STYLE 02 / STAR + FLAG

Let’s settle the details
before we extract.

One reference. Four decisions. A clear plan for the artwork.

Cato asked for a short-sleeve raglan sweatshirt. This original image establishes the red body, shoulder stars, embroidered chest flag and gingham neckline.

Awaiting your direction

Review the four decisions ↓See the Photoshop plan New: Cato and Bealls body references found →

Original generated red raglan sweatshirt, cream star shoulder panels, embroidered flag and gingham collar — THE ORIGINAL DIRECTIONLong sleeves shown. Short sleeves requested.

ALREADY ESTABLISHED

Washed red bodyCrew neck + gingham trimEmbroidered flagRed shoulder / sleeve stars

These stay in the plan. The cap bow and model styling are outside the artwork scope.

YOUR DECISIONS

See the choice.
Then tell me what to keep.

Nothing is selected for you.
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How should the short sleeves be blocked?

The original has cream star shoulders and red lower sleeves. Shortening them creates a real construction choice.

Construction sketches only. Star count, spacing, proportions and physical dimensions are illustrative, not production instructions.

Keep the star scale and scattered spacing?

I recommend matching the original shoulder treatment, then mapping only what fits the chosen short sleeve.

Refine the flag back toward the original?

The early reconstruction has a heavier border. It is an unapproved proof, not recovered original flat artwork.

Original garment flag with a fine cream outline — **ORIGINAL REFERENCE**Fine cream outline, lighter appearance.

Existing unapproved flag reconstruction with a heavier cream border — **EARLY RECONSTRUCTION**Heavier border; 50 stars were standardized.

Who should set the physical artwork sizes?

The reference gives visual scale, not reliable inches. I won’t assign a flag width or star size from the photograph.

Anything else to preserve or change?

Choices save on this device as you review.

AFTER YOUR REVIEW

The Photoshop plan.

A proposed workflow.
Artwork extraction waits for your direction.

STEP 1

Lock the direction

Confirm sleeve blocking, star treatment, flag appearance and who sets measurements. Keep the original reference beside every decision.

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STEP 2

Build separate artwork

Use distinct Photoshop layers for the reference, flag, star motif, placement guides and gingham trim reference. Refine the flag without regenerating the shirt.

NOT STARTED FOR FINAL ART

STEP 3

Prove it on the garment

Show the art over the agreed short-sleeve body, with numbered placements and enlarged details. Review before preparing the PNGs, layered PSD and Larry’s handoff.

THEN VISUAL APPROVAL

If a clean flat master is unavailable, new artwork will be labelled a reconstruction. Embroidery digitizing stays a separate technical step.

STYLE 01 / PAISLEY SOURCE CHECK

What Larry actually supplied.

His A226 transfer contains an Illustrator file and a pitch-sheet JPG. The embedded native Illustrator data declares one layer, “Layer 1.” There is no separate supplied red Lurex layer.

The blue-and-cream print remains the original master. Chris’s embellished reference supplies the red Lurex direction. Our layered placement PSD was created here; it was not Larry’s file.

Larry’s original blue and cream A226 base print, without red embroidery — ORIGINAL A226 BASE PRINT / NO RED LUREX LAYER

YOUR REVIEW

Four questions to settle.

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Let’s settle the details
before we extract.