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I tried doing my coathanger cursive artwork, but in plain underlined print this time.. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by over_clox@lemmy.world to c/artshare@lemmy.world

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Sadly, due to distractions, the coathanger broke mid bend on the last letter of my name ☹️

This is my first time even attempting to do plain simple print, while all underlined to keep the letters connected. It's way more comlicated than cursive writing, as there are a lot more sharp bends, making measuring and planning all that much more time consuming and difficult.

This print style coathanger text practice is a first for me, unfortunately failed just before the finish line...

The last lowercase 'n' was also intended to be finished, complete with the underline, but that's where it broke.

Go ahead, kick me in the ass, next time I try, I'll do so alone, no distractions, while also learning from my first try..

Curious, what you folks think?

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Drat. I imagine the cursive is stronger, going to last better, for the same reason of fewer sharp pinches. But if you try again you'll know that's a critical point, and also the other tricks you learned doing the first one.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, those top 'tits', for lack of a better term, on the 'r' and the 'n' were about the tightest bends in the whole thing, and I had intended to fold the 'n' very similarly to the 'r', as apparently that worked, albeit a tight squeeze of a fit for the tools I'm currently using.

Those letters, plus the 'a', actually have 3 layers to them in a few spots to accomplish the shape, very tricky to get even close to right. Once a tight bend is made, there's really no going back.

The thing that happened with the 'n' is basically that my roommate got really annoying and distracting right about that time, and it caused me to lose focus and I made a bend 90⁰ in the wrong direction.

I pretty much knew it was gonna be a loss at that point, but I figured I'd try to salvage it anyways, but nope, it broke ☹️

I do consider this a first of its kind for me practice piece anyways, so it's not a huge loss for me, plus I have plenty more coat hangers where that came from, so I'll just try again later.

Hey, I did learn quite a bit in the process at least, not quite sure about every letter in the alphabet yet, but I think they're all possible, just a lot of doubling back on many letters.

If it counts for anything, after I posted this, I went ahead and kinda bodged in a patch piece to finish the 'n' to see basically what the finished product would end up looking like. 🤷

I'm sure if I try again later, it'll probably go a bit easier, as I won't have to stop and think as much which way to bend what, and can focus more on trying to be more consistent with the measurements.

The cursive ones I just freehand, no template, but trying to do print, yeah I need a template to go by, which is now drawn at least.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I like the cursive one best, it flows so beautifully.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Well thank you kindly 👍

Cursive is also easier for me, for what should be mostly obvious reasons. But sadly these days, more and more people don't really know how to read or write cursive, so I figured why not try to challenge myself and step my skills up a notch..

Unfortunately, doing this in print style takes more material, as I have to backtrack over more strokes and make more sharp bends, but as a first attempt, I'm not entirely disappointed. I'm almost certain the next time I try print style, it ought to be just a little easier (barely), and should hopefully come out a bit better.

Still, with all that said, I too prefer the cursive style, but sometimes I just like a good challenge...