/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I'm in a print design class and I've been working on a few prints that I would adore to make into some cute lolita dresses! I just finished one up that's pink and blue and has some retro starburst shapes as a boarder
it's very cute
I'd love to see more baking related prints like honey cake, but like, not honey cake
and frankly I think we're missing the untapped potential of bee-themed prints
bees are so cute

>>8242521
I want a maple syrup print.

I made an attempt, but honestly I have no idea how print making works

Aww the clouds shaped as animals or hearts is pretty cute! I suggest... Antropomorphic animals? Like bunnies in country outfits that harvest and live in a cute cottage.

>>8242521
Show us your print!

>>8242536

I'd love to see a Hieronymous Bosch or a Goya painting on a skirt.

An all over honeycomb pattern with honeypots on the border would be nice too

>>8242657
>Hieronymous Bosch

God yes

>>8242521
Can you please put these up on spoonflower? If people buy your designs I'm pretty sure you get a small percentage and I'd like to see your stuff

>>8242632
I love this print but it's virtually unusable unfortunately.

>>8242671
I can see it working as a skirt

>>8242676
it's waaaay too long sadly, because the print goes the whole width.

>>8242700
Thanks. Yeah this is what I was getting at. You can't cut the fabric to shorten it and it's like 44" about double the length of your average lolita skirt.

>>8242671
I am trying to get the dress made by Sweet Mildred that has this print, but she is so slow to reply and probably even slower to ship.

I just want this in time for picnic season.

A Yamamoto print on a simple cut gothic jsk, starting at the hem of the skirt and fading/merging into black.

Flower fairies on an otome-type cut, would be all over that shit.

>>8242746
Michael Miller designed some really nice fairy fabrics even ones with a border print, here's the link - http://www.michaelmillerfabrics.com/shop/collections/flower-fairies.html

>>8242657
Bosch please. I fucking hate the image placement on the JetJ dress. I would've bought it if it didn't look so damn cheap. I'd also love to see some Dali inspired prints.
> Border print of The Elephants please

Astrology prints have been done before, but I would love a lolita dress with a glittery watercolour print like this.

>>8242740
Yes to this so, so much!

>>8242812
Left my email on from the BST thread. Gosh darnit

I really want a print that's all honey, bees, fruits, and flowers with cutely shaped honey jars and raspberries. It would be really adorable if done right.

sunflowers, my kingdom for sunflowers.

I really want to make a print that is raspberries and lemon, simply because they are my two favourite fruit and I love the colour combination. Meta's pink lemonade print is sort of close to what I was thinking. I also was thinking about a to kill a mocking bird print with things like the carved soap and stuff featuring in it.

Eugene Seguy style butterfly or other insect print.

I want some unicorns and whales and narwals in a print. But nothing cartoonish like there is now. Bonus points if the unicorns have battle armor on.

But something that would most realistically happen that is love is for the unicorn tapestries printed dresses. If i could find good fabric is just do it myself.

>lunar moths
>bubonic plague art / plague doctor
>apothecary

And I'm sure there's a few more, but I can't think of them right now.

>>8242943
this indy brand did a nice lion and unicorn print

>>8242955
Lily of the Valley Designs

I'd like to see maps, like old sea maps with monsters and shit illustrated on them. You could even make the sea monsters all cutesy, idc.

Additionally, octopuses.

>>8242955
too bad she doesn't sell them anymore.

ghostly wraiths and spectres that are not cartoonish... more noncartoonish dark shit in general. surreal or eerie.

>so many occult and supernatural prints available
>all tabletop RPG illustration tier

give me something that makes me gasp, a dress that looks like a veil between this world and another.

>>8242995
here is an idea: chiffon or sheer overskirt with a print of elegant latticework windows. on the underskirt, misty silhouettes wherever the windows are... if the overskirt has alternating sheer (windows) and opaque (decorated walls) panels, the effect could be eerier.

sort of like pic related.

>>8243023
I really like that idea.

>>8242995
have you seen Violet Fane's stuff?

>>8243083
>have you seen Violet Fane's stuff?
yeah was thinking of it specifically. too cartoonish/clipartish. the bird, the hand, the question marks... their stuff almost does it for me but it's inorganic. not bad, but not what i dream of.

>>8243112
what i like about it: the crystal balls, the background... not together, though.

