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1. Introduction to designing a tumbler decals: Hi, everyone. Welcome to
my skill share class. My name is Eva, and
in today's class, I'll share with you how to
design Tumbler the calls. In this class, I will start
with sketching out my design. I made personalized phase
the call in Procreate. Don't worry if you're new to it. I'll walk you through
the entire process. Then we'll move on to Cricket
design space to set up the design such as adding texts and get it
ready for cutting. And finally, I'll show you how to apply your decal
to your tumbler, so it looks just right. We will have some fun exploring how to sketch and
customize your design, and I will share
a few handy tips to make the whole
process smooth. By the end of this class, you'll be all set to make personalized tumblers
that you can use or give to someone special. So grab your drawing
tablet and let's get started on making some super
cool tumbler de calls. I can't wait to see
what you come up with. Let's get started with
the first lesson. I will share with you
all the tools and materials needed to make
this cool tumbler design.
2. Tools and materials to make this project: In this lesson, I'm going
to share with you the tools and materials needed
to make this project. To create the design, you will need a drawing tablet. I'm using an iPad with an Apple pencil and I
draw in Procreate apps. Procreate is a digital
art app for iPad. It has lots of
tools and brushes. It is easy to create
anything from simple sketches to
detailed artwork. You will also need
a blank tumbler. Permanent vinyl, I'm using Grita Permanent Vinyl
for this project. Since we're not using heat
to transfer the design, you don't need to use heat
transfer vinyl material. If you're using glitter vinyl, use strong grip transfer tape. Otherwise, regular transfer
tape will work fine. For this project, I'm
using cricket M T, but any cricket model will work. You can even make this
project with the Cricket Jo. You will need fine point bled
to cut your vinyl design. I use crick at
standard creat mat. A scraper tool to
smoothen out the vinyl. That covers all the tools
and materials you will need. In the next lesson,
we will start by drawing the design in
the procreate apps.
3. sketching and drawing the design in Procreate: In this lesson, I'm going
to share with you how I drew my design in
procreate apps. Before I start, I'm going to measure the diameter
of my tumbler, as well as the height. Open procreate apps
and create U Canvas. Click this icon on
the top right corner to customize the Canvas size. Change the unit to centimeters. I'm going to enter
20 1 centimeter for the width and 18
centimeter for the height. Make sure the DPI is
300 and tap on create. We have our blank canvas ready, and for sketching, I'd like to toggle on my drawing guide. It is located under the Canvas, and you have to toggle on the drawing guide and tap
on edit drawing guide. You can change the thickness
as well as the grid size. Consi with the
setting, tap on done. I like to use this tray
in brush for sketching, and I'm going to bring
the opacity down. I'll start by making
an oval shape. Lightly draw a vertical
line down the center, as well as the
horizontal line across the middle of the oval to indicate where the eyes will be. Then I started to
refine the face. This is going to be the
cheek bone, the chin, as well as the jaw line, and lightly draw
the nose and ears. Remember that you're going
to cut this design on vinyl, so avoid complex design
as well as thin line. At the headline
above the forehead. I'm pretty much done with a sketch to change the
shape of your sketch. Tap on this arrow button at the top panel and
click War function. Then you can distort your image. I'm going to sketch an
oval picture frame, so I'm going to
create a new layer, and I will draw an oval
shape as a guideline. Bring down the layer
and reduce the opacity. Then create new layer
for the actual frame. Then go to edit drawing
guide and click on symmetry. And you will see
this blue circle icon place it in the
center of the oval shape. This symmetry
function allows you to create perfectly
mirror design. Since I'm going to
give this tumbler to my daughter's music teacher, I'm going to draw music icons in the remaining empty area, such as G clap, Bas clap, semis notes, crotchet notes, and so on. And I'm going to
print out the sketch to see how it looks
like on my tumbler. Well, I feel that this image
on the center is too big, so I'm going to reduce
by a few centimeter. And this is how my design looks like after I
reduce the size. This is the original one, and this is how it looks
like after I reduce. Now I'm ready to
outline the design. We will focus on
the girls catch, and I'm going to hide the
frame layer. Create new layer. Bring down the opacity of
this girls catch layer. To outline your image, use a brush with clean strokes, and make sure the thickness of your brush is at
least two millimeter. To check on that, click on the edit throwing guide and then change the grid size
to 2 millimeters. All right, The
thickness is good. Next, I'm going to outline
my design in the new layer. If you have difficulty
to control your brush, tap on the brush that
you're currently using, tap on stabilization, and track the controller under the streamline
amount to the right. By adjusting the amount of
your brush stream line, it will help to
stabilize your strokes, making it easier to achieve smooth curves and
consistent line work. I'm nearly finished
with the outline, and now I'll go back to refine
the lines for smoothness. Remember the cutting line will depend on how smooth
your lines are. I will also add a
few more details to my design such as
these eye lashes. Make sure to shade your design completely and avoid
leaving any patches as Cricket will identify any unshaded areas
as cutting lines. I'm almost done with the design, and I have added a few
details to the hair. I'm going to remove
the sketch layer, and we're going to
outline the frame. Create new layer for
the outline frame and bring down the opacity
for the sketch frame layer. Go to edit drawing guide
and choose symmetry. Place the blue circle
in the center of your frame with the same
brush outline your frame. And make sure the thickness of your line is at least
two millimeter. Once you have finished
with the frame, you can remove the
frame sketch layer. For the remaining empty area, I'm going to draw music icons. You can draw a simple music
icon such as travel clap, base clap, a simple music notes, or even flower or leaves. I will leave this top
part empty for the text, and we are ready to air drop
this artwork to my computer. I'm going to remove
this white background, go to the layer section, and then toggle off
the background color. Then tap on this tool
icon on the top panel. Tap on share, choose PNG, and air drop to your computer. All right. In the next lesson, I'm going to share with you
how to set up the file in cricket design space and how to cut the design
with Cricket machine.
