: How can I create a graphic like illustration of an actual design in photoshop? Okay, let me elaborate on the use case a little. I have a home based business that creates handcrafted products

@Shakeerah625

As someone who shops cloth from time to time, I would advise against using anything illustrated.

The look and feel of a piece of cloth is very important, one piece of patterned cotton isn't the other. It's going to be very hard to put a realistic representation of the fabric in your catalog through illustration. Personally, I wouldn't shop from a catalog with computer generated preview images, because there is just no way of telling what you're actually getting. It might also suggest you are trying to hide the 'real' photos, suggesting that the quality isn't all that.

I would suggest to either hire someone to take photographs of your cloth, or invest in making your own. You can get a long way with even 50 bucks and either make or buy yourself a small lightbox to shoot photos in. If you have a modern smartphone with decent camera, a lightbox can get you a long way.

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@Nimeshi706

You could use a scanner rather than a camera.

You could hire a professional photographer to take photos - resulting in high quality digital images, rather than "cell phone photos".

You could recreate patterns in software to create digital representations. How you accomplish this greatly depends upon the pattern itself and may or may not take considerable time and/or skill. Without some sample images, it is impossible to provide any real direction with this method.

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