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    Any Graphics Artists Out There?

    Looking for some help in getting a idea from my head, onto the PC, as a graphic which could be printed onto fabric.
    It's a football related project, with almost zero budget.
    Any help would be appreciated.

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    Cheap and cheerful way would be to draw it out and scan it in. Whats the image BTW? You'd be surprised how nifty MS Paint is when ye play around with it for a while.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dancinpants View Post
    You'd be surprised how nifty MS Paint is when ye play around with it for a while.
    I've got far more advanced graphics packages than MS Paint.
    I just want someone to advice me on the best way to proceed as drawing something in MS Paint isn't likely to lend itself to quality printing...
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    I've done some printing with stuff I did on MS Paint, and it came out very well, much better than I expected. If you are planning to print onto T Shirts like I did, beware as even the best paper I could buy didnt stick on the fabric for more that 50 washes, which may sound like a lot, but washing a T Shirt once a week puts it into perspective.

    For quality images, whatever graphics packages you have should be fine.

    I think that with almost zero budget, finding a reliable way to print will be the problem. (if it is t shirts)

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    Quote Originally Posted by osarusan View Post
    I think that with almost zero budget, finding a reliable way to print will be the problem. (if it is t shirts)
    Printing is the least of my worries! I want to compile the design and have it available as a vector graphic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peadar View Post
    Printing is the least of my worries! I want to compile the design and have it available as a vector graphic.
    Surely an Illustrator eps will do the job. Do a rough drawing of what you want to do. Scan it, go to Illustrator, import the scan as a jpg, and put it to a locked layer, draw over it on another layer using paths, lines, whatever and hide the scan layer. Vector graphic ahoy, this any help?
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    I have the image done as much as I can now in Photoshop.
    It's low res and needs to be cleaned up.
    Anyone know of where I can get this done and converted into a Vector image?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peadar View Post
    I have the image done as much as I can now in Photoshop.
    It's low res and needs to be cleaned up.
    Anyone know of where I can get this done and converted into a Vector image?
    If you have Illlustrator, Freehand or Corel Draw, you can redraw over it.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by PAURO 7 View Post
    If you have Illlustrator, Freehand or Corel Draw, you can redraw over it.....
    We're a bit strict about licensing so I'd have to request a copy of that software and could hardly justify the use of it.
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