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It is hard to believe that it was almost ten years ago I witnessed a CNC router in action for the very first time. I was fascinated with what I saw and simply had to have one! Although I had been in the creative end of the three dimensional sign business for most of my life I didn't really know what I would do with one - but I just knew it could do fantastic stuff.

Through extensive research and LOTS of hands-on practice I quickly found out that my MultiCam router was capable of just about anything imaginable.This journal will chronicle that journey to date and continue each week with two or three entries as I continue to explore just what is possible with this wonderful tool... -dan

Sunday, July 26, 2015

NANCY name plaque

As always it started with a quick rough sketch.


I decided that some rivets in the corners would be cool.


To make the type look old I used the transform tool to add jitter to the lettering. Then I added a border.


I changed my mind once I took a second look and decided on washes with bolts instead in the corners.


Then it was done to work creating the reliefs starting with the base relief.


I then selected the inside border and the lettering border to modify the original relief by subtracting from it.


Then it was time for some subtle texture over the entire relief.


Then a second lecture bitmap was applied to just the sunken background.



Then I modified the relief by adding the washers and bolts as simple flat additions.



Lastly was the raised lettering using the dome tool.