cheeryble Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Below is a photo Id like to copy with paint on A large canvas. I'd like to transfer the basic shape using a grid. If anyone's feeling particularly smart could I make a finer scale grid around the walking figure......like a grid inside one of the square or rectangles the main grid? Can anyone suggest a clever way to do this? Thanks v much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farangwithaplan Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) how many grids wide do you want it to be top left corner to top right corner. How many grids wide to you want the secondary grid? How many grids do you want in the secondary grid? Do you just want the grids to be superimposed on the picture? What colour do you want the grid lines to be? Do the grid lines have to be a particular thickness or just generally thin? Edited October 14, 2019 by Farangwithaplan can't type as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy72 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) i just used this site but had to do it in two stages this method is finding the centre of the picture and marking its grif from there this one is good because it isolates the other part you want in a smaller to two boxes and that is just a straight division of 5 from the vertical Edited October 14, 2019 by andy72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeryble Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 19 hours ago, Farangwithaplan said: how many grids wide do you want it to be top left corner to top right corner. How many grids wide to you want the secondary grid? How many grids do you want in the secondary grid? Do you just want the grids to be superimposed on the picture? What colour do you want the grid lines to be? Do the grid lines have to be a particular thickness or just generally thin? Thanks.....as Andy has posted examples that look quite satisfactory I can decide answers to your.....and my,.....queations working from them I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeryble Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 Damn I've lost a big post. Lets try pasting i just used this site but had to do it in two stages this method is finding the centre of the picture and marking its grif from there this one is good because it isolates the other part you want in a smaller to two boxes and that is just a straight division of 5 from the vertical Hi Andy youre really on the case already. I've gone to the Art Tutor site you used but frankly what you have drawn is just fine. I think I prefer the second with a 10 x 6 grid and approx 5 x 5 for the green grid looks good. Thoughts: I think I would like to bring the painting to the edges of the canvas rather than have a white border , but notice your gridlines come past the edge. I have a canvas pretty close to the proportions of the photo, so will probably just have to crop or extend the photo image left and right as necessary. in fact I just measure the canvas its 150 x 80cm......L/W 1.875 I now just measured the photo on the screen .......16cm x 9.8cm..... L/W approx 1.6 This means the canvas is clearly a wider proportion than the photo. I could just add black to the left and right to righten the proportion. Or I think it would look OK if I cropped the bottom a bit. Cropping the top would lose a bit of the action, the winding track. I've just cropped a tiny bit at top and more at the bottom and the resulting proportions pretty much fit the canvas yet the change doesn't detract from the image I think......maybe even an improvement. See below. Chores to do will be back to work outlaying the grid on the canvas Thanks for all help and any more bright ideas. It would be great to have a grid with a whole number of vertical lines starting and finishing on the L and R sides exactly. I realise the horizontal lines cannot be a whole number with this canvas but would be nice to have squares and the first gridline concurrent with the top or bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) I don't quite understand what you're trying to do but this free program came to mind:- https://rasterbator.net/ "Raserbator enlarges images to multiple pages. Print and combine them into huge posters" Anyway may be of interest to someone Edited October 15, 2019 by Daffy D Adding stuff ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy72 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 i never gave it a border the web site did i think working from the screen may be difficult better you print it of so your canvas is 150x80 find your centre with diagonals next draw a line vertical and horizontal now you have 4 squares in your case a subdivision by 10 is appropriate but you must choose vertical size or horizontal size squares so that is 7.5cm or 8cm 75cm either side of your vertical as your divisions by 10 now a print of can be treated the same way find the centre take the size of the print divide by 10 draw your squares its all in the arithmetic the site i used does not really do what you require your picture and canvas dont have a common denominator that is why i use 10 so you have to choose 7,5cm squares or 8 cm squares the horizontal sizes versus vertical but whichever you choose the same formula must be applied to the photo does that make sense? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeryble Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 16 hours ago, Daffy D said: I don't quite understand what you're trying to do but this free program came to mind:- https://rasterbator.net/ "Raserbator enlarges images to multiple pages. Print and combine them into huge posters" Anyway may be of interest to someone This sets the imagination firing. so for a pic the size of say a door it might need say 60 prints on A4 I believe black and white prints are just 2 or 3 baht but how much are colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy72 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 i think ive over thought the arithmetic i already said divide canvas into 4 and replicate on your print out throw away the arithmetic just keep sub dividing the rectangles from 4 to 16 then work from there where you require more detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 another version, use software and convert image into a painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 10 hours ago, cheeryble said: This sets the imagination firing. so for a pic the size of say a door it might need say 60 prints on A4 I believe black and white prints are just 2 or 3 baht but how much are colour? Raserbator is free to use, but a bit heavy on ink if you do wall size images 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeryble Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 Raserbator is free to use, but a bit heavy on ink if you do wall size images I don’t have a printer....... I would have to go to a print shop.Do you think they might be across about me using so much ink? :)Maybe don’t show them what they’re printing til it’s done!!Sent from my iPad using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Ha! Ha! - The output is multiple PDF files so they could look and give you an idea of the cost before printing. As you said earlier if the cost of color is 2 or 3 baht, possibly b/w will be cheaper so you will know the total cost depending on the number of sheets you have. Probably be cheaper on plain paper rather than quality photo paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 You could always just get it printed and draw grid directly on the print. My brother did murals and regular paintings using this method. Quite often just a photograph with lines across it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeryble Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 Ha! Ha! - The output is multiple PDF files so they could look and give you an idea of the cost before printing. As you said earlier if the cost of color is 2 or 3 baht, possibly b/w will be cheaper so you will know the total cost depending on the number of sheets you have. Probably be cheaper on plain paper rather than quality photo paper. Whoops I was thinking black and white costs 2 or 3 baht but colour a lot dearer.Wondering what the cost might be for like half a wall.Could look damn good slapped on with wallpaper paste......Doesn’t have to be rectangular either either, the individual A4s could be cut on a curve to make a bigger curve overallSent from my iPad using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeryble Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 Took the bottom row off the grid, made a blonde with the small grid but fixed it. Ive more or less completed it but will touch up next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cheeryble Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 Thanks for all help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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