Heres the pink octopus design and its got real comic-horror bite. One massive cyclops blue eye sitting dead centre, fat blue tear drops dripping down, eight pink tentacles curling out like old-school tattoo flash. A tiny normal eye peeking from the side too, just in case the cyclops part wasnt weird enough.
The hatching across the tentacles is the part that sells it. Every suction cup digitised one by one, three shades of pink layered for shape, magenta shadows tucked under the body. Stitch this on a black tee or charcoal hoodie and the pink screams against the dark fabric the way the design wants. Run polyester thread, the colours hold up wash after wash.
Last halloween a tattoo shop in Portland ordered 40 of these stitched onto canvas merch totes for their booth and the goth crowd cleared them out. I get messages from alt fashion sellers about this one alot, especially around festival season.
Use a heavy cutaway stabiliser. The hatching is dense and a tearaway will tear in places you dont want it to. Slow your machine down on the eye section, theres satin work in the iris and the rings need to land clean. Pop a fresh sharp needle in for knit fabrics, dull needles will pull stitches.
Skip patterned fabric, the line work needs a calm background to read. Customise the pink shade if you want, hot pink or pastel both work, the silhouette is strong enough that recolouring still reads as the same beast. Any issues with the file just shoot me a message and ill convert formats or fix sizing for you.
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.
- Black hoodies and denim jacketsStitches loud on a black hoodie chest panel, the pink against black is the whole point.
- Alt fashion patches and totesWorks as a sew-on patch for jacket back, just back it with twill so the heavy stitch dont warp.
- Vendor merch for tattoo shopsTattoo shops have ordered this on canvas merch totes, the comic flash style fits their crowd.
- Goth and alternative apparelLands well on a band tee, keep it above 5 inches for the suction cup detail.
- Band tshirt back panel printBigger size right between the shoulders of a tee reads loud from across a venue.
- Wall hoop art for moody decorPop in an 8 inch hoop on dark linen, hangs nice in a moody reading corner.
- Custom pet portrait alternativesCould go nice on a custom black collar or harness for the goth pet parent crowd.
Dimensions
9 sizes included. Stitch counts shown for the largest colorway.
| Size (in) | Stitches |
|---|---|
| 3.50 × 3.05 in | 33,859 |
| 4.00 × 3.48 in | 39,213 |
| 4.50 × 3.92 in | 44,448 |
| 5.00 × 4.35 in | 50,108 |
| 5.50 × 4.79 in | 56,482 |
| 6.00 × 5.22 in | 62,463 |
| 6.50 × 5.66 in | 68,541 |
| 7.00 × 6.09 in | 74,783 |
| 7.50 × 6.53 in | 81,236 |
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
Every design on Re Embroidery is hand-digitized by one person. Each file gets sketched, color-matched, and stitch-tested on real fabric before it earns a place in the shop. No team. No auto-conversion from images. Just slow, deliberate work, sometimes three or four days per design.
That's the joy I work for.
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