>>8243112
same feeling about the haunted house print?
I love how the "attic" is the crotch of the tights.

>>8242964
Yeah i was shop in love with this but didn't have the money at the time they were available to order

This has been on my desktop forever and it only now occurred to me what a lovely print it would be.

>>8243023
Oh fuck yes, I smell horror coord

Orange creamsicle print. Someone please do this.

>>8242746
Some are still under copyright but a few are not IIRC. I like them too.

I have a couple of print ideas but I've never drawn them up because I've heard such crappy reports about Spoonflower fabric once it's cleaned and don't know where else to get them printed. Are any of the more expensive fabrics at Spoonflower any better than the cheaper ones for holding their print, not fading, not getting weird lines on them? Doesn't Lady Sloth use Spoonflower prints? How are people cleaning those things and not turning up with the documented Spoonflower problems yet? I'd hate to think no one is cleaning them.

No these threads are always fucking stupid
>durr I want a realistic Psittacosaurus eating steak and savory foods print. everyone else will want that too
>why doesn't anyone make a print with whale eating plankton? that would be really kawaii
>how about a realistic salad print with turnips with faces?
>why hasn't anyone made a print with slobbering demon bat rottweilers staring into the abyss with jellyfish and sea turtles on fire in the background on mars. this is a great idea everyone will want it
Your idea are all fucking retarded and there's a reason why no one makes them

>>8243319
what anon, did you even read any of the ideas written in this thread? They're all tame, reasonable shit.

>>8243319
>demon bat rottweilers
That's a great idea though?

>>8243408
I'd use pentagrams instead of crosses. Otherwise 10/10

>>8243410
I just did crosses because I thought using chew bones would be cute.

>>8242562
so, basically a beatrix potter print?
that could work honestly...

>>8243319
I look at these threads as more ideas people have for a one off or small number that they and a few friends might want. If it gets as far as 'would anyone want ___' it always is reduced to lack of interest, squabbling or shitposts. I think it would be cool if people made or commissioned their own ideas for prints for themselves. It's a shame Spoonflower fabric is such shit.

I would some sort of Jewish theme (stars of David, Different holiday prints like new yeat with apples and honey, sedar prints, lights of a menorah etc). I always see these cross prints which are beautiful but i feel uncomfortable wearing

>>8243414
>>8243159
>>8242812
>>8242400
>>8242831
This.
And prints with scissors, mushrooms, flowers in botanical art style, anything in watercolor style, a nice bread print (no JetJ wasn't good enough), folklore prints, forest trees and retro picture book art.

sorta related.
top two are cinderella themed/inspired.
i had no idea what to do with for the third one, i think its kinda gross.

I want more astronomy themes. I loved cosmic, the print was perfect, but the cuts sucked.

>>8243450
This is Japanese clothing we're talking about; most people in Japan probably have never met a Jew.
(I'd want one too.)

>>8243531
Yeah... Heres to hoping some indi brand will make them

Birds flying all over

>>8242562
Would wear wind in the willows

>>8243531
That doesn't stop them from using all kinds of symbology they may have seen. I don't think its that far-fetched.

>>8242812
God, I would pay so much for this.

>>8242632
what if it was cut down the middle? like pancakes/white border for the skirt and then use the very top to make a band?

>>8242400
School supplies is one I've never heard before, but it actually has the potential to be really cute.

>>8242746
Oh yes. They even got on the cover of the GLB twice, I'm surprised it's not been done before.

>>8243586

>>8243581
Meta's CL had a blackboard and a painting print.

>>8242521
>>8242575
>>8242666
Alright, so here is my print. I'm gonna do some different colourways as that was the actual project that I should have been doing but I may have gone extremely overboard and designed this print and how it would work in a dress.
I've thought about getting this printed with spoonflower but honestly, I'm not impressed with the quality of their prints and their fabric. Like, I imagine its alright for stuff like, bags or quilts or stuff that doesn't need washed that often but for clothes I find the prints fade out super quickly and they're not always the greatest at matching colours.
I've got some other prints I've done if ya'll would like to see those! I love sharing with people who actually know the fashion I'm designing.

>>8243650
I'd love to see more. Photo dump please

>>8243587
I'd love an insects and fairies print. In a sweet, classic and dark coloway (pink, beige, black).

