i'd try and work more on the composition of your ideas before detailing the thickness/weight. that's a lot of work to not go with it.
unless you want the end product to actually look hand drawn, then i would personally find a similar font and compose/place and warp the text to how you want it first in illustrator, print it out and then add all the intricate swirls/ligatures. you could always trace the font again to give it the hand drawn feel and work off of it as a base, so you aren't getting any skewed letters.
also, make sure you're keeping it feminine, because there's a fine line before it starts looking like a gangster tattoo.
Quote (FloraFreak @ Jul 23 2012 08:15pm)
Idea #2
I was going for a single layer cake silhouette.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x253/florafreak/7f84502e.jpg
this one has the most character imo so far and it's more fun, rather than gangster.
This post was edited by ericswanson_19 on Jul 24 2012 03:20pm