Guitar Design

Process Journal

On my first attempt, I realized that the tuning pegs would most likely break off and I didn't really like the placement of the font. So I went back to Gravit Designer and used the Subselect tool to remove the tuning pegs.

I then added a small circle in the headstock to provide a space for string or maybe a key ring, grouped it with the blue outline of the guitar and duplicated the whole thing to create a thicker final product. The results were great except that the font was now too close to the edges. So I made one more minor adjustment.

Reflection

These turned out pretty nice and I'm quite satisfied with the final product. It was challenging to get the text placed the way I wanted it and to have it big enough to show up but small enough to fit on the guitars. As I mentioned above I also ended up trimming the tuning pegs off the original design because they were so tiny they just snapped off anyway. That was a learning experience since sometimes things look super cool, but they aren't all that functional.

My next goal is to figure out how to create these on my own. I've done a little work trying to trace the design, but it is difficult to get the curves right in Gravit. I've got some work to do on those skills, but that's actually a whole different project.