\nSo, I took the idea and ran with it.
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My daughter asked if I could make her a cut out of her name to put in her room.
\nSo, I took the idea and ran with it.
I created a vector outline of her name using Illustrator, and connected things manually with the pen tool where I needed to in order to make a 1-piece cut out.
\nOnce I had a working finished outline I figured I could push this simple idea to the max and try all 3 laser operations in one large project. Engrave, Score, & Cut.
\nI generated a halftone pattern to engrave and added a scoreline around the edge of that, leaving a thin ‘stroke’ around the entire thing.
\nI did some tests at a smaller scale (reduced size in the glowforge print screen) to see how it would look, then ran it full size for a final piece. ![\":bulb:\"](\"https://sjc3.discourse-cdn.com/business5/images/emoji/twitter/bulb.png?v=9\" "\\":bulb:\\"")
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A reduced size test
\nJust finished
\n
And then…
\nActual size (as big as I could fit it)
Just finished on the still…
Holding her new artwork!
\n\nAnd hung above her door…
\n\nTurned out great in the end and she loves it. ![\":smile:\"](\"https://sjc3.discourse-cdn.com/business5/images/emoji/twitter/smile.png?v=9\" "\\":smile:\\"")
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\nAlso, I now need to make one for every member of the family. ![\":wink:\"](\"https://sjc3.discourse-cdn.com/business5/images/emoji/twitter/wink.png?v=9\" "\\":wink:\\"")
Thanks for checking this project out!
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