a couple of friends who happen to be twins turn 30 and im making them a micro cross stitch of two vintage shirts of a local team they are huuuge fans of
these are the original shirts (link to blue, link to red)
the colors of the team are red and blue and i loved the idea of making them a sort of complementary situation in which each shirt is complete piece in and of itself but is also part of a two-piece composition, and i love the design of both of them
so i got to drawing, and these are the sketches i came up with, based on those shirts
there is something i enjoy so much about creating accurate objects on this particular way i have of approaching cross stitch designing, which is based around the smallest element and building something both simplified from the real object, but detailed enough to be recognizable using the same "smallest possible" principle around it
the constrictions lead me to making choices that make them efficient and visually readable, it is a very enjoyabe challenge
procreate has no way of putting a line through pixels, so this is a rough idea that i then polished on pc stitch
yall im SO happy with these designs holy shit!
ive already stitched a couple of rows from the top of the blue one, and im sure i'll have them ready for next friday when i hope ill be able to give it to them