# How to do surface pattern in Organic shapes

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [December 29, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-do-surface-pattern-in-organic-shapes/23281 "2022-12-29T15:16:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![fridayboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@fridayboy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/fridayboy)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-do-surface-pattern-in-organic-shapes/23281/1 "2022-12-29T15:16:07Z")

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Hi, I hope someone can help me out with this.  
The picture shows below is a sample. I want to do something like this.  
As you can see the surface completely round shape.  
I had tried many ways to project the pattern on this organic shapes body. but it fails.  
(the pattern will change after project because of the weigh is different.)  
looks like it only can be done on Geometric shapes like cude or square?  
[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/557742735116474564/](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/557742735116474564/)

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**Author:** ![fridayboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@fridayboy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/fridayboy)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-do-surface-pattern-in-organic-shapes/23281/2 "2022-12-29T15:17:02Z")

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![Screen Shot 2022-12-28 at 13.04.41](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/0/7/07a9255c54795d2279e61e7b83d56f1fe3587624.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![fridayboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@fridayboy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/fridayboy)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-do-surface-pattern-in-organic-shapes/23281/3 "2022-12-29T15:17:37Z")

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![Screen Shot 2022-12-29 at 23.50.24](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/5/7/57e2ae77cae450ad280d18f1c479c6913cca12a8.png)

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**Author:** ![fridayboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@fridayboy](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/fridayboy)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-do-surface-pattern-in-organic-shapes/23281/4 "2022-12-29T15:19:03Z")

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![Screen Shot 2022-12-30 at 0.10.13](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/9/e94557ae19ddf9929888149730958c756797ce75.png)  
the pink part is the place i want to project.  
the yellow is the pattern faded part.  
I hope someone could tell me how to do this with a tutorial video.  
Thank you so much!!!

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 7:19am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-do-surface-pattern-in-organic-shapes/23281/5 "2023-01-03T07:19:38Z")

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Doing what you want to do with organic shapes are not easy. Here is the result of my trying to taper a curved surface…on a curved surface.

[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/6/0/60d927320df38f06424d113388a22800e77970fb.mov](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/6/0/60d927320df38f06424d113388a22800e77970fb.mov)

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-do-surface-pattern-in-organic-shapes/23281/6 "2023-01-03T07:20:37Z")

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And, here is how I did it using projected hex sketches on an interior curved surface.

[https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/f/d/fd10ec81625f16877184d669e5cefa0f8f30a160.mov](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/f/d/fd10ec81625f16877184d669e5cefa0f8f30a160.mov)