Steve, along the line of the fabrics are miniature wallpaper sheets used
in doll houses. I think I bought a couple sheets for less than a
dollar. Put them on a flatbed scanner and resized. Of course there's
no reason to not just copy the full sized wall either.
I did a couple of store interiors for Bill Banta's city block kit. Just
walk into a vintage or tourist store near the door and shoot a quick
wide angle photo or perhaps a few views that could be 'stitched together
in PhotoShop. In this case I just let the off-colored and uneven
lighting print naturally. This sure is a help in dressing up a building
that's only one inch deep with a hint of the interior
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx.
On 11/30/12 12:16 PM, Steven Allen wrote:
Don Thompson makes a good point, I actually used some denim swatches I
got (and I hate to admit it) when I went to a local country curtain
shop with my wife. They had free samples (3"x3") so I helped myself to
a few, along with other swatches, which I've actually used for
curtains, table clothes, area rugs, etc.
I wish I knew about the switch machine because I made mine using a
piece of a wood sprew from a Imagine That Laser kit, cut and fashioned
some brass rods, I forget the diameter right now (painted black with
orange tips). Made diagonal slices in the wood, used a micro drill bit
to drill holes at different angles in the wood slice, then inserted
the brass rod with a dab of CA glue and it looked pretty good.
Steven Allen