4. Setting up the artwork in Cricut Design Space and cutting it with your Cricut machine.: In this lesson, I'm going
to share with you how to set up the file in
cricket design space, as well as how to cut your
design with cutting machine. In Cricket design space,
click New Project. Go to the left panel
and click Upload. Upload the PNG file that you just a dropped
from your iPad. Click Continue. Click,
apply and continue. So like flat graphic
and click Continue. On the next screen,
click Upload. This PNG image size
will be larger than the actual size
set in Procreate, so we need to resize it. But first, I will
create a guide. I'm going to make this square
shape as my drawing guide. Change the size to 18
by 20 1 centimeter. This is the size of my tumbler. And go to the operation at the top panel and select guide. All right, so this Pin square
is the size of my tumbler, and I'm going to resize
the PNG image accordingly. I'm going to add
text in my design. Go to the left panel
and click Text. To change the phone type, you can go to the top panel and click on this
drop down arrow. If you want to curve your text, you can go to the top panel
and click this curve button, then you can adjust a slider to control how curvey you
want your text to be. Next, I will reduce
the spacing between each letter by decreasing
the letter spacing amount. I'm going to zoom in and
change the text color. You can see actually there's a line in between each letter. This means your machine will cut each letter separately,
and we don't want that. All you have to do is click on the text layer and then
go to the bottom panel. Click Combine and select Unite. Now your text will
be cut in one piece. I'm going to add
more text below, and I need to remove one of
the design elements here. To do that, go to the shape
button and select circle. Adjust the circle size to cover just that particular
design element. Select the circle layer as
well as the image layer. Go to the bottom panel
and click slice. And now you have
option to remove that particular design element or you want to move
it somewhere else. I'm going to do the
same thing with this music notes
right over here. Select both layers
together and click slice. After you slicee
it, you can either remove it or you can
move it somewhere else. Next, I'm going to move my
text at the bottom here. I ended up change the phone type because some of the lines
is too thin for cutting. Adjust the line space. Next, we have to
unite the text layer, so Cricket will not cut
the text individually. To do that, go to
the bottom panel, click combine and click Unite. All right, we are pretty
much done with a setup. I'm going to hide
the square layer. Like all the layers
together and click attach. Since we'll be cutting
the design on vinyl, ensure the operation for each
layer is set to basic cut. Once you're done
with all the setup, click M. I'm going to save
this project for future use, so I don't have to set
up the file again. On the next screen,
I'm going to change the marial size to 30.5 by 30.5 CM. Click Continue. And for the base mario, I'm going to use permanent. You can set the blade
pressure to default, but since I'm using
an old blade, I'll set it to more. This is the material that I'm
going to use for my design. It's a permanent glitter vinyl. Prepare the mat, place the vinyl sheet on the mat
with a glitter sit facing up. Align the vinyl with the
top left corner of the mat, make sure it is
straight and covers the grid area where your
design will be cut. I'm using a tool to smooth
the vinyl onto the mat. Load the met into
your cricket machine and press the load button. Then after that, press the play button to
cut your design. Once you have finished, unload the mat and we can
begin weighting the design. In the next lesson, I will
show you how to weight your design and transfer
it onto the tumbler.
