[Crafting] Seeking: a drawing

[ZenMonkey]

I want to try creating a cross-stitch pattern from a drawing someone's done. I haven't done this before; it's a test of my skills as well as the software I'll be using. It needs to be done on graph paper, and it should be something sort of cartoonish. Not silly, necessarily, just not super-complex like photorealism; probably a single character or design would be best. Shading and other effects are fine though. It should be multicolored.

If anyone has an example of something they'd like to try on graph paper, please post it and I'll let you know if I think it'll work. (Hint: it's nothing to do with anyone's art style or talent, but whether I think I'm up to the challenge of converting it.)

Thanks! If we end up working together, and I end up stitching the piece, and it doesn't suck, I'll give it to you.

 

[DarkAudit]

[captain obvious]
Why not the HF Logo?
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[PatrThom]

Also, plenty of Mario-related 8-bit stuff out there, if you aren't picky.

--Patrick

 

[Bumble the Boy Wonder]

I'll try to crack something out tonight, see what I can come up with.

 

[ZenMonkey]

I'd like to work on something that doesn't already exist as an image, and there are tons of Mario (and other fabulously geeky) patterns out there already.

I'll try to crack something out tonight, see what I can come up with.

Thank you! I was secretly hoping you'd see this.

 

[Bumble the Boy Wonder]

Eh? Ehhhhhhh?

Let me know if you want anything changed. (no writing, no colored background, w/e.)

[DOUBLEPOST=1344481434][/DOUBLEPOST]oh wait, I forgot graph paper. adoy

 

[ZenMonkey]

That looks insanely fun to stitch. And definitely a challenge! Could I ask you to either remove the purple outer ring or make it much, much narrower? That's a CRAPTON of purple thread. Also the white writing, which would make for very ugly graph-based stitching, although I can add the words back in some sort of appropriately goofy font.

With those changes (and on graph paper) I should be able to do a decent rendering, although it will lose some of that loose hand-drawn style of yours.

 

[Bumble the Boy Wonder]

With those changes (and on graph paper) I should be able to do a decent rendering, although it will lose some of that loose hand-drawn style of yours.

I don't know how to get it on graph paper

 

[Bumble the Boy Wonder]

 

[ZenMonkey]

All righty. I'll let that be my problem, then; I have a few ideas. Thank you so much for the adorable cartoon! I'll be sure to let you know if I get anywhere with it. (And if I don't, it won't have anything to do with you.)

 

[Bowielee]

You could try this http://www.picturecraftwork.com/

 

[ZenMonkey]

You could try this http://www.picturecraftwork.com/

Thanks...yeah, there's a lot of online software or apps for that kind of thing. Usually the web ones are free, though, $12 is outrageous.

I want to do this by hand and/or pixel, though. Best way to learn.