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Title: Cabinet top is 20" wide - how big should circular side art be?
Post by: javeryh on May 04, 2007, 06:13:33 am

OK, here's a shot of my cab and the sideart:

(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/3720/p1010344hk2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)  (http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/4950/indexphpactiondlattachtzc9.th.gif) (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=indexphpactiondlattachtzc9.gif)

The top section where the sideart will go is 20" wide - I'm thinking of making the sideart 15" in diameter leaving a 2.5" border on either side.  I want the font to be readable but I don't want it to look disproportioned.  Any thoughts? 

Title: Re: Cabinet top is 20" wide - how big should circular side art be?
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on May 04, 2007, 09:50:39 am

That sounds about right.
What I usually do is take a digital picture, overlay the art on it so that it looks right visually, and then scale the art up to find out what size it is.

Title: Re: Cabinet top is 20" wide - how big should circular side art be?
Post by: Chris G on May 04, 2007, 11:07:05 am

Another thought: maybe you could free-hand sketch a rough version at the size you're thinking and see if it looks right?