Designing coins

[+Ble68]

For those of you that design coins what programs do you use? I am interested in making designs for fun but I do not know what programs would help me do this.

[+PengoFamily]

I use the very basics...a pencil and a piece of paper.

 

Then I scan it as a jpeg. That's it. I know there are a lot of illustrator programs but they are pretty expensive.

[+Ble68]

I use the very basics...a pencil and a piece of paper.

 

Then I scan it as a jpeg. That's it. I know there are a lot of illustrator programs but they are pretty expensive.

That is what I do now but I wanted to design for the pathtag club and it has to be on their template. Would it work if I drew it on that and scanned it? Thank you!

[+AtwellFamily]

I use the very basics...a pencil and a piece of paper.

 

Then I scan it as a jpeg. That's it. I know there are a lot of illustrator programs but they are pretty expensive.

That is what I do now but I wanted to design for the pathtag club and it has to be on their template. Would it work if I drew it on that and scanned it? Thank you!

I don't know their requirements but I use word and paint for some of the simple stuff. Otherwise I would recommend spending the $25-$30 that some of the artist charge. It will be worth it.

[+Nochipra]

I play around with the Print Shop version 22 program Chip just got me a couple of weeks ago, but I just come up with something basic. I need to learn more about what I can do with it first. I think the best designs come from people who can actually draw though. I'm not talented in that area:(

[+Renegade Knight]

I use an organic dual core neural network with differentiated specialization. The resulting art is expressed with an analog 5 digit graphic plotter.

[+T"n"T]

I use an organic dual core neural network with differentiated specialization. The resulting art is expressed with an analog 5 digit graphic plotter.

Don't we all at most times.

[+Jackalgirl]

I've only done a couple; the first coin was designed in pencil, with the (Navy) command logos that went into the design provided in various graphic formats as separate files. The good folks at coinsforanything.com turned all of this around into a complete coin graphic in something like two days. I still have no idea how they pulled that off and I would LOVE to know!

 

The next two I did, I threw together using PaintShopPro 7. But I know there has to be a better way -- still haven't quite figured out the ins and outs of vector graphics here.

[+Cheesy pigs]

I use an organic dual core neural network with differentiated specialization. The resulting art is expressed with an analog 5 digit graphic plotter.

Don't we all at most times.

Some 'dual core neural networks work better than others though! Paula must have the updated v6 while I'm still labouring with the v1.5

[CinemaBoxers]

Some 'dual core neural networks work better than others though! Paula must have the updated v6 while I'm still labouring with the v1.5

 

Thats not a graphics program... its a space station!

 

Photoshop CS2 here...

Edited September 26, 2007 by CinemaBoxers

[+tsunrisebey]

The old-fashioned way, pencil, paper and a camera. I don't know anything about the programs out there, maybe one day when I have time on my hands to take some computer/program type courses I will. I just throw on some relaxing music, get in the 'zone', and before you know it, several hours have passed and the beginnings of something are starting to come together. It's probably way more time consuming to do it this way but I enjoy it. You can also label/color in everything just like the computer designers do, except that you have to learn how to 'label' it and you can do that by asking around. Have fun if you give anything a try!

 

~tsun

[+MommyFinder]

I know one artist out there who uses Paint Shop Pro, and another who uses Adobe Illustrator. I actually just finished a course on Illustrator, and it's a really cool program. But, man, does it take a long time to get good at it (I'm no where near the good stage)!

[+MommyFinder]

Some 'dual core neural networks work better than others though! Paula must have the updated v6 while I'm still labouring with the v1.5

 

Thats not a graphics program... its a space station!

 

 

[+9Key]

I have an old version of Photoshop and Illustrator - 7 or 8 I think - but it works fine for what I do. Mints can usually work with PSD files but vector files are preferred.

[+4BOWS]

I use Corel Draw. Does everything I need it to do and I can export any type of file that the coin minters need.

[avroair]

I use Adobe Illustrator.

[+jangor]

Corel Draw here then export as AI file for the powers that do the final really good work (read Chris at Landsharkz).