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Galloping along
We were originally going to make the carousel sign include a half of a real carousel horse that I had salvaged a number of years ago. But as we got into the build of the park the space where were going to put the sign it was decided that the space will now be shared with the balloon adventure sign. (I’ll post that entry tomorrow) The redesign of the positioning of the signs meant we had to take another look at the sign design too. I dud a search online and came up with a beautiful STL mesh file of a carousel horse. Buying this mesh file would save many hours of modeling
Rolling along
The wagon wheel was created in EnRoute and routed in five layers which will be glued up afterwards. Because of this I created copies of various parts of the files as I went. I also created each element separately and then merged them afterwards. I started with the spokes of the wheels which were created with the dome tool
Wagon wheel vectors
The next sign we are routing is the is for the wagon wheel attraction. A gopher will be perched on top of an old wagon wheel, eyes wide, mouth agape as he stares up at the giant wheel looming overhead. We’ll make the bulk of the sign on the MultiCam from 30 lb Precision Board. It will be layered and have a sturdy welded steel frame inside, as always
Mining for GOLD!
The old time logo was drawn in Illustrator and then imported into EnRoute . It was a bit rough, especially on the droll but I planned to redraw that portion in any case. The first order of business was to add a border around the letters. This was done using the outline tool. A second, much wider outline was added to form part of the outline of the sign.
Striking GOLD at 35,000 feet
I was in Florida last week with my client for a business conference and trade show. We gathered ideas at the trade show and it was well worth the effort. But the time I enjoyed most was riding back and forth beside him on the plane. During that time no phones rang, there was no internet. It was a chance to get to know him better and also discus at length the project we were working on.
Swingin’
This past week I was gone from my studio for four days while on a quick business trip to Florida. I’m almost over the jet lag now and back at my desk once more. We are currently working our way through the signs for the theme park. Today’s task was the Wave Swinger sign
Disney’s Frozen Project – Times Square Disney Store
Who wouldn’t love working on a Disney project? This was a fun project with characters, castles and great Disney graphics. We just completed our work, delivered to our client they added their magic and it looks fantastic! If you are in Times Square NYC this holiday season check it out. We started out by vectorizing the clients sketch of a giant snow arch and castle with the “Frozen” logo carved into it. In Enroute Pro we gave the outline shape and texture and designed the accurate dimensions to fit on the store fixtures. Now this arch is about 16′ Wide so we cant cut it all at once. I’ll break up the file and start cutting the pieces.
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