The tiger face sits in proper realism, three-quarter profile, eyes forward with that red-orange glow in the pupils that says the cat means business. Orange and black stripe pattern runs across the cheeks and nose, white guard fur around the muzzle, black outline work on the whisker dots. Its a very detailed head, the kind you want to stop and look at up close on fabric. Then kinda layered over the whole portrait is an explosion of abstract paint splatter in hot pink, cobalt blue and mustard yellow, with small dot bursts and wild flung streaks running off into the background. Nine colours total, the contrast between tight naturalistic rendering and loose expressive splatter is what makes the whole thing unusual.
industry tools digitised this by treating the two zones almost separately. The face uses dense directional satin columns customised to follow the stripe angles, proper digitising work to keep the amber and charcoal stripes reading as actual fur texture. The splatter overlay runs in a looser fill with topping mesh to stop the thread sinking into anything beneath. I checked the underlay twice on this one because 48,548 stitches on the 7.5 span size needs everything anchored well or the stripe details drift.
A small art gallery pop-up in Bristol ordered this last spring for staff totes and artist-in-residence pieces. They wanted something that sat between fine art and streetwear and this was exactly the brief. Since that order I get messages from graphic art students and custom apparel people who want something that doesnt look like a standard wildlife patch. Its got a kinda just chaotic energy that photographs really well in flat-lays.
Stitch it on black or white cotton for the cleanest pop. Black fabric makes the neon splatter colours pop hard and white lets the realism read first before the colour hits. Use a firm cutaway stabiliser under jersey or any stretch ground, the dense fill sections wont forgive movement. Send me a note if the file gives any tension problems on the stripe columns, happy to swap in an adjusted version.
What people are using this design for
A starting point. The design works for plenty more than just this list, this is what folks have stitched it onto most.
- Street art inspired apparel patchesDenim jacket back panel at 7.49-inch, wearable art that holds gallery quality while still being functional streetwear.
- Art gallery merch and pop-up totesBlack canvas tote for gallery or art pop-up merch, the flat dark ground photographs cleanly for product shots.
- Custom back panel for denim jacketsBlack tee chest at medium build, a wildlife graphic that looks nothing like the generic tiger shirts everyone's seen before.
- Bold chest graphic for black teesWhite canvas tote contrast build: the colour-splatter detail reads clearly against the pale ground from a metre away.
- Wildlife art class project fabricCream linen cushion cover at mid-size for a living room that leans into bold graphic decor rather than botanical prints.
- Graphic hoodie for teens and young adultsYouth hoodie chest at 5-inch with clean block text underneath, the tiger adds authority to any streetwear label identity.
- Art print inspired cushion coversArt class project for students studying fine-art-to-thread translation, 5 colours across the abstract build to analyse.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 3.01 in | 21,474 |
| 4.00 × 3.44 in | 24,400 |
| 4.50 × 3.87 in | 27,785 |
| 5.00 × 4.30 in | 30,682 |
| 5.50 × 4.73 in | 34,118 |
| 6.00 × 5.16 in | 37,735 |
| 6.50 × 5.59 in | 41,142 |
| 7.00 × 6.02 in | 44,821 |
| 7.50 × 6.45 in | 48,548 |
Files & Formats
Eight machine formats included in one zip. Whichever your machine reads, its in the pack.
Plus a color chart for thread matching. See full format guide.
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Reyazul Masud Riham, hand-drawing every design on this site
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