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However, it's important not to get complacent and forget where you are in the cutting. You'll soon find certain lines are easy to speed through, especially if it's shading or folds or something organic.
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Then you're cutting all the way to the table until you adjust all over again. Until the blade dulls, that is, and you replace it with a new one. After a while and depending on the thickness of the vinyl (and template paper) you'll find the right depth. If you cut through the paper, you can fix it by taping the back (see pic description) when you're done. Re-tracing cuts when you're picking and the template is off is a pain. Also, better to overlap cut-lines (on corners for example) than to leave a gap. Better to cut too deep than too shallow. If you cut the border first you'll have to tape it back to cut the inside part. Probably most important: cut inner designs first (see pic description) like the inside of an "O" or "A" for example.
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This is the last step for creative input on the design. When doing a detailed work, you may want to round corners, ignore small details or straighten edges. This step is where you have freedom of interpretation. The larger ones are trickier to put on, but that's later. Opposite what most people think, it's actually the smaller decals that are harder to cut and take more time than the big ones. I've had more than one sticker take several days (the Pirate Bay logo on my truck was a nightmare to cut! All those sail ropes and wooden slats on the hull!). If you get a headache from straining the eyes or focusing too much, take a break. This is what gives you the hand cramps and finger calluses. Once I save up for an electronic cutter I will laugh at my once archaic ways. Patience and a penchant for the meticulous. Scissors - Transfer tape specially made tape with the adhesive strength in between that of scotch tape and a post-it note. Tweezers I prefer a needle-nosed pair, really sharp points. Adhesive-backed colored vinyl color choice is up to you. This part totally depends on how much you care about your work station surface, although I still recommend something as you'll see explained in step 2. A cutting surface I use the poster board mailers my "other vinyl" comes in. An X-Acto knife or other suitable sharp cutting utensil. practice on line-art stuff then move up to more detailed work. For starting off, the simpler the better. Keep in mind gradients are impossible to cut but photoshop filters can help. Preferably two colors only with high contrast and not too much detail. It's just double steps and lining up the two parts properly and I even ended up with an extra sticker when I cut out the shading part! In this instructable I attempt a two-tone decal. I am fortunate to live down the street from a plastics store (S&W Plastics on University Ave) that carries a huge selection of adhesive vinyl for sale by the foot or by the roll.
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I pretty much taught myself how to do this out of frustration for the rip-off shipping costs of online sellers of decals. Also, white vinyl is decent for masking some stuff for painting because it is the most flexible color (least amount of creases which account for paint leakage) although it's not 100% water -tight. Most of my work goes on the back of my truck, I've sold some stuff.
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Here I will show you my method of creating vinyl art for sticking on stuff. Hello and welcome to my first Instructable.