>>8243421
Op here, I definitely am commissioning one or two of those prints. Like I said I made this thread to hear opinions!

>>8243650
>>8243656
This one was for a an assignment where we had to design a steampunk valentine-themed print. I like it well enough, but looking back on it I wish the font was different.

>>8243682
And this one is a screen print design that I did, and then made the dress and wore to con. I apologise for the cluttered picture, I'm waiting to take real pictures of it until my bell petticoat comes in. Someone at con told me that my dress "looked a little homestuck" and that made me laugh.
And thats the last of them. What do you guys think? I'm open to any and all criticism!

>>8243490
these are pretty average at best tbh. keep working at them and the ideas will come through!!

>>8243490
Third one reminds me of fairy neopets.

>>8243678
The commissions will only be as good as where the fabric is printed even if the designs are nice. Aside from Spoonflower and its problems with fading and looking terrible after any kind of cleaning, where can anyone get small lengths of custom yardage?

>>8243682

I agree that the font looks a little wonky. I hate giving crit, because as a former art student my program only gave positive crit to our special snowflake students and they all graduated thinking they were going to go places. I got told off so many times for critiquing someone's "perfect" work. So I am saying this, but at the same time I am expecting the entire board to tell me off.

I see a few weaknesses in this one. I don't know if it's the text (the kerning, etc just looks a little jumbled) or the gears(you only made a few and repeated them) I think if you put a bit more time into it, it would look a lot better. With something that is more complicated than your pink print, I think you need to be a bit more nit-picky with placement. Right now it almost feels a bit sparse(?) because of the few designs for gears. I would also experiment with the location of the gears as that one gear that is dipping above the brown background might look better in another location.

>>8243414
>Beatrix Potter print
Oh god take my money.

>>8243682
I like the theme, color scheme and contrast of gears with a script font.
Line up the gear teeth a bit better, use another font, isn't that the freebie Zapfino? Not unique enough for a custom print. Kerning and spacing is off as mentioned. Don't bisect the stripe to brown section exactly with the gear, use 1/3-2/3 proportion. One design trick is to mirror flip it, print the page and look at it in the mirror, checking for flow,proportion and the font legibility. Flaws pop out more easily.

This gonna be weeb but I think a Pokemon collaboration would be neat. It could be about eevolutions with a colorway for each one of them including base brown. Even better if it wasn't just a solid color dress with a pokemon print at the bottom but more elaborate patterns like thunder bolts, flames, etc.

>>8243414
>>8243864
IW has some.
I've seen a few homemade on etsy too.

>>8242815
.... Nicole Dollanganger tho

>>8243847
I was thinking spoonflower honestly, and avoiding dark colors. But here's a review of several other services
>http://www.trueup.net/2009/fabric-study/digital-fabric-printing-service-guide-and-giveaway/

>>8243937

isn't that the surname of of the creepy family from flowers in the attic

No one has drawn a seagull print? Surely that can't be!

>>8243937
Oh god, didn't think anyone would pick up on that.

>>8243973
I'm pretty sure she's a fan of V.C Andrews.

>>8243937
>>8243986
I like your taste in music anons

>>8243414
Yes that! I think vintage children illustration are really cute and suitable for otome or lolita. IW did a good job but i think ETC would do a better print and border too.

>>8243112
This is pretty awful, there's no cohesion.

>>8243650
Th-that's so cute, anon.

>>8243855
No this is legitimate criticism and you delivered it admirably. The design does need work although the premise is cute and it has a lot of potential. I would look forward to a rework of this design.

>>8243937
>>8243986
>>8244007
I'm joining the praise in music taste

>>8244007
They're referring to a book and its author though

A cimaruta design would make a pretty pattern.

>>8242946
10/10 would wear daily.

>>8244361
The key ones are my favourite.

>>8244326
Op here, my email is referring to her song.

>>8243408
Ha, I like this a lot actually

i want to design a print, but my illustrative talents are 'meh' at best.
i made a pattern for a cosmic pastries theme a few weeks ago, but never sent it to be printed off.
the other thing i'd like to see is a revolutionary girl utena themed dress...with the stained glass windows from the school, lots of roses, and dueling swords.

>>8244326
I have no idea what you're talking about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8FfFljm490

>>8244706
An anon made this, but mysteriously disappeared. She was probably threatened or something.

