Making a crest(patch)

**dirty daddy** · 17 January 2008, 02:54 AM

Hello everyone...
Well after long fustration, yes have come back here to ask for some help i usally receve from fellow artists...

Here goes..im trying to make a crest, same as pic shown,except i want "dirty daddy's" in the top and "clothing" in the bottom but i cant even make the areas let alone add text to the area...
anyways its huge to begin with I'm making it 11.5 inches tall by 14 wide.. and have my trademarked "dirty daddy clothing Co" logo to replace the grim reaper......any help would be greatly needed
Thanks,Mike
http://dirtydaddyclothing.com/PATCH.gif

**raynerj1** · 17 January 2008, 04:34 AM

Which drawing program do you intend on creating it in. Xara can do this "crest" in about 30 minutes... if you know nothing of the program. 6 minutes if you have a bit of experience.

Folks here will help you learn how to use a program, but they will not draw it for you, not without some monetary compensation that is...

**dirty daddy** · 17 January 2008, 11:23 AM

AHHH! i see.. i have xara xtreme-pro

I'm willing to try anyway to get it done.it is going to endup a giant embroidery patch when finished.

Mike

**dirty daddy** · 17 January 2008, 02:56 PM

OK...i gave it a try, but please tell me how it looks, to me it looks funny,,not smooth to the lines or something...

http://www.dirtydaddyclothing.com/PATCHCREST.gif

**ss-kalm** · 17 January 2008, 04:02 PM

The gap on the left opposite the SA looks a little wierd. I would possibly duplicate the SA on the other side - or just a square with a small version of the "db" logo in it.

Also, if this is going to be embroidered at a large size, the spacing is off a little, and some of the lines don't line up correctly. When this is magnified to the final size, it may be quite obvious. Then it's too late.

Generally looks good, but needs a little tidying up.

**dirty daddy** · 17 January 2008, 06:51 PM

Yes what you see is what i see.it's just not quite in line properly.looks off ..

so is this the trick question where i ask how much $ to fix it crisp and clean for me

PS: it's a "dd" for dirty daddy not "db"

**raynerj1** · 17 January 2008, 10:47 PM

Post the .xar and I will see if I can tweak it a bit for you.

**dirty daddy** · 18 January 2008, 03:20 AM

Your going to laugh at how i tryed this ...it was my last option .

**ss-kalm** · 18 January 2008, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by dirty daddy

PS: it's a "dd" for dirty daddy not "db"

Yes, I know, That's why I put it in quotes, to try and match the logo.

P.S. You wouldn't want me to try and fix it, you probably did a better job than I could!

**David O'Neil** · 18 January 2008, 04:32 AM

Originally Posted by dirty daddy

...not smooth to the lines or something...

Do you know about fitting texts to curves? It's at the bottom of the 'Arrange' menu. Create the text and a curve to fit it to, then select both of them and use that command. Then you can use the baseline shift and tracking boxes in the text tool, to move the text off the line, and decrease spacing between letters.