[TheForge] How do you do this?

Sat Jan 25 23:53:01 2003

Probably the simplist but least accurate way is to print it on graph paper
then draw up a scaled form of the graph paper on a concrete floor with chalk
or maybe a wax crayon, and transfer by drawing each square in by hand.

----- Original Message -----
From: "H and P Foster" <[email protected]>
To: "the forge" <[email protected]>
Sent: 26 January, 2003 1:40 PM
Subject: [TheForge] How do you do this?

>
> What I'm asking is what do folks do to bring their little sketches on
scraps
> of paper up to a point where the size is life size and you have a good
> pattern to work by in the shop.
>
> I have up to now redone my sketches onto graph paper and when happy with
the
> proportions etc, got out the large brown paper, drew many larger squares
and
> then redrew the smaller drawing onto the larger paper.  This works ok, but
> is time consuming to say the least.
>
> Now I have found that I can scan the refined sketch on graph paper, bring
> the size up to what you want the finished product to be and save that
file.
> Then open it in a program like Adobe Illustrator, which gives you the
> ability to do tile printing of your file, no matter what the size, and
then
> one just joins and tapes together all the pages for your working shop
> drawing.
>
> I'm sure there are other ways to do this, and with other programs, and
that
> is what I would like to know.
>
> Harry
> Rusty Dog Forge
> Pontiac, Quebec,  and not nearly so cold.
>
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