I was trying something and I found out a neat trick using FotoSketcher 3.20 (A freeware) For rough sketch looks on black and white dunno if this image would work well on a etcher however to give it a random feel of handmade this could be a valid option. Shawn I've attached a sample of Image 1, a re...

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Thank you very much for the detailed reply ill walk through and see how I get on, I should have some time next week.
Please excuse the delay I've been sick.

brynn, would you be kind enough to walk me through your thoughts etc I would love to learn how to do this "properly" or "correctly" as I suspect I'll need to know this! ShawnWDion has been extremely kind to help and I'm passing on the results to the person I got checking the make...

any input is greatly appreciated,
to be honest id prefer the rough edges (its more of a hand sketch feel), but i don't know if it will make things much harder, as long as it'll etch id be happy.

ShawnWDion, Dude that looks spot on, thanks!
pm'd for a couple of questions.

Really appreciate all of your help guys! - my mates nipped around to get the details on the cutter - i should have a response this evening.

hmm its not supposed to need one, ill rehost elsewhere, one sec. sorry!
done, hows that?

hay, thanks all, sorry for the confusion i did mean cutter, sorry its been a LONG week, thanks tylerdurden for catching that! The images are fairly simple, and as long as it would cover the basic idea of the image i think this would be ok as i expect the 'sketch' feel would be lost anyway. I'm reluc...

Thanks for the replies tylerdurden & Moini , ill get the specifics r.e. the laser and update once i have a reply. i was just asked to create the vector files from the base images and i guess they would deal with it, however id like to make it easier and just have it ready to go if possible. anyt...

hoping someone can help, been reading up & messing around with converting / creating images for a laser cutter however I think i'm getting lost in the detail. In short I've been playing with two ideas - 1) using the trace bitmap tool / conversion option. or 2) manually draw the image into a laye...