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Title: Portrait pattern
Post by: MrO1229 on March 10, 2015, 10:15:50 am

I have been scrolling for about 6 months now and was wondering about a pattern for portraits. I am not real good on the computer and was wondering if there is software that can convert a picture to a pattern or if there is a business that would do that.

Title: Re: Portrait pattern
Post by: pddesertrat on March 10, 2015, 10:34:08 am

Hi Mr. 01229.  Wanted to welcome you to the forum.  Glad to have you join us.

All I know about pattern making for portraits is a lot  of people use Gimp, a free download.  There tutorial on the internet and videos on youtube on how.   I have it and I have successfully made one pattern that was usable.  It can be time consuming but is fun to play with.  There a some commercial softwares that are probably easier.  The experts will chime in here I am sure.

Title: Re: Portrait pattern
Post by: EIEIO on March 10, 2015, 12:04:14 pm

I attached my method using GIMP and Inkscape. It takes some practice - the best way is probably to look for others to post a request for a pattern, then try to render a pattern from their photo. That gives you a chance to compare your results to what others did with it. A part of the work is deciding what to actually convert - it's often better to crop the photo to a smaller image that highlights a face, or to bring 2 faces closer together for the pattern.

I hope the attachment holds - they have been hit-or-miss lately.