>>8244773
I just realized how weirdly worded that is. She was going to put it up on Spoonflower. A few anons were worried for copyright reasons. Spoonflower probably asked her to take it down. She stopped posting about it.

>>8244773
so pretty though

>>8244778
Probably gonna sound hella dumb here, but what would this be messing with the copyrights of?

Am I the only one that would love to have a Wizard of Oz print.

This dress for example

I would like to see hamster prints and well more bat themed prints, there is a weird lack of them!And i know i sound like a broken record because i always say it and for that i mean i wish for demon/vampire bears or bunnies, we had zombie animals now i need my demon animals or vampire animals rising from their coffins.
>no otome prints maybe more AP/AATP themed

>>8244816
the anime Revolutionary Girl Utena.

>>8244818
YES, I have been scouring for some cute WoZ prints to sew with but the only cute one I found is out of print, and I think it was a really tiny pattern anyways...

>>8243963
Found a more up to date post on that blog. http://www.trueup.net/2013/q-a/digital-printing-services-2013-edition/

>>8242965
Oh god yes, I'd love some map prints!

I'm a complete sucker for pandas, but I can't imagine it would look good on anything, except something like AP's Toy Parade/dreamy baby room type of prints and I really don't like those.

>>8242400
I want to see a gothic Star of David print
Like I'm not Jewish or anything, I just love religious stuff in gothic

>>8244773
>Imagine just the BG but embroidered
>Ladyboner sky high

>>8243112
that fucking severed hand...

>>8244841
Here's something from 2014 comparing Spoonflower, Fabric on Demand, and another service
>http://www.pixeladies.com/tech-tuesday-fabric-printing-services-review/

>>8244818
There's the Baby one?

I own it in red, it was one of my dream dresses because I love the story so much.

Chemistry print. With different glassware and little heart-shaped steam clouds or whatever.

>>8243898
I'm game if the print is subtle

>>8244835
Would look great in otome!

>>8243986
Why would anyone be a fan of V.C. Andrews? It's basically the same fucked up story all over again.
>Mary Sue is amazingly beautiful but poor and thinks she's plain
>her amazing beauty makes her irresistible to sexy (rich, older) man
>whoops it's her biological father/brother/uncle/grandfather/whatever
>doesn't matter, they fuck anyway
>insert tragic ending
>rinse and repeat in the next book with Mary Sue's amazingly beautiful incest daughter
Bonus for evil ugly stepmother/stepsisters who are jealous of Mary Sue's beauty and incestuous relationship and try to sabotage her.

>>8243686
Lovely print Idea and the execution is nice too! Maybe if you intend to do this print again, more stars (but more spread apart) above your pattern would look very lovely. maybe some zodiac symbols and animals would also add some interest and variety to your dress as well?

>>8243650
what is the course called anon..? it seems interesting

>>8243687
thanks! to be honest im just scared of over adding so thats why they're so plain.
>>8243842
wow, you're right.

I wasn't going to comment but the meat dress drove me to it. I DEMAND to want to see, more prints by Angelic Pretty and other Lolita Brands featuring VEGAN, VEGETARIAN, PESCETARIAN, GLUTEN FREE AND ALLERGY SENSITIVE OPTIONS!!!
Angelic Pretty is the WORST at this. They consistently release prints with names like "MILKY Cross" "MILKY Berry" "MILKY Chan" and there is even a DRESS WITH A MILK CARTON ON IT!!! Called Honey Cake
WHAT on EARTH is cute or "kawaii" about PUS FILLED cow udder juice? It's digusting and it does NOT belong in Lolita Fashion
I believe Angelic Pretty and other Brands use these milk related prints to cater to their Western Audience so that alone should be offensive enough to get the prints pulled OFF the shelves
Why doesn't this bother Anyone else?!?!?

>>8247110

ok
>captcha: select all hamburger below

>>8247110
I made this just for you anon!
I call it ~*~*Tender Tofu*~*~ ^ w ^

>>8247110
I just got a bread print and I can't wait for the gluten free lolitas in my comm to yell at me for wearing it in front of them.
The sad thing is that I am not joking in any way.

>>8247110
It's a print not real food, chill out.

>>8247280
sauce on bread print.

