Pattern Making

Create A Dog Portrait Pattern in Photoshop – pt 4 of 7

February 26, 2009

Well.  We made it past the half way mark!  For those of you still watching, we pick up where we left off.  This time we’re working on the right ear and the face! If you have any questions or comments, please join us in the forums! We’d love to have ya! Note: I had trouble [...]

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Create A Dog Portrait Pattern in Photoshop – pt 3 of 7

February 25, 2009

Welcome back!  We’re picking up with part 3 of the 7 part series where we convert a photo into a scroll saw pattern using Adobe Photoshop.  This time we’re working on the ear and left side of the face. Note: I ran into a little technical problem when recording this episode.  You’ll notice the audio [...]

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Create A Dog Portrait Pattern in Photoshop – pt 2 of 7

February 24, 2009

This is part 2 of the continuing series where I convert a photo of a beloved pet into a scroll saw pattern using Adobe Photoshop.  We pick up right where we left off and work on the eyes, the forhead, and a little on the left side of the face.  For those interested, I’ve included [...]

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Create A Dog Portrait Pattern in Photoshop – pt 1 of 7

February 23, 2009

There has been interest in the Scroll Saw Village forums on how to create a scroll saw pattern from a photograph. While there are hundreds of ways to design a scroll saw pattern, I share one technique that I use when it comes to difficult patterns. I’m using Adobe Photoshop in this screen cast. But [...]

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Stock.xchg Free Stock Photography

January 30, 2009

Last week, I wrote an article about Copyright Free Photos.  Well, I’ve got another great resource for you. Stock.xchg has a huge collection of free photographs available to publishers. With over 350,000 photographs from 30,000 photographers, you shouldn’t have too much trouble finding the right picture for your next pattern. If you create free account, [...]

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Copyright Free Photos

January 23, 2009

Often, as pattern designers, we’re always on the lookout for photographs to create patterns from.  Unfortunately, this can be a sticky situation when using someone else’s photographs.  Unless you were given explicit permission to use a photographer’s picture,  you may be in violation of copyright law.  But before you throw in your pattern-making hat, there [...]

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WP Clipart

January 20, 2009

Finding free clip art for our patterns can be tricky at best.  Most clipart sites require monthly memberships or expensive bundled downloads.  Even then, the clipart may not be royalty free.  Thanks to a reader’s suggestion, I became aware of WP Clipart, a website that specializes in public domain clipart.  Their entire collection is available [...]

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Ready-to-Use Humorous Halloween Illustrations

October 13, 2008

I thought I’d stay on the Halloween theme this week. So to kick things off, this week’s Book of the Week is Ready-to-Use Humorous Halloween Illustrations from Dover Clipart. I really like Dover clipart because they are all royalty free images and perfect for designing some of your own patterns. Often, the clipart is in [...]

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Whitewolf Patterns and Photoshop Tutorial

August 1, 2008

Last post, I talked about Darryn’s (Whitewolf) patterns. He has designed a nice collection of patterns. He was kind enough to zip his entire collection for one easy download! His collection includes all of the patterns shown on his myphotoalbum.com website, as well a few new patterns. In fact, he has over 200 in all! [...]

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Dover Clip Art Samples

February 22, 2008

Its hard to find good free clip art on the internet. The websites that have good clip art want to charge an arm and a leg to use their clip art. Even then, you are only buying limited rights to use them. I think that’s why I really like the books from Dover Publications. They [...]

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