Mar 29, 2015 3:19 PM

Jhane Barnes and her fabric design software

*I've long been quite the Jhane Barnes fan, and feel grateful for this personalized insight into her digital fabric work.

*Now I'll just press a key and whip out a few dozen fancy shirts… just kidding, Jhane.

http://www.jhanebarnes.com/sttutorials.html

SurfaceTiler Quickstart from Jhane Barnes on Vimeo.

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