>>8247229
There is NO REASON why Angelic Pretty's Honey Cake could not have used Soy Milk instead of regular Milk.The pancakes have butter on them but at least you could try and say they are dairy free Butter Pats. The Milk is clearly labelled MILK. There is NO REASON FOR THIS.
And another thing, Berry Prints. Milky Berry is the worst. Not only is milk mentioned again but almost all Berry prints have STRAWBERRIES. Those are the most Allergenic of all the berries. Why not feature cherries, Cranberries, blueberries, raspberries? At least the upcoming Cherry Maguerite attempts this and I commend Angelic Pretty for that in no way does it make up for their past transgressions.
>>8247280
I am glad Angelic Pretty has not yet but out a bread print. But given their insensitivity to those who are Vegan or with food allergies or sensitivities I would not put it past them. The only thing missing on Honey Cake are EGGS.

>>8247289
someone didnae get the joke

>>8247229
isn't there some cutesy tofu San-x character or something?

>>8247619
someone dinnae spell dinnae correctly

>>8247630
Hannari Tofu? Not San-X though.

>>8247649

Dinnae is generally used as do not, and didnae as did not

Also wtf

>>8247110
"Help I'm being oppressed and triggered by meat and dairy products :'((((("

>>8243531
So? Less than one percent of Japan is Christian, but that doesn't stop lolita brands from using crosses all the time.

>>8247110
10/10, anon. Some people actually thought you were serious.

>>8242711
she's closed until June for conventions, that's probably why.

>>8247649
>someone dinnae spell dinnae correctly
"Someone do not spell do not correctly"
...ehm...

>>8247649
how about we just fucking say do not instead of sounding like you're trying to write something cool for your creative writing class.

>>8242965
My world for all of these. Old anatomy drawings and illustrations monsters. Though the idea of a kawaii kraken or hydra makes me very happy

>>8249104
no. then it just looks like some shit a person just getting into lolita would draw

classic treasure map type things would look great for a classic lolita look

I want a bara print

>>8247110
Nufufufu

>>8249128
Given the kind of shit AP turns "kawaii", I'm pretty sure a cute sea monster print could be pulled off well.

>>8242965
Krad Lanrete's 12 Constellations JSK reminded me of old maps. That's why I picked it up.

>>8242965
Something like this?

>>8249462
If anyone was wondering, that's Rococo Soul's Age of Sail JSK, just looked it up. Thanks for posting it, anon, now I'm lusting after it.

>>8249462
This is perfect. New high priority dress.

>>8249380
No it really cant. What has ap turned that is supposed to be scary into something cute? You can't just make everything "KAWAII" and turn it into a print. It just makes you sound weeby.

>>8249462
This is a perfect example of that idea looking elegant and interesting.

>>8249408
This one as well is a good example, especially with the trend of straight up printing random old paintings onto a dress. Making a monstrous image of the kraken would look really cool as a center printed piece with a goth/classic coord.

>>8243898
It would only work if they were done in a medival esque style, kind of like the unicorn print above

>>8244706
Please do make this print its so cute

>>8244706
if this is your art then I think you're plenty talented! Though sweet isn't my thing I'd definitely buy some other designs in this style! Have you made other prints?

>>8247619
Wat?

>>8247280
It's the ETC one?

>>8249919
There's a Leur Getter one too.

Also I'm about to send off my print ideas to the artist, and I wanted to get more feedback from you guys on my ideas/slim down the choices so asking again, which of these would be the best for otome/throw any feedback you want at me.

>Storm/rainy day ( Clouds, lightning, rain, umbrellas at the bottom?) - Border Print

>Gardening (Seeds, waterings cans, ect) - All Over Print

>Shapes in Clouds (Animals, hearts, ect) - All Over Print

>Carousel Print (Assorted Animals not just horses/maybe no horses at all!) - Border Print

>School Supplies (Pencils, push pins, paperclips, ect) - All Over Print

>>8242740
This.

I'd like some plain eerie prints. Like that Marionette in my Closet Room print or the bugs and moons indie print. Pic related.

>>8243408
Who the fuck actually designs a print just to make fun of someone?

>>8250745
Why the fuck not

I'm dying to see a print inspired by Le Petit Prince.

>>8250600
name of artist anon? So nice

>>8249021
Someone dinnae like the Scottish.

>>8250817

Haenuli did one. But there should be more.

