone dot pattern. Just for fun, as it would be a pain to weed.
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