Ain't disputing my screw up here at all, that's understood solidly Sam set me straight on it and I read a bit on it to get a much better idea on where I went wrong.
I am looking for technical feedback on the linework for the bird and what I can do differently.
So I'm restarting this as I didn't do my due diligence on the photo I used to derive my template, while I did end up using a creative commons image at the time I didn't know that and Sam rightly came down on me.
So now that that's resolved and I have his blessing I'm going to put the stuff and...
Hey Sky, I converted the file to a pdf and uploaded it to my google.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DFsUwhMIh0WF9nepctqpZYDG4lFQndMM/view?usp=sharing
That actually does help a fair bit with regards to my question. Thanks.
Now I need to ponder on what guns to choose for the initial release. Recommendations are welcome there too. I think a generalized drawing for $2 that would give the basic of the shape would be reasonable.
The question I have is what detail would I remove to make a difference in price valuable? Both scale and dimensional accuracy are critical to seeing if your design would fit the media, scaling down the images isn't really a realistic option as it's VERY easy to scale them back up.
JJ, thanks for the clarification and sharing your method for making templates. I understand why you'd share the method and means to create templates and I greatly appreciate it. I'm not doing anything terribly different, I simply use a couple pieces of software to either trace the flat portions...
After seeing a couple of the quick and dirty coin templates I ran out for learning a bit about engraving John messaged me and suggested I should consider knocking out a couple templates for firearms.
I've taken a bit of a shine to the idea and have ripped out a template for the slide of a Ruger...