The Great Ornament Show-off Thread - 2017 Edition

[Jules]

There’s actually a tutorial that shows how to use the technique for making a necklace…what software are you using?

Basically you overlap the shapes by a little bit and then join them together.

Make a Name Pendant in Inkscape

(Yes, thank you Discourse, I know the title is similar to the titles for AI and AD.) Open the software and select your font, type out the name: [ink1] Select everything, click on Path > Object to Path. [ink2] Select everything, right click and Ungroup. (Might also require Path> Break apart.) Resize or shift the letters over so that they overlap at some point. Select everything, click on Path > Union. [ink3] If you want to add a small hanging ring, draw up a couple of Fi…

Make a Name Pendant in Adobe Illustrator

In response to a response to a question: Open the software and select your font, type out the name: [AI1] Select everything, right click and Create Outlines. Select everything, right click and Ungroup. Resize or shift the letters over so that they overlap at some point. [AI2] Select everything, click on the Unite button in the Pathfinder menu: [AI3] If you want to add a small hanging ring, draw up a couple of Filled circles, center the smaller one over the larger one…

Make a Name Pendant in Affinity Designer

Okay this is just a quickie in response to a question about how to do it…the customer wanted to create a name pendant in Affinity Designer: Open the software and select your font, type out the name: [AD1] Select everything, right click and Convert to Curves. Select everything, right click and Ungroup. Resize or shift the letters over so that they overlap at some point. [AD2] Select everything, right click, Geometry >Add. [AD3] Set the fill color to Null and give it a stroke …