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SilentD
post Sep 12 2006, 12:48 PM
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how do you use patterns such as the ones from this site: http://squidfingers.com/patterns/

i understand you use it for your artwork....but...in what stage? when or how do you insert it? can someone show me an example of how someone used a pattern for their artwork plz? blink.gif blink.gif blink.gif
 
 
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*mona lisa*
post Sep 12 2006, 01:03 PM
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What program do you use? I know how to use patterns well in Photoshop. There isn't a specific stage where a pattern should be used; it depends on what you want to do with the image. So use it however, whenever you want.

I most often see them used as layout backgrounds and on banners. I've used them often in avatars and I have easy access to them so I'll just show some examples of what I've made with patterns:

The little swirls and lines you see in white are a pattern I used off of the site you linked. I just used a blend mode other than normal to make it appear faded.
Same as a few others:
 

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