>>8243133
This looks horrendous. The buttons are too large, the bodice looks like it's made of frumpy denim, that beaded trim looks like it came from Joanns and that lace ruffle on the bottom is vile. I had hopes for this brand but they've missed the mark every single time.

>>8243467
>anything in watercolor style
I'm working on a print I'll probably be releasing in December that's a watercolor print. All I have is an inspiration collage right now, but I'm curious to know what you guys will think since I see people asking for watercolor prints often. I'll post the collage when I get home, but it's themed around wishing, fields of four leaf clover and dandelions with wishing wells along the hem, little ladybugs throughout. The other accents would be lucky pennies, floating dandelions seeds, and possibly wishbones if I can work it in in a way that isn't too macabre. It's going to fade from sky blue with dewy rainbows to a night sky in the bodice with shooting stars.

I had one interesting idea for it but I doubt it will look nice enough to actually pull off, but I was thinking of having an extra inch below the clover and wells that was a soft, watery blue with little piles of coins that have been tossed into the well.

>>8248744
Keep in mind, though, that crosses of many types have been popular motifs in fashion for a really long time. Jewish symbols have a certain stigma that makes them seem untouchable.

>>8243686
You're in my comm I think! I love your work so much!

>>8250981
Someone doesnae* ken what they're talking about.
Seriously, stop, it's embarassng

>>8251089
I think it could be cute if you limited it to just a few elements because with the change in the background it might be a bit busy. Love the idea of clovers and dandelions though

This is probably the nerd in me, but something with the public domain Gray's anatomy illustrations would be very lovely, probably as a border print against a beige or grey background.

>>8251174

And going on in a completely different direction, something with the last unicorn, but without Haenuli's fucking pastel vomit.

>>8250818
Kurokawa Inuko

>>8251176
Yes! I would buy a well executed dress immediately

>>8249408
Really want to get more inspo for this. I preordered it too, not sure how to coord it since my entire wardrobe is gothic and this is the most colourful dress -soon to be- in my closet.
No idea what to pair with it though.

>>8251017
ugggh, we deserve better.

>>8251089
Excited to see this! Also would love to see any past work!

>>8249462
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>>8249642
None of you are bothered by the print being fucking sideways?

>>8251633
It kind of makes sense actually looking at it because horizontal prints will be distorted by folds and unreadable.

>>8251651
yeah I agree with you. Also has anyone bought from Rococo Soul? I was looking at their current preorder.

>>8251633
I like it, but more because it reminds me of the way maps and brochures are folded when you get them.

>>8242400
Science themed. Like, sketches of birds or something on antique looking paper with scribbly notes. Or for a border print, old science-gear with pages floating around.

>>8247110
10/10 anon
made me laugh

>>8250745
I genuinely like rottweilers and I thought it would be fun to draw.

I want a snail print. Not all clip-arty and gross, though.

>>8244773
I'm so heartbroken that this probably won't happen. I really wanted to buy it.

>>8251139
Seriously, why get so het up over a joke?

I want a classic style beagle print.

That's all I want. ;_;

>>8254161
if no one thinks its funny, is it still a joke?

>>8244773
Why spoonflower demand she take it down though? I mean, yes it depicts a popular anime but if you take the logo out, technically it's her own art and she's free to sell it, isn't she?

Kingdom Hearts stained glass (a la St Giles/Vitus?) and gothic using the heartless/nobody symbols as motifs in a subtle black x silver, and flocking...

>>8254257

>>8254257

Clow border print

>>8254266
>>8254257
YES

>>8254266
Why is there a blue ass shitting out starts at the bottom?

>>8254274

Now you're talking my language bby

>>8243408
This is adorable. I would buy it in a heart beat.

>>8254274
This makes my bloomers moist

>>8251017
I... actually kind of like this. But god it has such potential to be a really cute sweet print too, I'm surprised no one's tried it yet

>>8254194
...then why not just ignore it?

>>8254867
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>>8254274
Meta already kind of did this but as a pattern all over.

I would like to see
>octopusses
>more bold candle prints.
>Koi fish
>Lilys

>>8256455
Jesus I find that ugly .-. Wouldn't mind an actual clow cards print all over

>>8244818
There's Wiz Me Over the Rainbow from Baby.

