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*This Derby begins MONDAY November 16th at8pm, CST. & ends MONDAY November 23rd at8pm, CST.The three winning designs will be featured as the Daily offers Tuesday-Thursday. Great designs that don’t win may be included in an Editor’s Choice sale on Friday, so be sure to check back and see who makes the cut!
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This will be my first ever attempt at creating ugly sweater designs. Anyone have tips or suggestions? I can get them to the stage of pixel art (mosaic style) but am hoping for pointers on getting that real ugly sweater texture going.
I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned this…but I have a degree in knitwear design…so this Derby is always painful for me to judge. None of these are technically possible to actually knit.
I’ve done a few different ways over the years, but this year I’ve settled on the easiest. You can make a pattern in Illustrator. I made a square of stitches (overlapping ovals in a V shape), and filled a 1inch pattern square with that. Then I copied the pattern for each color I wanted to use. Then all I have to do is draw like normal. I just finished this one for that derby - called Kaleidostitch. And @Lady5tark - I apologize for the impossibility of stitching this. I cross stitch. I do understand.
Thanks! I think I’ve figured out a rudimentary work-around based on your advice. It probably won’t be my best work ever, but I’m going to give it a go.
If you use Ai try this method. Turn on grid and then select snap to grid. Make a V shape and fit it into one square of the grid. The bigger your canvas the more detail you can work with. The smaller the lesser. Here are some screen shots.
I use Adobe Illustrator and then I create a grid with those little V shapes, and then I turn them into Live Paint Groups. That allows me to paint like pixel art, very satisfying.
Photoshop elements might work (don’t know about a plug-in you’d have to research). Woot had it on sale but looks like it is sold out…might google it. Would be cheaper than the monthly charge. Good luck!
