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Winchester...and wait for all of this to blow over!
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:27 am
by sfxbecks
Hi everyone! I saw this...
http://imgur.com/T7ipl ...and REALLY wanted it to be my next project! I LOVE Shaun of the Dead and Simon Pegg! Please please PLEASE can someone make a pattern of this for me?? Any size, as many colours as you want! I know I said no more elaborate patterns after the epic pokemon but this...oh yes!
Re: Winchester...and wait for all of this to blow over!
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:35 am
by kuja.girl
This is an awesome piece but there are a couple of problems with making pattern of it:
- It's obviously an art piece that someone made and as such you should ask the artist for permission before a pattern is made off it. It didn't take me long to find the artist's website...
- it's a JPEG and has a lot of compression issues that make turning it into a pattern difficult. The artist may be able to provide a better image if you contact them.
if the artist does approve and provides a better image then send me a PM with the image in it and I will be happy to make it into a pattern.
Re: Winchester...and wait for all of this to blow over!
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:24 pm
by sfxbecks
Thank you kuja girl! I really didn't think about asking for permission! :/ But I have contacted him now! Hopefully he will say yes! I will let you know!

Re: Winchester...and wait for all of this to blow over!
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:34 pm
by sfxbecks
He said yes, just waiting for a different format!

Re: Winchester...and wait for all of this to blow over!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:31 am
by kuja.girl
sfxbecks wrote:He said yes, just waiting for a different format! :)
That's awesome. Shaun of the Dead is one of my fav's too and this pic made me lol pretty hard so I felt bad about having to post the problems. If he doesn't provide a better format then we still might be able to make a pattern out of it but it will take much more work - we'll see.
Re: Winchester...and wait for all of this to blow over!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:33 am
by blackmageheart
sfxbecks wrote:He said yes, just waiting for a different format!

Awesome...! I need to see this pattern'd and stitch'd. It's one of my favs
kuja.girl wrote:If he doesn't provide a better format then we still might be able to make a pattern out of it but it will take much more work - we'll see.
It can definitely be done, but like you say, will take much more work. But it'd be worth it

Re: Winchester...and wait for all of this to blow over!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 1:24 pm
by sfxbecks
Nice to see I'm not the only fan! And I'm still waiting for a different format...but it looks like it has to be JPG at the moment! If this does happen I will be forever in your debt!

Re: Winchester...and wait for all of this to blow over!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:56 pm
by kuja.girl
I played around with it in photoshop and I was able to get it down to 64 colors but it's still huge. I tried it at 50% and it didn't look horrible but you do lose a lot of details.

- 64 colors, sharpened, noise reduction, etc
- 64color-aled-lewis-player-two-has-entered-the-game.png (143.76 KiB) Viewed 6047 times
The original (for comparison)

- original
- aled-lewis-player-two-has-entered-the-game.jpg (277.84 KiB) Viewed 6048 times
Re: Winchester...and wait for all of this to blow over!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:31 pm
by La Ptite Bete

yay, zombies !!! That's gonna be great when you'll stitch it... can't wait to see how it turns...
64 colors are a lot, for sure...
what size will the pattern be ?
Re: Winchester...and wait for all of this to blow over!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:39 am
by sfxbecks
Oh wow! That was quick! Thanks kuja girl! ^_^ do you know roughly how big this will be on say...14/18 count canvass? Just so I know how much to buy!