Today one of our favourite web services, Ponoko, has just launched an amazing new tool called Photomake . This simplifies the process for people to design and make great stuff without having to use any scary design software.
How it works is you take a nice big piece of paper and black felt pen … then simply draw your design. Once you have finished you take a photo of your design and upload it to Ponoko. Easy as that!
Ponoko has a really clever system which will take your photo and make a trace of it .. much like Live Trace does in Adobe Illustrator. After the photo has been traced (which you can see in realtime) you can choose your materials and get a price to make the product instantly. All without having to learn design software.
Needless to say that this is another huge innovation from Ponoko and if you have always wanted to make cool stuff then now is definitely the time to have a go with Ponoko.
