![]() Even so, there are fewer variables if you start your design out closer to your target size this way, you get fewer surprises later on when you try to scale something and realise that your strokes are not scaling as you expected, or fonts don't look quite as cool as you thought they did, and so on. Inkscape, being vector-based, is entirely impartial to measurement or size everything can be scaled up or down as needed. The bottles we had on hand dictated the size and shape of the labels we could create. As a result, Jess designed a few labels twice: once with age, and once without. Seth supported the first option, because he felt that consumer-grade printer ink just wouldn't stand up to the abuse it would require to make the labels look old. We figured we had two options: We could design age and erosion into the labels, or we could design the labels as new and then distress them after printing. Designs that suggest old-fashioned labels are relatively simple, but the "old" part can be trickier. To create attractive bottle labels, we decided to start in Inkscape, aiming for an old printing press look. Luckily, we just plucked fresh eyeballs last weekend. " title="Spooky bottle labels" typeof="Image"> After all, one wouldn't want to accidentally use an eye of a frog when the potion calls for an eye of newt, would one? Witches are nothing if not tidy, so we figured that bottles found near a serious witch's workshop would surely be carefully labeled. A trip to the local op shop produced an attractive candlestick, mortar (no pestle), and a small collection of bottles. ![]() This year for Halloween, we decided to construct a witch's workbench out on the front porch.
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