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T I L E W O R K  Room 2: Fabric Front desk · Elements · Fabric · Surfaces Fabric is where I started. I used to lay real cloth on the scanner at work after hours, until I found out a scanned tile never, ever wraps. These are all painted from scratch now.

Cream on denim looks like a patch pocket. Navy words.

DENIM · denim.gif · 64 x 64 · 1,070 bytes Blue twill with uneven threads and a few slubs, like a good pair of jeans. Match it: bgcolor #3E5A91 · cream table, text #243A66, links #B5651D Good for: teen pages, country-western dance, casual anything. Tag: <body background="denim.gif" bgcolor="#3E5A91"> Try orange links on this one. It's the stitching color.

A serif face suits the lace. Plum words, white table.

LACE · lace.gif · 64 x 64 · 833 bytes White lace, netting with daisies and little rings, over dusty rose. Match it: bgcolor #EBC6D1 · white table, text #6B2D4A, links #9E2A5A Good for: weddings, Victorian pages, doll collectors, memorial pages. Tag: <body background="lace.gif" bgcolor="#EBC6D1"> Made in August for a friend's wedding page. The smallest file in the library.

Leopard wants black. Black table, gold words, done.

LEOPARD · leopard.gif · 128 x 128 · 2,088 bytes Broken rosettes on tawny gold. Match it: bgcolor #C58F40 · black table, text #F2D08A, links #FF6699 Good for: fashion, teen girls, big cats, anything a little loud. Tag: <body background="leopard.gif" bgcolor="#C58F40"> Real leopard spots are rosettes, a broken ring with a darker middle, not polka dots. I spent an afternoon at the zoo to get that right.

A khaki table and near-black words. Easy on the eyes.

CAMOUFLAGE · camo.gif · 128 x 128 · 1,310 bytes Woodland pattern in four flat colors. Match it: bgcolor #605F38 · khaki table #E8E0C8, text #2B2B14, links #7A2E0E Good for: military units and reunions, hunting, paintball. Tag: <body background="camo.gif" bgcolor="#605F38"> Four flat colors, no dithering, which is why it's so small for its size. My dad did two tours with the Army and checked my colors. He approved the brown.

On tie-dye you need a big white table. Bigger than you think.

TIE-DYE · tiedye.gif · 128 x 128 · 4,110 bytes Rainbow spiral with pale creases where the rubber bands were. Match it: bgcolor #997265 · white table, text #4B2A6B, links #CC3300 Good for: Deadheads, Sixties pages, festival trips, music of all kinds. Tag: <body background="tiedye.gif" bgcolor="#997265"> The loudest thing in the building and the biggest file. Use it with a straight face and a lot of white space.

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