I'd like to see a wild flower meadow border print (so like, buttercups, poppies, cornflowers, grasses). And I'm surprised there's yet to be a decent cobweb print - something that doesn't look cheap. A border print could be done with large spiders webs between bare branches and look really classy. I can't find pictures now, but I remember seeing watercolours of spiders' webs with dew on them on English country hedges in autumn when I was younger, and I'd love a print like that.

A neopets bottled faerie print. I will try to design one.

>>8263652
I would give all my money.
maybe I'll try to make one for fun. What are the sizes for print patterns generally?

>>8251056
I love the buttons, but hate the neck trim and the tentacle lace shit on the bottom.

>>8251089
I would like to see this. Slightly interested. especially about the dandelion seeds.
>such whimsy

>>8251174
Also, again, Violet Fane. pic related.

>>8256455
I always like their prints, but then as soon as I see the detail, their damn ducks ruin it.

also another idea
I have a strong need for a ouiji board print. like a really good executed one.

>>8263652
Nostalgia

>>8263782
omg the paintbrush bag

>>8263652
uuuuu

Sunflower dress when

>>8251097
omg fellow Ohioan??
Thank you so much!!

>>8247280
but we can eat bread, not glutenous but we can eat bread. There's no reason for them to be mad that bread exists. It's like people who are triggered by every day things like mirrors or door handles, there are some things you can't completely avoid. Genius and Udis make really nice bread, although I can't remember what actual bread tastes like as it's been so long.

>>8263918
Glutino is much better, imo. Udi's just makes the same bread in different shapes.

>>8247280

Coeliac people are actually really chill, at least the ones I've met. No need for the vitriol - they already go through so much shit (sometimes literally).

>>8264011
I was going to say the same (I dunno why, but celiacs I grew up with where always pretty chill like you said, maybe because they're just used to the idea that life sucks) but then again, there's more people who eat gluten free because they think it will help them lose weight

>be lining up at McDonald's
>chick in front bugs cashier for what gluten free they have
>ice creams with no cone/and fries
>was careful to not claim salads, coz cross contamination
>bitch huffs and puffs, buys a grilled chicken wrap instead.
>wrap
>sits at table gobbling wrap talking about how McDonald's doesn't offer pamphlets for ppl on restricted diets

>>8247110
aw, this is kind of sweet

also, you should look into raw milk, unpasteurized, the way we drank it for thousands of years until the last 70 or so. comes from happy, consenting cows that live their lives happy eating grass in the sun, instead of spending a lifetime in a dark, dank hell. when the milk is unpasteurized, it's held to extremely high standards of cleanliness, unlike the pasteurized stuff, when can just be zapped and filtered. i get mine for 10 bucks a gallon at the local farmers' market - it's sold as "pet milk," but it's still god-tier stuff. real milk full of life, unlike the rancid, dead stuff sold at the supermarket. remember, not everything is black and white!

>>8251089
>>8251146
>>8251513
>>8263778
Here we go! It looks so busy in the collage, I know, and I'm considering cutting it down. But imagine it in a cohesive color palette, for staters. Softer colors, with a gentle fade from the misty sky to the night sky. The rainbow would be much, much more faint and the misty sky portion wouldn't be that long because I don't want it breaking the dress up into three chunks. The only other thing in the sky would be a few dandelion seeds floating up. Otherwise, I'm thinking it would be scenes in frames of the well in a garden, the wishbone, and coins strewn about in water, with one or two pennies floating down with a few bubbles. Each of the scenes would be in a frame of clover and dandelions and perhaps a few accent flowers, with small ladybugs on the leaves here and there.
So, am I on a totally wrong path here?

>>8249908
pic related, current projects.
I want to do a little mermaid print, an antique swords print, a spder-themed print, and one in honor of btb bread-chan.

>>8264358
careful with the spiders and roses on the top right, anon, it looks very similar to an Elegy dress to me. Yours looks really pretty but I don't want you to get dumped on for copying an indie brand. I'd buy the shit out of that bread print though.

>>8264358
>those mermaids

Honestly anon, potentially the best mermaid print I've seen and it isn't even complete here.

>>8264358
I have a thirst for that mermaid print.

>>8264379
Oh, whoops! Haha~ I definitely didn't make it with that in mind, but now i have to look it up. Are you referring to Resplendent Nightmare?
This print was actually just made with different elements from my old website that I created for image headers/borders, but I'll definitely keep that in mind & maybe try to change the style up a bit to make it more distinctively original. Thanks for the heads-up.

