How to design enamel pins: MY PIN MAKING EXPERIENCE!
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Here's some tips I gathered through my own experience making pins with Made by Cooper! I hope they'll help you make decisions while making fun pin design decisions!
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I just wanted to know how to make enamel pins
April M same fam. Same.
You can't. Its. Metal. It involves casting and precision.
@@marianaverill3424 Not necessarily. It's completely affordable to both make your own cast and get a hold of cheap metal to be molten. Precision however is needed, but that comes with practise. :-)
Try Shmoxd, but the way he does it is pretty dangerous.
i know this is a year late but the title does say “how to design”
I am in my very first steps of designing a pin, and i find this video very helpful! thank you for sharing
Army, were are you? ahhahaahah
Here🙋♀️
Loved this! A great resource indeed. also, love your fun personality and style! keep up the good work!
to be fair,, as someone who doesnt know who you are (but will definitely check out your channel) i wouldnt say your pin is too niche. its one where your fans will understand it,, but people would still stumble across it and think it looks cool
I enjoyed to see "YOU" in this video! The enamel info is also very valuable, thanks for sharing!
Oh, your pin is so cute! Congratulations ☺️
Thank youuuu
Your pin turned out suuper cute :D And also it was so much fun to hear about your experience with making pins :) I'd love to make one one day, but we'll see haha xD
Thank you! I'd love to see yours! I just can't get enough of pinnnns these days -___-
Kakibot Pins are really fun! I made acrylic charms instead though as a start since they were a slightly cheaper investment 😂
"Because.... screw your friends."
Lmao, liked and subscribed ❤
Excellent video. It made me interested in this market. How can I, here in Brazil, start producing my own pins?
I'm so proud of you, bun
Awwww I appreciate that! I mean both you wearing my pin and your bun love!
What machine can i use to do make flag push pins ??
Thank you so much! This was exactly what I was looking for
Ok I literally do not get vector-ing.. lol ok let’s so I’m in procreate creating a pin design, do I just sketch it first with only the outline and it not colored in, and then go vector it? Right? Because after creating the vector file I need to choose the colors for it with the Pantone swatches.... or do i design my pin on procreate , color it there, then go to vector it ? Cause won’t vectoring just give me the outline . I’m literally lost and that’s the only part I’m struggling with on making my pins
In my own experience with Made by Cooper they are ok with taking a clean jpg and making a vector out of it - they accept both vector files and jpgs during the order step! Even when I sent vectors they still tend to send back an edited file (e.g. making a certain line thicker so it works for their machinery) so they don't mind spending some time tinkering with the file. (When that happens you can still review it and ask them to change it differently until you reach a point where both sides are happy). I'd recommend using the hardest brush in Procreate and minimising the amount of size variability of the stroke to create artwork that's close to how a vector would look - easier to vectorise for the graphics team on the other side!
Tip for those especially in the US, we don’t manufacture pins here.. all factories in China and companies in the US that offer them, outsource to a factory abroad and act as a middle man. Pros and cons to this but they cost more than going direct to manufacturing factories
*BTS here I come with my new diy pins😂❣️*
Hi, my girl!!! Ok, you first made me into a watercolor obsess and now pins?!?! I'll be waiting for your Scottish ones (did I ever told you that I'm around a 30% Irish-Scotish-Gal..es? hoho!! *myheritagedna non-sponsored*). I trully enjoyed learning about the steps to make a pin and who knows, maybe mine will come one day. I will have to find the perfect sarcasm-cute ratio. Warm hugs, dear!!!!
Awww it's been too long, you have to come up north and we can go sketch or paint or just eat ice cream >.> Also I think that you SUPER OBVIOUSLY an Irish/Scottish celtic beaut, with that amazing easy-to-burn-to-crisp complexion!
Excellent video! Your pin is beautiful and I hope it’s been selling well. I’m wondering if you took any steps to protect your design?
Aw thank you so much! I've made a bunch of other pins since then and I consider them all of a fairly niche interest (thus not too worried about someone stealing my design), plus I believe all artwork is protected by basic laws of intellectual property - but I am also aware that there's often not much to do, especially with chinese sellers (who literally just use your manufacturer's pin mold without even having to recreate your design work).
By selling them, do you actually get your money back?
Does it have to be your own design?
How expensive? Price? I live in Sweden.
Depends on the manufacturer
Is it possible to write down how thick you want the outlines to be?🧐 Because if you have five designs and each one has a slightly different size, but you use the same strokes, they’ll come out differently.🤨😭
Interesting question - how I'd go about it would be telling the manufacturer the specific size of the pin (which you do when ordering anyway, but you can put a note into your prepped artwork file too) and then make sure that in illustrator I use the same line weight for different designs which I want to look the same-ish/have the same thickness of lines. When working with bitmap graphics this might a bit trickier, in that case I'd recommend letting them know this is something you need assistance with/ask them for what line thickness they went with so you can reference it in the future? (Not sure if this helped - mostly just a stream of consciousness x)
Just found this channel, I havent even wtched the whole video here but I just had to stop and say that I love your personaluty, and you remind me of a red headed version of Fran Meneses a.k.a Frannerd! shes an awesome illustrator here on youtube if you dont know her!
Thanks for sharing your experience! I visited your shop and I see you did create another pin after this one, did you use the same manufacturer?
Yes! I've had a good experience with them both times. They also currently have a long-running offer of getting 10% off your pin order when you let them stamp their own logo on the back of the metal!
Kakibot thank you :)
Can I know where you got the Japan enamel pin from? Btw thanks for the video, it was insightful.
Thanks, I'm glad you appreciated it! I think the retro Japan pin is from Tokyo, there's a little souvenir store in the Solamachi mall under SkyTree that has quite a lot of them to choose from!
YAY! It's a fantastic pin. I love it and I can't wait to see your next one. This video was crazy helpful because I knew 0% of the things you said. Also, I love the ESC button pin...where is that one from?
I'm so glad this was helpful! The Esc pin is from uStudio - they do cards and stationery too and collaborate with illustrators, a bit like Ohh Deer!
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does anyone know if there is a way of designing a pin digitally ? or do we draw out our ideas and then send a picture to the manufacturer ?
Digital is ideal - it can be a vector or a raster because in my experience the manufacturers' graphic teams tend to manipulate the file anyway (to fit the technical specs for their machines)! (but I'd still say vector file is the best cause it'll need the least work on their side?)
i just wanna know how to make pins without buying in bulk.
EgguMei same
You wouldn’t be able to because the machine to make the pins goes by 50, 100, ect
thank you so much for all of your tips!
i dreamed about having my own pin done for such a long time, and i finally picked up the courage and did it!
if you want to check them out, you can find them in my etsy shop (@nellysillustrations)
Are you from czech?i am from czech
Yay! I am! Do you design pins too?
Kakibot not yet but I want to
So then YOU didn't make a pin you designed it... thanks for that.
Well, I mean the title talks about designing the pins and not making them. So I don't see the issue (unless the title was changed or something)
“MY PIN ‘MAKING’ EXPERIENCE”
Talking about the designing part.
hey her designs are pretty awesome
why do so many think they can just make them themselves? Are you gong to make a mold, pour the metal, add enamel, fire in a kiln etcetc
Can you make me a custom pin I have my design but need someone to make it for me
audio needs help
Solid video of you MAKING a pin
FeedMeYourSoul why do so many think they can just make them themselves? Are you gong to make a mold, pour the metal, add enamel, fire in a kiln etcetc