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Complete Pattern Library: With a CD Containing 100 Classic Patterns You Can Color, Alter, Scale and Print
Complete Pattern Library With a CD Containing 100 Classic Patterns You Can Color Alter Scale and Print Author:Keith Hagan With this fabulous book-and-CD combination, anyone can produce personalized gift wraps and stationery; generate original templates for stencils, needlework, and stained-glass art; and create stunning designs for a huge variety of uses. All that is needed is a computer (PC or Mac) and an image-manipulation program (such as Adobe Photoshop); the s... more »imple step-by-step tutorials show even the novice how to proceed.
The 100 striking repeat patterns are infinitely adaptable to home crafters and professional designers alike. Each pattern is included on the copyright-free CD as a layered file that can be easily repeated, recolored, added to, subtracted from, and scaled up or down by the user. Patterns are grouped by type-geometrics, plaids and stripes, florals and foliage-and are inspired by everything from Islamic mosaic to Renaissance wall ornament, from Indian paisley to Pop art. A superb tool for teaching the basics of pattern design, this package is also a rich stimulus for the visual imagination. AUTHOR BIO: Keith Hagan is an accomplished graphic designer, illustrator, film animator, art director, and copywriter. He has developed well-known graphic work for such companies as Shell, Marks & Spencer, and The Wall Street Journal.« less
Laura L. (BensTrains) reviewed Complete Pattern Library: With a CD Containing 100 Classic Patterns You Can Color, Alter, Scale and Print on + 127 more book reviews
Many designs in book come from old wall paper designs.