Need a car pattern for a portrait ASAP (picture inside)

[kerry_nf]

Some very intricate joins but it would be nice to see it cut for sure.

[Sawduster]

We have definitely got some talented people on this board ! good job everyone ! I'm with Janette and Gill, i love to see how different people interpret the same photo .......it is very kewl
Glad to see you got some " shadow work " in ya Gill... I'm impressed !
Here's my shot just for the heck of it

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I'll send ya a bigger one if it is any use to you at all

Thanx for the opportunity for some much needed practice

[DukeNukem]

I'm just a beginner boohoo LOL,Great work from everyone.The choice is your's now good picking to ya.

Jerry

[IRMSRUS]

Got the pattern picked, it'll be on the wood and the cutting shall begin directly there after. thanks a million, but the choice was much harder than i thought it would be...

So who can i turn to for any shadow patterns i nned done? im constantly looking at cutting new ones...

Thanks again,
~Tim

[kerry_nf]

Despite submitting my own design for this one, I like Sawduster's rendition the best...simply excellent.

I also think Gill is a closet shadow designer to be honest...that was an excellent version Gill...c'mon join us in the light...er...the "shadows". LOL!

[PuzzledMoose]

Good thread. Very interesting to see the different approaches to designing a pattern from the same picture. Thanks to all who posted their designs.

[CanadianScroller]

I am glad so many people offered designs here, each one has its own merits.
I see many flaws in my own design after looking at some of the others.
The biggest one is I switched the highlights and the shadows. In my hurry to complete the pattern I inverted it along the way and things went terribly wrong.

It is good to have someone else look at a design after it is done and to be open to criticism.
I know that Tim was looking for just the car yet I think Gills pattern with the muted gables in the background really balances the whole project.

I would like to know what software each person used in the process.
For me, I used Inkscape, mainly because I have it both at work and at home.
The autotrace feature is a valuable tool. It can scan multiple layers and allow you to manipulate each one.

Great job everyone.

[kerry_nf]

Hey Carl. I used PSP 9.

[Gill]

I chop and change between programs ! Some features are better in one program, some are better in another.

It's gratifying to have your pattern well received, especially when you venture into a field that's not familiar. It was also good to make practical use of the principles I've learned from the "Taking Aim" discussions. One of the strengths of this forum is that it helps us so much to develop our talents even when we're not sat at a saw. When we work together, as we have done here, we can all learn from each other. The trick is to accept that we don't know everything! We may consider ourselves to be well informed but there's always something new to master, there's always something that we're not quite seeing but which other scrollers see clearly.

Carl's early recognition that there was something unsatisfying about his pattern which he couldn't identify is a prime example of this. Here's an accomplished scroller saying, "I can't get it right - someone show me what I'm doing wrong". You don't get to be such a good scroller as Carl unless you look at your work with objective criticism and learn the subsequent lessons. There seems to be an awful lot of 'designers' who believe they can produce a workable pattern rapidly on a computer and are quite happy to do so. "Well," they say, "you can tell what it's supposed to be". To my mind, proper pattern design isn't just about being able to recognise the subject - it's about self expression. When we design a pattern there are some basic principles that we can learn easily. A lot of these considerations are discussed in the "Taking Aim" thread, such as the position of the light source, line thickness and so on. You've got to understand these concepts if you're to produce effective patterns - no piece of software can do it for you! Similarly, no software can determine the vital ingredients of a successful pattern. To some extent, each designer expresses their own personality when choosing what the essential concepts of a pattern are and how they should be represented. Nevertheless, these decisions are always guided by technique.

I found it interesting to compare Sawduster's pattern with my own. They're so similar, despite us working independently of each other. I'm not sure what that says about us, but it sure says something about how there are fundamentals of pattern design which are common to all scroll saw patterns.

Gill

[Mick Walker]

C'mon guys and gals, no one said what year the Chevy is for sure. Could be a 47 or 48. Chevy made the 41's, a few 42's for the military, 46, 47 and 48 and they were all very similar in looks.