Hannon - Wrought Iron

The first design is wrought iron. Spiraling wrought iron inspired by the spirals in the metal railing of the stair at the heart of the house.

As one layers multiple designs over each other in Substance Designer, the ones towards the back, get flatter and flatter, which results in them looking flat and cartoonish. To defeat that problem, I rendered the lower (farthest the to the back designs) in Photoshop and save them. Then put the rendered version into Substance and omitted it from the height map. Certainly cheating, but it worked very nicely.

I also put on “fake” shadows to give more illusion of depth. Shadows in front of the design, I find, give a spark of life to the design. I do this sparingly because I want it to not be noticeable. you see it and understand subconsciously rather than noticing it. I also put on shadow behind the wrought iron. And then I rendered it in Photoshop in addition to that. The drawn on shadows and shading are effective.

See design in my Spoonflower Shop

Wrought Iron design with coordinating fabrics. The Dragon of Hannon quilt fabric collections features designs inspired by the Hotel Hannon in Brussels, Belgium. Available at my Spoonflower shop on cotton quilting fabric at 18 inch repeat, and on wallpaper at 24 inch repeat, which is perfect for dollhouses at 1:12 scale. Also nice as a hero or art panel in a quilt. Please keep in mind that if you purchase on wallpaper, you need at least 2 ft of wallpaper. The “sample” size is only 1 ft of length and you will only get half the picture (vertically).