How do they do this?

[bleuangel7]

I realize this is two different questions, but I am going to lump them together.

I see this stuff all over these days...not to say I want to do it, it's not my game, but how is it they are doing this? It seems like it could have been time consuming, but it also could just be some simple tricks. Is it illustrator?


Number Two
Patterns in Illustrator. How do you do them? I know how to do the basic boring lines, but do you need another software to put together more complex ones?

Thanks.
Stacy

[Crimson]

I would think that the "stuff.jpg" could be made easy in illustrator with your imagination. Even if your comfort level is low it looks a lot like lines and circle. Time would depend on complexity. Copy and past and the transform window can save you some time.

As far as patterns in illustrators I would think you could create a custom brush that you could use a rubberstamp pattern.

[keith1]

number 2 could also be a photo of some fabric and then in photoshop adjust the contrast so it isn't so bright.

[emel]

#2 (in PS) could perhaps be acheived by using difference clouds, playing with levels and colorizing.

I agree with keith, scanning something and tinkering it in PS may work as well.

[Image]

#1 could be done the long way in photoshop using several layers of lines and boxes. The boxes could be created using the polygonal lasso tool and holding shift (to keep everything in intervals of 45 degrees), then, when a box is created that spans the eintire page (as all the layers do, save for some), hit make a new layer and fill it. Varying widths, locations, and angles. With each one on a new layer, achieve that overlaooping effect by arranging the layers and stacking them in certain ways. Then use cmd+click to auto select various layers and nudge them by using alt+arrow to copy random boxes next to themselves to get that double line you see in certain places. In a separate PSD (if you have CS2, because you can just shoot it through bridge into your boxes PSD, if not, in a new layer set with a shite background that take up the eintire page) make a whole slew of varying lines using the shape tool (but set on that setting that makes them regions of color and not masked shapes). Either shoot them into bridge, or dump the layer set and arrange your lines the same way, interlacing them with the boxes. Make a couple circles, make them look trendy, place them. Only after, program 5-6 layer styles and apply them to random boxes and a couple of the circles.

As for the second one, it's a scan of a pattern on a dress or tie or something. Import it into photoshop, add a layer adjustment mask. From here, you can save it as a pattern, or get rid of the background by using an opacity mask, merge it all into one layer and place it over a transparant background, set resolution to something like 300, and save as a brush.

[Image]

...and just now I read that that stuff is illustrator.

Heh, I would probably just do it all in PS andd livetrace is in AICS2.