Can you make realistic ribbon?

[jdvalentino]

I'm not quite sure how to do this.....everytime I try it looks phony....which steps would you take to draw and make it look realistic. I don't want to have to scan some. I've used Wendy's tutorial, but something is missing ..... not real enough. Should I stick to scanning?

[Wags374]

Well you could take the easy way out and order the Real Ribbons for Digital Scrappers (http://www.scrappersguide.com/real_ribbons.html)CD. Thats what I ended up doing. Just got it a couple of days ago and it looks great.

[msbrad]

Ditto, I gave up on making my own, unless it was ric rac, or just flat stuff. I bought the CD too. (or I scan)
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[nkeevers]

I gave it up too! It's sooo much easier just downloading ribbon already made. And DSP has some really great ribbons.

[Wendy]

Hi ...

You can make realistic ribbon but it takes time, patience and a lot of dodge & burn :)

... its a lot easier to scan it ... but its not as much fun :)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1NWGQxQQW90tqV2c3OodrlDj8rElo81_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1NWGQxQQW90tqV2c3OodrlDj8rElo81)

Wendy

[Bayla]

In Vol 3 Number 3 or the Elements Newsletter, Linda Sattgast did a tutorial on creating realistic grosgrain ribbon....

Bayla