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SuffolkHi all,
I was wondering how different does a design/pattern have to be before it is your own?
Most bear patterns I have come across are made from relatively standard shapes in differing proportions. I have been using some patterns out of a book, but changing the fabric, eyes and paw styles. I would also like to play around with some colouring around the features of the faces and my paws later on. Do these changes mean it is now my own design, even if it evolved out of someone else's pattern originally?
Julie
Past Time BearsHello, Julie! Have you looked in our library section? It has lots of suggestions on how to make your own patterns. The link is near the top of the home page - click on the button and scroll down to the category of "Patterns" and there will be a list of threads that you might find informative. Good luck.
Hi Julie,
Interesting question! Like you, I started by using patterns from books, then I started to make minor and (later) major changes to those patterns. After several months of that, I had an idea for a bear in my head and simply drew the pattern freehand. When that bear came out well, I was pleased, of course, but I also felt like it was the first bear I'd made that was really "mine."
The other personalizations that you mention are also important parts of what give a bear your unique look and style, but for me, it wasn't really my design until I had created the pattern myself from scratch.
Becky
I agree Becky, I think a pattern is only truly yours when you draw it from scratch.
Posts: 1Hi, I’m looking for a pattern for a Koala Bear Pattern I’m having a hard time finding one, and my daughter would like me to make her one.
Posts: 2I heard somewhere that a rule of thumb for artists is that if you are adapting someone else’ work, you need to change it 70%.
Also, I took a design workshop from Ted Menten before he retired. In it he gave us 2 sample patterns & told us to choose one & make a change to every pattern piece.
Hope this helps.
Posts: 2Re the koala bear
Check out Australian bear artists like Kympatti Bears & Nam Dinar. Both have koala patterns for sale.
