kmmcrafts Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 A week or so ago I asked in the pattern request section that I was looking for a medical assistant type Christmas ornament. Nobody knew of anything really, so I made my own... but... I don’t like it. Looking for some suggestions on how to design this to look more sementrical. I stretched the A out and made it fatter than the M to help with the uneven look to it. Not being much of a designer aside from throwing / merging images together or adding text etc. I just don’t know any way to design this thing to look right. Let me know if you might have a suggestion since I’m quite limited on pattern design I have no clue. Sometimes I’ve seen something not look quite right on paper but is fine in the wood so I test cut a stack of two. Photo below, personally in this case... I think it looked better on paper. Lol HELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 http://www.jewelsobsession.com/gold-ma-medical-assistant-pendant-az4695dz.html OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsN Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 I would maybe make it more of an oval so that both the letters touched the side. Also, I think if the M was a font that was more angled to match the A it would be better. My 2 cents. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted July 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 I'm thinking the font used in the pendant that JT posted could solve part of the problem... Anyone know what font might be similar to that? OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 http://www.spraypaintstencils.com/alphabetstencils/Cowboys-image.gif OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimErn Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Before changing fonts, I would stretch the A horizontally to see how it looks OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted July 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 9 hours ago, JTTHECLOCKMAN said: http://www.spraypaintstencils.com/alphabetstencils/Cowboys-image.gif Thank you JT.. I'll look for that and see if I have it on my PC OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted July 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 2 hours ago, JimErn said: Before changing fonts, I would stretch the A horizontally to see how it looks Thanks Jim- I did that already. Maybe I could have done it a little further but I already stretched it a long ways.. and the feet of the A are already almost twice as fat as the legs on the M.. so I thought it might look too obvious if I went any further with the stretching. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted July 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 14 hours ago, MrsN said: I would maybe make it more of an oval so that both the letters touched the side. Also, I think if the M was a font that was more angled to match the A it would be better. My 2 cents. The Oval idea might help do the trick. I may toy around with that idea when I rework my pattern.. Thanks for the suggestion OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 You may want to leave off the outer ring like the jewelry items. Still robust enough not to be too delicate. Dave Monk and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crupiea Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 I would play with making the letters smaller and have them touch the sides instead of the thing in the center. They dont have to be that size. The M is what is causing the trouble. Also perhaps a different font. just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredfret Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 IMove the letters down they will touch the caduceus and the edges. Fredfret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted July 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 41 minutes ago, fredfret said: IMove the letters down they will touch the caduceus and the edges. Fredfret You know.. That might be the ticket.. I had not thought about trying that.. I did think about putting MA on one side and adding the year in on the other side.. since the recipients are graduating MA classes this year I thought maybe adding the year to be more meaningful.. Not real sure what I'll do yet.. but is interesting to hear some of these suggestions.. Keep them coming if you have any ideas.. just not too complicated as I'm no pattern wizard LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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