Can anyone provide some tips or tricks on how to digitize snow or more particularly the effect of snow as a snowmobile blasts through it? I have the sled/rider finished, just need to place the "blasting snow" around and over the sled. This is going on a black jacket, full back. The sled is red and the rider in a blue suit. Any ideas? I just don't know how to keep it from looking like just a bunch of lines ... the sled/rider are 7"x5" ...
I guess it depends on if you have to do it over a background or not and how attached you are to embroidery only. You could use a sponge and use fabric paint for the snow to give it texture and use sprinkles to make it sparkle (I use mixed media all of the time and it makes the embroidery stand out even more) or:
You could use a regular fill(light density, no underlay, random stitch, feathered edges in white with stitches running the way the wind would be blowing it. Then use metallic thread sewn using freehand pathing to make the light reflect off of it as it would in real snow. Use a scale larger than 100% to make those reflective stitches longer and easier to sew. If you check out my digitizing page, you can see the smoke I put behind the truck. I just blended a few colors for that. It wouldn't be hard to lighten it up and see through as you would with snow if that is the effect you want.
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Originally Posted by BGSSUB
Can anyone provide some tips or tricks on how to digitize snow or more particularly the effect of snow as a snowmobile blasts through it? I have the sled/rider finished, just need to place the "blasting snow" around and over the sled. This is going on a black jacket, full back. The sled is red and the rider in a blue suit. Any ideas? I just don't know how to keep it from looking like just a bunch of lines ... the sled/rider are 7"x5" ...
BGS, I would think that a very random fill (like that used for fur effects) would work well. Do you have reference artwork? Here is some freehand work in Stich ERA with a random fill and random edges. Jim. I like your idea of a little bit of metalic thread, that would look cool.
Ian
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I guess it depends on if you have to do it over a background or not and how attached you are to embroidery only. You could use a sponge and use fabric paint for the snow to give it texture and use sprinkles to make it sparkle (I use mixed media all of the time and it makes the embroidery stand out even more) or:
You could use a regular fill(light density, no underlay, random stitch, feathered edges in white with stitches running the way the wind would be blowing it. Then use metallic thread sewn using freehand pathing to make the light reflect off of it as it would in real snow. Use a scale larger than 100% to make those reflective stitches longer and easier to sew. If you check out my digitizing page, you can see the smoke I put behind the truck. I just blended a few colors for that. It wouldn't be hard to lighten it up and see through as you would with snow if that is the effect you want.
Excellent information. I like the metallic thread idea.
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