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08-07-2011, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ProudandTrue
Somebody please clue me in...are these letters all hand-painted? They look AMAZING!!! The AOPi letters are incredible...I especially love the red/white ones. Is there an easy way of transferring these images onto the letters, or do people just freehand them? Thanks for any insight!
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I would say all of these are hand-painted. The letters my chapter uses (the Vera Bradley Hope Garden pattern) were first freehanded in pencil by an art major in our house, and we did a paint-by-number system so more of us could get involved and finish them faster.
Another thing that we've done for other projects (not letters) is use a projector to put the image onto the item to be painted. We then outlined the image in pencil and painted it from there. You could do this with any sort of projector- overhead, digital- things like that. They even make special art projectors for this purpose!
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08-07-2011, 04:02 PM
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Those Pi Phi letters from Ole Miss *dead*
Gorgeous!
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08-07-2011, 04:57 PM
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Alumyumi - The AGD letters in your post are from my chapter!
I don't know how to post pics but here is a FB picture (if the link works!)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater
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08-07-2011, 06:54 PM
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SmileAwhile, thanks for the info. I figured that was how they were made...I guess I was just hoping there was an easier way. : )
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08-07-2011, 07:09 PM
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Love these!
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08-07-2011, 09:58 PM
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One of my sisters made these last summer!!
These are all the same letters, but the center of the letters are interchangeable!!
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08-07-2011, 11:45 PM
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One of my sisters made these last summer!!
These are all the same letters, but the center of the letters are interchangeable!!
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So creative and cute!
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08-08-2011, 03:02 PM
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^ How were they constructed they sound so cute
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08-08-2011, 04:15 PM
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^ How were they constructed they sound so cute
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I'm not exactly sure. Her father & her did it at home over the summer - Sorry!
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08-11-2011, 09:13 PM
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these are so cute! im trying to make a smaller version for me to keep in my room i just hope they look as nice as these!
this question might have been asked already but how do you get the patterns onto the letters? is it painted or fabric or something else?
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08-11-2011, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by peace_love&AXiD
these are so cute! im trying to make a smaller version for me to keep in my room i just hope they look as nice as these!
this question might have been asked already but how do you get the patterns onto the letters? is it painted or fabric or something else?
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You can freehand a pattern onto them by looking at a picture of what you want. You can also use a projector to project the pattern onto the letters, trace the pattern on, then paint it in.
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08-16-2011, 12:11 AM
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of course i am DYING over those sigma kappa letters, the patterned ones especially.
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08-17-2011, 03:23 PM
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These were posted to the Oklahoma Gamma Phi Beta FB page yesterday (bid day at OU):
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08-17-2011, 06:28 PM
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^^^ Love!!!
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08-17-2011, 06:35 PM
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those GphiB letter are super cute
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