Create-a-Pattern Madness!

 Okay, I just downloaded and tried out the Create-a-Pattern tool.  Undecided yet as to whether or not I prefer this method.  For simply tiling a pattern you have already created, it proves more difficult.  Unless you make each part of your pattern in the tool by using PNG "stickers" and then layering and such as you like.  Keep your images 256x256 or else it resizes them for you!  Okay, the first pattern I created was from one of my Frederick's series ATCs, to have sort of an art deco modern art tiled look for wallpapering or fashionista outfits.  Modern Arty Walls Which came out a nice tiling.  There's a small amount of reflective shininess in the pattern, however, with the dress I chose, the material did not show up any shiny.  Which was disappointing because that is the same dress I chose for all my models and none of them showed up the shiny....  Boo.  And my bf wants the main computer back, so I'll have to dig up some better screenshots tomorrow.  Until then, please enjoy how lovely the couches looks, as they actually do show up the shine!  XD  All these patterns are available in my Studio on the Exchange.  But I will host them on Mediafire (entire folder, CAP Pattern Pack1) for those of you not registered.  There is a total of seven patterns.  Two artsy ones and five red patterns with shininess.  I wanted a Jessica Rabbit sort of effect then started playing around with the shiny layer.

The next pattern I made from a little doodle, which I used as a sticker to tile it in the pattern and used some of the default stickers as well.  I may in the future provide pattern stickers, which will be 256x256 PNG files as a resource pack.  I plan to make some for myself anyways.  This pattern which I call Ornamental Tentacle because it has sort of a Chinaware pattern style.  The tentacle is hand drawn, just a PNG file I already had picked out so was ready at my disposal to make a pattern and I thought it turned out pretty nice.  I have it pictured on a dress, but it should look nice on tiled surfaces and small surfaces and counter tops.  There may be an issue with the color of the tentacle layer, I had lowered the saturation during the creation because it was giving me odd colors instead of solid colors.  I'll have to figure out better ways to make stickers as I learn this tool more.  So it seems to only go darker and the blue barely showed up from how I set it to look in the preview image they have in the tool.  I was kind of disappointed that the in-game look didn't match the tool.

The five red patterns, I forget which ones are which names, my goof, I'm sorry.  The glitter one is obvious.  But the others have almost the same names and the preview image didn't show them on the Exchange, so I promptly forgot what I named each one.  I think it shows up in the launcher though.  I haven't tried other dresses/outfits to see if the shiny shows up better, because that's what I really wanted them for.  Though shiny couches, or even drapery are nice and all....  ;P  (Look at the couches, not the dresses)

 Red Glitter Glam (couch 4), Ultra Red Shine (couch 2), Flourish Shine, 

Ultra Flourish Shine, Satin Flourish Pattern 

(all three flourishes have shine with swirly patterness going on)

Geisha Print Pattern

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This pattern is a seamless texture using the same Geisha design.  There's four color channels, though the differences on some may be subtle.  Only the one size.  I'll add details later.  Eventually.

Golden Plated Florets

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This pattern was based off of a stock image of gold plating with a Japanese floral design hammered into it.  A truly beautiful sheet of metal.  But it looks good on clothes and upholstery and even your walls, not just metal.  I've included two separate files, Matte and Shiny.  The shiny is super high contrast.  So might not look good on things like couches.  That's where the matte comes in handy.  There's only one color channel, but there are 3 sizes.  Large, medium and small.  It even looks pretty good to put the large on a stenciled t-shirt, so the stencil overlays the patterns.  Cool effect.


Additional Credits:

• These patterns were created using Delphy's Pattern Packager
•  Golden Texture was the original stock image by  japanstocks

Japanese Theme Patterns

Dragon w/Cherry Blossoms

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These were designed for the Builder's Boulevard resources with the Japanese themed neighborhood in mind. These are free to use. However, do not redistribute claiming as your own, nor upload to pay sites. You may include with your lots or Sims, however, please give credit/link back in either description, story or in your blog sections and please notify me of usage.  This pattern comes in 2 sizes. It features a unique specular mapping, so only certain parts should be shiny. (tested in game, seems super shiny, but good for satin fabrics) I do not know the meaning of the Kanji, however a moderator looked it up to find out it means "cherry blossom" ;D

Japanese Dragon Script

This pattern is designed for the Builder's Boulevard resources for the Japanese theme. There are 2 sizes with various 'dirt' layers. Layer 3 or 4 would be dirt layer. Default specular. If there's only 2 layers, it's the clean version with only two recolorable channels. 8 patterns total for this set. The screenshots with the stacks of blocks are illustrating the variances. Dirt1 and 2 are very slight, DoubleDirt is very drastic, it has both Dirt1 and 2. The effects you can achieve can alter the entire color of the pattern as an accent or add a bit of grunginess or even blood (without the splatter, more just excess red)

More to come!




Additional Credits:

• These patterns were created using Delphy's Pattern Packager

Dragon Floral Credits:
ONLY Stock PS Brushes were used

• Japanese Ryo Brush by Faeth-design on DeviantART
• Japanese Dragons by TD-Brushes on DeviantART
• Japanese Brushes Set 2 by KaiPrincess on DeviantART

Dragon Script Credits:
ONLY Stock PS Brushes were used

• Japanese Dragons by TD-Brushes on DeviantART
• Japanese Dragon Vector Art by SamuraiAgency on DeviantART
• Japanese Poem by mcdermid on DeviantART

Thank you to those wonderful creators who made it a lot easier than drawing all of that by hand myself. ;D Considering I hate drawing scales and my flowers suxor. I'd need a reference any way.

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The moderator who reviewed your submission also had the following suggestions/hints: Quote: I looked up your character for you... it means "cherry blossom". You can edit your text with that info if you like

So thanks to the moderator who researched that for me. And that's cool since I used it with Cherry Blossoms in the pattern. I must've known on a subconscious level due to all the anime I've subjected myself to.

Llama Llama Llama Yeti...

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Four color channels. Channel 3 is a subtle yeti which can be hidden by adjusting from white to black variations (depends on your other colors). I only created one size of this, as anything smaller would lose too much detail. You can blend out large or small Llamas, they are on separate channels. Channel order: Background texture, Tiny Llamas, Hidden Yeti, Big and Small Llamas.

Additional Credits:
Flabaliki for extracting Sims 3 icons and putting it in an uber awesome PNG and ICO download on MTS ----> 405 Sims 3 Icons