TheNickFox Presents: Raimi Spider-Man Pattern - Now Even More Accurater!!! (Page 5)

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I'm in kind of a hurry and don't have time to read the whole thread, but this is really impressive and I thought I might be able to throw in my two cents. I don't know for sure if the quality is up to the level you'd need it to be, but Fabric on Demand prints on a stretch material, I think spandex. It would probably be at least a little cheaper than the sublimation.
 
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You can also try loading the b/w muscle image as a displacement map in photoshop, and use that to distort the whole tile patern in one go.

Though not sure it will come out the same way as this more localized method of working on small areas at a time..
 
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You can also try loading the b/w muscle image as a displacement map in photoshop, and use that to distort the whole tile patern in one go.

Though not sure it will come out the same way as this more localized method of working on small areas at a time..

That was my original method, five years ago, but it resulted in more squashed, skewed, and wavy bricks, and it didn't really resemble the screen-used pattern,. It's definitely a cool technique though and maybe someone out there can find a way to make it work, but for me, it's all about Spherizing. It gives me such exacting control over every bulge and ripple in the musculature.

I'd love to see people come up with their own methods too, though, it's one of the best ways to help us all improve our techniques and it's the same reason I share my method; so we as a community can build and improve on it.

Thanks again for all of the amazingly generous compliments, I really appreciate them.

Hopefully I'll have some more work to show later today.

-Nick
 
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Nick,
you are very nice to have explained how to do this. Not many people would share their methods. Bravo to you sir and thank you. :thumbsup
 
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Nick,
you are very nice to have explained how to do this. Not many people would share their methods. Bravo to you sir and thank you. :thumbsup

Don't mention it. No one could ever learn if we didn't share our knowledge. A lot of great, helpful people have guided me over the years and shared their knowledge when I needed it, so it just seems natural to pass on what I know/learned.

Anyhoo, I want to thank Stagelife IMMENSELY for helping me out on the web front. The webs are gorgeous and I couldn't resist quickly throwing them onto my pattern to see how it all looks. All I can say is I've got a HUGE smile on my face right now...take a look:

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I'm still taking a small break from patterning, but hopefully by this weekend I'll have some more time to roughly, if not completely, finish the pattern.

-Nick
 
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Damn, that looks awesome. Are you going to be selling the high res file when you're done? I imagine a lot of people will be wanting this.
 
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Thanks! Sometimes I lose objectivity when staring at the screen for so long, so it's great to hear I'm not just tricking myself into thinking it looks good.

And as for selling this: I hadn't thought that far ahead. I'm far to used to getting a file to this point and losing it for all eternity. It's a possibility, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

Thanks again, WM.

-Nick
 
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Back ups, use back ups. its as simple and burning the files to a DVD, or e-mailing them to another computer. Or you could use one of those automatic back up systems. I suggest saving them to DVD first. But with your luck you better do all three. lol.
 
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Thanks again, WM.

No problem babe :cool

Back ups, use back ups. its as simple and burning the files to a DVD, or e-mailing them to another computer.

LIKE MINE!!!!

Haha, seriously though, keep backing it up. It looks too awesome to lose forever at this point. Is this the 3rd time you've started it? Third time's usually a charm :)
 
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There were a few "test" patterns I made along the way. I'm calling this my third, but it's probably closer to my 10th.

Each pattern taught me something though that allowed me to make the current one. So at least it wasn't a complete loss.

And I was actually burning a backup DVD as I read the past few posts...I'll toss it on my flash drive and my external hard drive too for good measure!

I MUST finish! Nothing will stop me! *Battle Cry!*

-Nick
 
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Well, I got a little bored last night and couldn't sleep, so this happened:

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As always, it needs a few more tweaks, but it's just about there.

Now all that's left are the arms, and I'm DONE!

-Nick
 
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Triple post, FTW!

Well, That boredom thing was still going strong these last few hours, so I decided just to pound out the rest of the costume:

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There's a little cleanup work left to do for a few minor pieces, but for all intents and purposes: THIS. IS. DONE. (5 years after I started it :lol )

-Nick
 
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Awesome. Seriously awesome. I've looked at these templates over the last 5 years and still can't really figure out how they are sewn together. Is it all of the suit including the mask? Also, how big are the files?

Congrats on getting it done. It sure looks like it was worth all the hassle. Back it up until the files are out there (if you're selling/giving them out, that is) just to be safe. You gonna make a suit now?
 
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I'm more than willing to store a backup of your suit file on my Hard drive. :p

Great work nick
 
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I'm more than willing to store a backup of your suit file on my Hard drive. :p

Great work nick

I'm sure you are. :lol And thanks!

The only thing I have to do before I finally figure out what I'm actually going to do with this (I don't even know if I want to make a suit) is add the edge/seam lines to the entire suit.

I just finished adding them to the arms, the back has them already, and half of the main body piece is edged. I think I'll sleep (For once) and finish that last bit in the morning...after I toss all of my latest revisions onto my thumb drive for safe keeping.

This has been my "Unicorn Project" for so long, it feels weird that it's almost done. Like I said, I'm still not sure what to do with this now...I feel like donating it to a museum to preserve my work for all eternity. :)

WM: The only pieces I haven't shown are the palms and the thumbs...but those have no brick distortion to them so it didn't seem necessary.

Once all my edge lines are added, I'll post a picture of the entire pattern so you can get a sense of just how minimal it all is in order to have as few seams as possible.

And all totaled, my finished PSDs are about 500MB. In a flattened, full-sized tiff, or similar file, I could cut that down a bit.

EDIT:

Here are the pieces that you haven't seen yet, with their thrilling brickwork (It was a nice break to be able to just press a button and call it done):

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-Nick
 
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I just have to clean up some stray bricks (you can't see them here) and I'm all finished. As promised, here is the whole thing!

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Stagelife, once I clean up the errant bricks, I'll shoot a copy off to you.

Now I just have to figure out what to do with the pattern now that it's done. Any suggestions besides "give it to me?" :lol

I mean it seems a waste just to horde it on my hard drive, but I'm also tentative about selling the file since it's so easy to rip off. I mean I could try offering prints, but I'm not sure how much interest there is.

Let me know.

-Nick
 
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I would say find a printer that will actually print it, get a sample suit done for yourself at least for all your trouble. Then if others want it they can pre order.

would it be alot of trouble to also do a version without the webs?
 
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I would say find a printer that will actually print it, get a sample suit done for yourself at least for all your trouble. Then if others want it they can pre order.

would it be alot of trouble to also do a version without the webs?

That's the direction I was leaning in. I figure even if I just sew it up and throw it on a mannequin, at least I have it.

And no, that would be no trouble at all. I can just change the visibility of a few layers in Photoshop to either just leave the cut lines/edges visible or to make black web guidelines (which I'm working on now) visible. So basically I could make a suit with thin guidelines, no lines except the edges, or printed webs.

...I can also make the entire suit purple if I want. :p

-Nick
 
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Holy crap. It ended up looking beautiful. Great job, man.

I reckon make one for yourself first so you can write all the prices down. Then either start an interest thread for either one size or different sized suits for people depending on their height/weight. Then ship them the printed sheets of whatever the printed material is to them. Failing that, you could always sell the file itself and have everyone else do the sizing, printing, cutting and sewing themselves. The second option would definitely be better for you because you won't have to do any dirty work and people can't blame you if they size it wrong for themselves.
 
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Well done! And fairly quick too. (y)thumbsup:thumbsup
 
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