Just throw the pattern file onto the embroidery machine and wait
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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 hours agoIt doesn’t look impossible to make, so it probably could exist, given enough of the time of a sufficiently skilled embroiderer.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 6 hours ago
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 hours ago
Could an embroidery machine be programmed to set the stitches’ directions as in the picture?
ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 4 hours ago
My embroidery machine is really old, like 30+ yrs, with very basic programmability, and it can do stitches in multiple directions. It has a foot plate thing that moves the cloth as needed, and it works pretty well.
I have to imagine a newer more advanced one would be capable of something like this, tho would probably need to be simplified somewhat.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
The color gradients, shading and depth would be effectively impossible, unfortunately. You could recreate the flat pattern possibly, but it wouldn’t look the same.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 25 minutes ago
I’ve seen stuff on r/embroidery that’s difficult to believe. E.g.:
‘Well, I have finished my new embroidery, now you can admire it’
‘I can finally reveal my latest embroidery project’
‘I tell my gran I’m into embroidery and she casually drops she used to be a master’
‘Kiwi based on old online illustration’
‘Embroidery or cake’
‘Kimberly the tortoise’
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 minutes ago
You could reproduce something like it, but I’m going to stand by the assertion that the subtle color gradients that give the AI piece depth are realistically impossible.
Those are all amazing; but they’re working with the limitations of the medium masterfully, not recreating something pre-dictated. Stupid metaphor: It’s like how the graphics in windwaker still hold up while most of the other games on that platform look horrible by modern standards, they produced art that looked good on it’s own instead of art that relied on you to fill in implied details.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 hours ago
Could you not also control the height of the pattern by having more stitches under the raised parts?
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
You for sure can! Were I doing this I’d use a 3D stitch for the teeth/gums/lips and the outlines of the eye and lower jaw (probably also combined with stitching over layers of felt (or similar) to really bulk up the depth for the whole piece, especially for the horns), but it’s going to be miserable to do.
The issue I see is that the shading is just too gentle - most complex embroidery like this looks “cel shaded” because you can’t get smooth gradients with thread, and swapping different colors of thread to produce that look ruins the stitch pattern.
There are a handful of techniques wherein you create the stitch using a single thread on a blank piece, paint the color gradients on with dye, unravel the whole embroidery then recreate it exactly on the final piece. (I own an edo period piece where this was done, though it’s faded to where it’s extremely difficult to tell. Needless to say it’s incredibly rare for anyone to take the time to do it this way anymore)