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This is the most complex one I've done so far, and I almost ran out of material (single straightened coathanger), so ~8 letters max. Coathanger is surprisingly difficult to bend into such intricate shapes. It took me around 2½ hours to do with two different types of pliers plus hand bending.

I literally freehanded this though, no predrawn pattern or anything, just following as close as I can to my own freehand cursive writing. I'm thinking about making a bit of a side job out of it, like $5 a letter..

What you folks think?

Edit: I made a point to weight balance it at the tip of the T for hanging on the wall or wherever.

Edit 2: Criticize me as necessary, my cursive is still slightly rusty..

https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/cursive.html

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Might need to reevaluate pricing. I certainly wouldn't do that for $16 an hour.

If people won't pay more, then it might not be feasible.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oof, where I'm at, I already know that people aren't inclined to pay more, at least not right now. I currently have a request for two names for my roommate's sister-in-law for only $3 a letter, but with the understanding that the official price I'm gonna set is $5 a letter, while she shares my works on Facebook to try to get me some more business.

I don't do Facebook, and ain't about to start, but I could use the local friendly helpful publicity, plus a bit of practice to git gud..

My mom's name is next on the practice name list, but of course hers is gonna be free too. Practice makes perfect, but yeah I should probably put a little more effort into defining the lowercase R, a bit easier said than done though...

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It looks like a cursive r to me