Portrait help please

[Rob]

I have been asked to cut a dog picture for a Christmas present.  I am not a pattern designer but have tried my best using Gimp and Travis' excellent tutorials.  Could I please ask for our experienced pattern designers to review my effort and suggest any improvements?  I am reasonably happy with what I have achieved but there is a lot of black in the body of the dog.

 

Here is the original photograph

 

 

and here is my attempt

 

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Rob

[lawson56]

i Gave it a shot.I know it's not the best.It's a Beautiful dog.Hopefully you will get a better patter.And keep working on your skills your doing just Fine.

[Dave Monk]

I really think you did a great job on the pattern. I would not be ashamed to use it. dave

[DonR]

Here's one with a little more detail.

Don R

[Rob]

I really think you did a great job on the pattern. I would not be ashamed to use it. dave

Thanks Dave.  Travis' videos are a great help, I will have to keep practising.

 

Rob

[Rob]

i Gave it a shot.I know it's not the best.It's a Beautiful dog.Hopefully you will get a better patter.And keep working on your skills your doing just Fine.

Thanks for your effort Bobby. I appreciate it.

 

Rob

[Rob]

Here's one with a little more detail.

Don R

Thank you so much Don.  I am in awe at the speed you can produce such great patterns.

 

Rob

[Scrolling Steve]

Great work Don R.!

[amazingkevin]

Here's one with a little more detail.

Don R

As a seasoned pattern maker Donr you pulled the cat out of the bag.!!!!!!

[lawson56]

I would go with Don Rs so much better than mine.Beautiful work Don R.  

[Birchbark]

That was a tough photo to work with, i think you did  a nice job, you're just starting out with the programs.  I like the pattern you made, the only problem i see, that would make any other pattern better, is the line of the muzzle.  Not knowing what steps you took to get to the final result, its hard to tell you where you could have done something different.  You say that you didn't like so much black, then go back and try again, keeping in mind the things you'd like to change. 

I took a shot as well.  Mine came out a little different from the others, sorta.  That shows you what is possible.  All good patterns.  I'm sure there are many ppl that would be happy to cut yours. 

 

Russell

 

 

[frankorona]

Great patterns, thanks for your help guys        

[meflick]

Lots of choices - lots of great work - shows so many ways to approach creating a pattern from the same image.  Interesting to see.  Thanks to everyone for taking the time and sharing.

[Rob]

Thanks for your help and comments everyone.  The cutting was for my neighbour who decided on my pattern.  He probably felt obliged to chose mine but anyway here it is:

 

 

I don't normally cut portraits but I have some spiral blades which I have yet to try so I will probably try the other patterns at some point.

 

Thanks again for your help,

 

Rob

[dgman]

Great work Rob, very good likeness!

[penquin]

Got some great patterns to help out.  The cutting came out nice.  Good work.

jim

penquin

[Zorro1958]

Awesome patterns!        Nice job on the cutout.