{"id":140,"date":"2018-02-02T19:43:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T19:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2018-02-02T23:30:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T23:30:06","slug":"down-the-rabbit-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/down-the-rabbit-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Down the rabbit hole&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is making stencils to decorate the foam &#8216;too far&#8217; for Super Bowl cocktails?\u00a0<a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/superbowl?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=592609857745776\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">SuperBowl<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/cocktailporn?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=592609857745776\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">CocktailPorn<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/mixology?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=592609857745776\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">Mixology<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is probably a better way to do this, but I started with a logo I found online:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4bc292bb17d029a58ded5e741a78517d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-144\" src=\"http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4bc292bb17d029a58ded5e741a78517d-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4bc292bb17d029a58ded5e741a78517d-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4bc292bb17d029a58ded5e741a78517d-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4bc292bb17d029a58ded5e741a78517d.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used &#8216;color select&#8217; in Adobe Photoshop to pull out the middle of the logo, then added white and black until it was a &#8216;template&#8217; (no black magically suspended in space):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eagles.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-145\" src=\"http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eagles-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eagles-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eagles-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/eagles.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To turn it into smoother vector art I brought the PNG above into Adobe Illustrator, then used the Image Trace features to turn it into smoother vector art:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Eagle-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-146\" src=\"http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Eagle-copy-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Eagle-copy-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Eagle-copy-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Eagle-copy-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Eagle-copy-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/intemperateunderground.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Eagle-copy.png 1433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally I was going to cut it out with an Exacto blade but a friend offered to machine it, so I exported from Illustrator to DXF, opened in AutoCAD, and &#8216;Exploded&#8217; everything to simple lines.<\/p>\n<p>Like I said, there probably is an easier way!<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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