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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Graphic Artist


Do we have a real-life graphic artist among us who would be willing to do me a small favor?

I need a digitized swatch of original Vietnam Tigerstripe pattern in 300dpi.

Here's the kicker: When the fabric company uses it, the sample must be large enough that when it repeats the pattern lines up sufficiently.  Example: When you tile a small graphic on your computer monitor background, you can see the misalingments clearly.  You can experiment and see what I am talking about.  Use the picture above as your screen "Background" and set it to "Tile" & "Repeat". 

See how choppy it looks?  We need to eliminate that choppy look.

So I need a digitized swatch large enough that when it does, in fact repeat (it must at some point) it will repeat with as little mis-alignment as possible.

Physical dimensions: The roll of fabric is 60 inches wide, so your swatch should be 62" to be safe.  I think if the first repeat is at 36 inches we'd be good, 48" would be even better.  Consider such a size laying on the table of a seamstress, and she has to cut out the back panel of a coat for a big man - she can cut it without being in the "repeat" zone, so the final coat looks good, not "choppy".

I hope I explained that adequately.  I could really use some help with this from someone with skills and, of course, a good graphics software set-up (because we are going to add a few little details that will make it trade-markable).

Kerodin
III

2 comments:

  1. There are Photoshop filters that will blend the edge of tiles. Give me a few days and I'll post a link or a tile.

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    1. Anon: Thank you - do you have a large sample of the entire pattern? The snippet above is just a portion of the pattern.

      If you go looking for larger samples with the full pattern on display, be sure to look for: Original Vietnam Tiger Stripe.

      K

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