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 Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:58 pm
alright, here's the deal.
i'm making a stencil.
it'll be used for graffiti.
spray paint, of course.
i made a sweet graphic and it's printed onto a sheet of paper.
just... standard printer paper.
well, i have this plastic sheet i tore off the front of a notebook, and a cardboard sheet from the back of the same notebook.
i would love to cut the design out of those pieces and use them as stencils, but i would prefer to trace the image somehow, rather than free-handing it.
the image will not show through on a light board.
i do not have a light/opaque projector.
what do i do to trace this?
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:34 pm
um i guess you could transfer it with tracing paper
1. trace the image with tracing paper
2. flip the tracing paper to the back
3. scribble on where you see the lines in the front with pencil
4. flip over to front
5. put tracing paper over the cardboard
6. draw over the lines on the front (press hard)
so that the pencil on the back will transfer to the cardboard
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:41 pm
derailleur yoummm i guess you could transfer it with tracing paper trace the picture with tracing paper and then turn the tracing paper around to the back and then trace/scribble on where you see the lines in the front with pencil and then turn it back over and then put the paper over the cardboard and then draw over the lines again so that the pncil on the back transfers to the cardboard/plastic oh. i had to read that 3 times, but i get it. i'll try it out in a moment. thank you. meanwhile if anyone else has a suggestion, keep them coming.
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:16 pm
just to be clear, what you're suggesting is basically a graphite stamp, right?
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:24 pm
uhhhh i guess ive never heard it called that
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:51 pm
derailleur uhhhh i guess ive never heard it called that i made it up because i have no idea wtf it's called.
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:46 pm
******** tried.
i've failed.
i also did the same thing with charcoal and paint.
it's too hard to make it all stick in the right place.
this method isn't consistent enough.
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:53 pm
??? what are you talking about
this is a pretty simple thing to do... how would it work with paint???
it's pretty consistent... i guess something was lost ni translation
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:07 pm
derailleur ??? what are you talking about this is a pretty simple thing to do... how would it work with paint??? it's pretty consistent... i guess something was lost ni translation i obviously misunderstood your explanation. would you mind... rewording it for me?
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:13 pm
take your piece of tracing paper and a soft-leaded pencil (something that will rub off easily) and place it over the image you want to trace
go around the image firmly and thickly
flip the tracing paper over so the pencil side is down and hold it in place on the cardboard
start to rub over the lines
you should now have the image on your piece of cardboard, and you can now cut it out
hopefully that makes sense
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:18 pm
it might work on the plastic but idk
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:40 pm
done.
it worked well.
thanks, both of you.
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:23 pm
For future reference, regular page size carbon transfer paper can still be found in some office supply stores. If you're making your own, I find an 8B or 9B pencil to work best.
Overall, it's an increasingly lost technology in the modern photocopy era. confused
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