5. Transferring the vinyl design onto the tumbler.: In this lesson, I'll
show you how to we the design and transfer
it onto the tumbler. After your design is
cut on the vinyl, remove the final sheet
from the cutting mat, trim away any excess vinyl
that you don't need, and carefully remove any
unwanted vinyl from your design. For intricate
design, use the tool or twisters to pick out
small pieces of vinyl. Next, I'm going to
use transfer tape to transfer the design
onto the tumbler. For me, it's easier to
transfer part by part, so I'm going to
start with this girl image right over here. To transfer got transfer tape. Carefully place
your transfer tape over your vinyl design. Use a scraper tool to
press the tape down. Gently peel the transfer
tape off the final backing. Making sure the vinyl sticks
to the transfer tape. Before you place
your vinyl design, make sure to clean your
tumbler surface with rubbing alcohol to remove any
dust, oil, or residues. Place the transfer tape with a vinyl design onto the tumbler, position it carefully and make sure it's aligned properly. You can use a scriper tool to press the vinyl design
onto the tumbler. Then carefully peel away the transfer tape
from the tumbler. Next, I'm going to
do the same thing with the remaining
design elements. Since glitter vinyl is quite thick for small design elements, I simply peel them
off and place them directly onto the tumbler
without using transfer tape. In the next lesson, I
will share with you how to make another tumbler
design and we will use different color material. And
6. Creating another design in Procreate: In this lesson, I'll show you how to create another
tumbler design. I'm still going to use
the same frame design, but I'm going to
change the girl image. I'll begin with a
rough sketch using dry in brush,
lowering the opacity. I started by drawing a circle, followed by vertical and
horizontal line to serve as guidelines for placing
the eyes, nose, and lips. Next, I refine the
shape of the face, including the cheek bones, chin, and jo line. When creating a personalized
photo design for vinyl, focus on simplicity to ensure the design is suitable
for vinyl cutting. Avoid overly intricate design that might be
difficult to cut or. Focus on the general shape, such as the person's hairstyle,
the flow of the hair, the eyes, the shape
of the eyebrow, the shape of Jane, the key is to keep it simple. T Once I'm done with a sketch, I use a brush with clean and smooth strokes
to outline it. Ensure that the thinnest part of your line is at two millimeter. Otherwise, the cutting
line will be thin and making it very difficult
to wit the design. Bring down the outline layer and put it below the frame layer. And I will erase this
overlapping part. And you can also delete this catch layer as you
don't need it anymore. This is optional, but I
like to add hair lines on the hair part to add
some details of my design. I finish outlining my design. I will remove the background, save the file S PNG, and air drop this
file to my computer, then upload it to
Cricket design space. And this is how my
design looks like after adding some S Fiji icons. The S Fiji icons are available in my
cricket design space. Simply click on the
icon that you like and add them one by
one onto the Canvas. Hide the square
guideline and then select all the layers
together and click attach. Make sure the operation for each design elements
is in basic cut. I'm going to change the material
size to 30.5 by 30.5 cm. Then click Continue. Set the base material. I'm going to use **** the
vinyl for the bled pressure, you can set it at default, and then you can load
in your material into the machine
and start cutting. In the next lesson, I'm going to share with you how to with the design and how to transfer your design
onto the tumbler.
7. transferring the vinyl design on to the tumbler: In this lesson, I'm going to
share with you how to with your vinyl design and how to transfer it
onto the tumbler. After the cutting is complete, unload a map and begin
weeding your design. You can use a weeding
tool or tweezers to remove the intricate parts
from your vinyl design. Here's how my nal design looks like after removing
the unwanted part. To transfer gt vinyl, e st grit transfer tape. I will not transfer the
design all at once. I will start with the girl
image right over here. Place the design with the transfer tape onto your tumbler. Make sure to clean your tumbler before you apply the design. Smooth the design onto
the surface using the scraper to make sure
that it sticks properly. Then slowly peel away the transport tape leaving
the design on your tumbler. Then I'm going to
do the same thing with the rest of the design. And here's the final look. I hope you enjoy this lesson
and found it helpful. If you have any questions
or need further assistance, feel free to reach out. Don't forget to
share your finished project on this platform. I would love to
see your creation. Thanks for joining me in this
class and happy crafting.
8. Trying Different Designs on Various Base Materials.: Once you're done with the
Tumbler decal project, I encourage you to have
some experimenting with different designs on
various piece material, like glass or mugs. You can draw your design
in Procreate apps. Remember to use brush which has clean smooth line and avoid intricate design that might be difficult to weed from
the vinyl later on. You can also experiment with
different vinyl material, just like what I did here. I use permanent mat black
vinyl for the wheel, and I use glossy adhesive
foil in silver color for the ty part of the w for the clouds as well
as for the stars. When creating a vinyl decal, be creative with your design. You could design a
cute reindeer for your Christmas mark or you can add some
festive elements such as snowflakes and presents. Or it could be a simple
geometric pattern like this one for a coos design. This is perfect for a Chinese
New Year craft project. Another vinyl design idea is to decorate your
journal cover. I use gold texture vinyl
for my vinyl design. I started by sketching my
design in Procreate apps. For my Easter Craft project, I drew ester bunnies, ester baskets, and other
related design alments. After outlining my design
and removing the background, I saved it as PNG and then uploaded it into
cricket design space. Then the remaining steps
such as cutting and applying the designs are exactly the same as what we did
with the Tumbler. And that wraps up
our class today. I hope you enjoyed and feel inspired to create your
own unique designs. If you have any questions
or need further tips, feel free to leave
a comment below. Thanks for joining my
class and happy crafting.
Hanacrochetdesign Eva Widjaja, hanacrochetdesign