>>8264385
>>8264392
Thank you. I wanted to make a print that referenced the original fairy-tale more strongly, so the other cameo images are dancing slippers & a fancy dagger. There's also a castle that I'm thinking of exchanging for an old-fashioned ship.
Sorry for the WIP quality, folks.

>>8264400
yeah, kind of a cross between Resplendent Nightmare and Rozen's Romance. I'm a really big fan of hers so that stuff just pops out to me a lot lol Do you have a page or something I could check out? I have very little in the way of artistic skills so I always hire artists for my prints and I really love your style and would like to keep you in mind for the future!

>>8264358
Please let us buy the bread one. Have you had fabric made in the past?

How do people feel about lolita prints made from stock art or vintage art? We all know JetJ and Haenuli do it, but a lot of the focus in this thread seems to be about people drawing their artwork instead of using cliparts. I'm curious if the artist name goes into the decision to purchase a print.

I think something like >>8263891's request would be pretty easy to fill if you bought some stock sunflower images and then filled in the background with something (eg- gingham or stripes are pretty easy backgrounds to make, or another stock of sunflower petals and seeds, or a combo, would work). Then print it via spoonflower or fabricondemand and take it to the local tailor if you can't sew, and wham, your desired print on a dress.

We need a print with vintage seed packets and gardening tools. This needs to happen now.

>>8264454
The issue is that clipart prints rarely turn out all that well. Look at the Violet Fane shit for an example. Just isolating the image and throwing it on a colored background or pattern usually ends up looking very cheap, or not at all as luxurious at what you might originally imagine.

>>8264427
I do, but it hasn't been updated in a while.
That was planned for this week, actually.
But my art tumblr can be seen at 'atelierilluminaire'.
it's mostly illustration stuff, though, I haven't put up many prints.
>>8264442
I haven't, any tips would be much appreciated if you have advice. I've heard to avoid spoonflower cottons because their blacks can turn out a bit wonky? But also I've read somewhere that it depends on which fabric you choose to print on.

>>8264552
Their cotton sateen turned out okay for me. I've only order samples thus far but when I get the whole dress done, I'll let you know. It's a deep navy, and everything else I ordered from them is crap. That bread print is pretty light, though, so it should be fine on spoonflower.

Speaking of bread, captcha knows what's up.

>>8264552
Fabric selection is up to the buyer on Spoonflower, though I guess you can make a recommendation in the description. Cotton Sateen is usually safe, the cheaper cotton is fine for light colors.

>>8264483

So, it's just a question of the source quality? A lot of the problems you mentioned can be eliminated if you look for vector stock art instead of trying to clean up a low res raster image, you'd at least be able to ungroup objects and delete backgrounds more easily. It's not going to be a walk in the park, but it's a lot easier than drawing it from scratch, particularly if you don't need the artwork to be arranged in a scene (so the lighting doesn't matter as much).

The only thing you need to watch out for the licensing, as free vector art is almost always free for non commercial use only, but that shouldn't matter for one dress for yourself, and you have the option of buying vector art with commercial use license.

I'm really more curious if there's a stigma against artwork that was produced this way, because the person "producing" the print is not the person who drew it, although they may have taken a lot of effort in arranging the artwork so that it looks nice on the dress.

>>8264336

I like both ideas and think they could work.

Personally I really like the idea of the whole dress being one large painting. I can picture the dandelions seeds becoming smaller and merging with the stars on top of the dress, and a nice scenic garden with a wishing well at the bottom of the dress. The dandelions and clovers would be in the foreground so they would be much clearer and more detailed and won't get lost in the background. I can't really picture a place for the coins or the wishing bones, though. I don't think the collage is too cluttered, if anything, I think you need to fill the "garden" with a few other things, because if the painting is too small, it's going to look odd when it's repeated and you end up with eight wishing wells and eight rainbows on the dress.

The scenes in frames sound a lot more manageable, and you'd be able to fit the wishing bones and coins in more easily. It doesn't sound as charming as the whole dress being in one painting, though, and you lose the nice effect of dandelion seeds turning into shooting stars.

Either way, quite looking forward to see what you end up painting. Hope you post the dress on here again once you're done drawing it.

>>8242400
I want OP's Delicious Meat skirt