The Art Of Drawing And Creating Patterns

[Gill]

Back in the days when I learned how to make patterns, there was a graphics program called Paint Shop Pro by JASC. It has been subsumed by Corel since those days and replaced by Paint Shop Pro X5. Nevertheless, the program was remarkably similar to the Gimp. An American scroller called Andy Deane wrote a tutorial on how to use PSP to create shadow portraits, and that was how I learned. I see his tutorial is still available here and it would be very easy to adapt it for the latest incarnation of the Gimp. Obviously, PSPs tools are laid out differently from the Gimp so you might have to hunt around for them, but essentially they're very similar.

Anyway, I reckon aspiring pattern designers could do worse than take a peek at Andy's tutorial.

 

[boysie39]

Reading this post is very interesting ,it shows a side of scrolling that I didn't know existed , I'm afraid I will have to stick to buying patterns as IT is not one of my finer points . I have to admire you people for the effort you put into your Hobby or trade which ever the case may be .I would love to be able to explore all these avenues that have been suggested but the auld grey matter does not stretch that far , I wish you all well in your quests and feel privileged to be a member of this forum which shares with one another their ideas .

 

[Bryan Bennett]

Eugene has said what I have been thinking,fascinating to be reading about I agree.Will still be buying patterns from Sue Mey and Sheila Landry etc.I know that I am too old to be even thinking about creating a pattern,but agree that it must be very rewarding.

Bryan

 

[bassethound]

Eugene has said what I have been thinking,fascinating to be reading about I agree.Will still be buying patterns from Sue Mey and Sheila Landry etc.I know that I am too old to be even thinking about creating a pattern,but agree that it must be very rewarding.

Bryan

Thats what i was looking for to post lol!

So thats what is stopping me :shock:

Ted......

 

[Gary Morris]

Bryan are the patterns from 'Sue Mey and Sheila Landry ' UK based please?

thanks
Gary

 

[Bryan Bennett]

Hi Gary Sue Mey www.srollsawartist.com (South Africa).Sheila is www.sheilalandrydesigns.com (Canada),from both you can download patterns via a printer.

Bryan

 

[Gary Morris]

Thanks Bryan, I'll have a browse.

Gary

 

[JimiJimi]

A number of people have mentioned that they would like to produce scroll saw patterns but they're not very good at drawing. I always regarded myself as a rotten artist too but that didn't deter me from producing patterns! I found that I could use free programs such as the Gimp and Inkscape to adapt photographs, whilst paid-for programs such as CorelDraw could make simple patterns in the style of Steve Good. .

Gill

Thanks for the suggestion of Inkscape. I'd never heard of it before, but have been using a combination of that and WordArt to make lettering patterns.

Jimi