10-11-2011, 08:20 AM
To answer a few questions:
The printer I am using is an HP Photosmart 7960
And yes, I am using regular paper. When printing in photo quality mode you get an astounding 4800 dpi x 1200 dpi, but it really eats away at your memory and harddisk space (up to 500 megs) so I have yet to try it out. I am just printing at regular document resolution of 600 dpi but at the best quality. The "glossy" look comes from the Fixative spray - which is the final step.
Some secrets revealed:
The base paper you see is one of my printouts. It has 8 Coke machines and 4 Dr. Pepper machines. The graphic is then cut out and the fold lines are scored. (Got to be careful here, paper is very easy to cut all the way through without trying!)
The stack of "cards" you see on the right is the posterboard pattern I use for the machines. One sheet = one machine. I like to keep it as a single piece so it just folds up into a box, leaving me with only a few sides to glue together.
The squares you see with an 'X' get cut away and discarded. The squares you see with the 'O' get cut away and glued to the back of side '1'. (This gives me a glueing surface later on.) '2' and '3' get folded up and glued to the small square adjacent to form a more solid base and top. '4' is the front, and the rest are the sides. Once it's assembled, I paint it black, making sure to get in between the folds, then glue the paper graphic with the proper bits cut out and seal it with fixative.
Sorry for not posting this sooner, got distracted by the chats last night! Here is the long awaited Coke and Dr. Pepper machines next to their older sister, Pepsi
Here's something I got brewing in the idea factory
Here's the Dr. Pepper machine:
And the Coke machine:
The printer I am using is an HP Photosmart 7960
And yes, I am using regular paper. When printing in photo quality mode you get an astounding 4800 dpi x 1200 dpi, but it really eats away at your memory and harddisk space (up to 500 megs) so I have yet to try it out. I am just printing at regular document resolution of 600 dpi but at the best quality. The "glossy" look comes from the Fixative spray - which is the final step.
Some secrets revealed:
The base paper you see is one of my printouts. It has 8 Coke machines and 4 Dr. Pepper machines. The graphic is then cut out and the fold lines are scored. (Got to be careful here, paper is very easy to cut all the way through without trying!)
The stack of "cards" you see on the right is the posterboard pattern I use for the machines. One sheet = one machine. I like to keep it as a single piece so it just folds up into a box, leaving me with only a few sides to glue together.
The squares you see with an 'X' get cut away and discarded. The squares you see with the 'O' get cut away and glued to the back of side '1'. (This gives me a glueing surface later on.) '2' and '3' get folded up and glued to the small square adjacent to form a more solid base and top. '4' is the front, and the rest are the sides. Once it's assembled, I paint it black, making sure to get in between the folds, then glue the paper graphic with the proper bits cut out and seal it with fixative.
Sorry for not posting this sooner, got distracted by the chats last night! Here is the long awaited Coke and Dr. Pepper machines next to their older sister, Pepsi
Here's something I got brewing in the idea factory
Here's the Dr. Pepper machine:
And the Coke machine: