Hey fellow steemians,
do you love stickers as much as I do?
Come on, I will show you how I make my own stickers at home.
They are completely self-made, from the original drawing to the final sticker sheet.
First, of course, I'm drawing some lovely skulls, which I then scan and combine in Photoshop.
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The designed sheets are opened in the Silhouette software which came with the "Silhouette Portrait" cutting machine.
I print them out with the registration marks, which let the machine know where to cut.
For this I use a very cool vinyl paper. It's a very good quality and the stickers are guaranteed to last long. I once put some stickers on my phone case and they still look good. :)
Then I insert the printed sheet into the cutting machine.
Computer and cutting machine are connected and I tell the machine to start cutting. I like "kiss cuts", which means you have one sheet of individual stickers in the end.
The Silhouette Portrait makes a lot of noise and kiss-cuts every single sticker.
Now I cut the whole sheet in half:
These are the final sticker sheets, made with lots of love. :)
I always have so much fun making stickers. :) Ok, I'm a sticker maniac, I admit it.
It took me a while to get to know the Silhouette software and the machine, and I watched a lot of tutorials, but once I knew how to handle everything, it became my newest addiction.
If you are interested in buying some of my stickers, just write me an email to contact@dark-light-illustrations.com or visit my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/de/shop/darklightillu
One sheet is 2,50 €. At the moment I have a special Valentine's sale on my Etsy, where you can save 10% using the code VALENTINE. :)
And it's not only stickers. I also have postcards, prints and little originals.
I hope I can enrich the steemit community with my art and find other people who love music and painting.
For more info and art, please visit my homepage:
https://www.dark-light-illustrations.com/
Follow me on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darklightillustrations/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darklightillustrations/
Connecting with people all over the world, who are as crazy as me for art, is the best!
If you have any questions about my art and techniques, feel free to ask me. :)