Art question

[Oniya]

I am looking for something that I can use to transfer a design drawn on the computer to a piece of wood.  I'm thinking either some sort of 'carbon' paper that I can print on and then trace over (pressure transfer) or light-iron over (heat transfer). 

The end result is going to be used as a guide for wood burning, so I can't simply secure the paper in place and work 'through' it.

[Autumn Sativus]

I'd suggest carbon paper and a print out as you've mentioned.

Print onto white paper, put it ontop of a carbon piece and draw your design on. ;D Probably your easiest method, unless you have a projector on hand.

[Oniya]

*nods*  That was one of the fallbacks - I was hoping there was a one-piece solution, but that sounds like it will work (and the original printout can probably be used multiple times.)

[Kuroneko]

You don't even really need the carbon paper.  Just cover the lines of the image on the wrong side of the paper with soft graphite (like a 6 or 9B pencil), flip over and trace the lines with a pen or pencil, and the graphite will be transferred.  There's also artist's carbon paper that is graphite on sheets rather than ink. 

[Oniya]

With the current plans, I'd go through soft graphite way too fast.  I need to be able to have certain things able to be reproduced relatively quickly - outlines and 'stock items'

[Nico]

I agree. Carbon paper is probably the best method for what you have in mind. :-)

[Kuroneko]

With the current plans, I'd go through soft graphite way too fast.  I need to be able to have certain things able to be reproduced relatively quickly - outlines and 'stock items'

I can usually get multiple reproductions out of the graphite method, but you have to choose what works best for you ;).  I donn't care for carbon paper because it's ink, very smeary, and not really eraseable, so it doesn't work for what I'm doing. 

[Oniya]

Yeah - as I said, the lines are going to be used as guides for wood burning, so some amount of smearing shouldn't be a problem.  Erasing won't be an issue regardless.