Seamless Banana Leaf Vector Artwork

## Freelancer Project Title

**Create 24" × 12" Seamless Banana Leaf (Kela Patta) Vector Artwork for Single-Color Gravure Cylinder Printing**

### Project Description

I need an experienced **vector / packaging / gravure-print artwork designer** to recreate and professionally develop a banana-leaf / **Kela Patta vein pattern** based on the reference image I will provide.

This artwork will **not be used as a normal digital graphic**. It will be engraved/processed for **single-color gravure cylinder printing**, so the final file must be technically clean, fully vector, seamless, properly layered, and suitable for actual production.

The design should visually resemble natural banana-leaf veins while remaining a continuous repeat pattern that does not require registration with individual paper plates.

### Exact Artwork Size

* Final artwork size: **24 inches width × 12 inches height**
* Artwork must be prepared at **1:1 actual size**
* Width: exactly **24.000 inches**
* Height/repeat: exactly **12.000 inches**
* The **12-inch height must repeat infinitely/seamlessly**
* Top edge of artwork must join the bottom edge **perfectly with no visible break**
* No random cropping at the repeat boundary
* No visible seam after cylinder repetition

### Main Design Requirement

Across the **24-inch width**, I need exactly **3 prominent main banana-leaf middle ribs / central veins**.

Conceptually:

```text
24 INCH WIDTH
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────

MAIN RIB MAIN RIB MAIN RIB
╱ ╱ ╱
╱ ╱ ╱
╱ ╱ ╱
╱ ╱ ╱

─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
12 INCH REPEAT
```

The three major ribs should be distributed aesthetically across the complete 24-inch width.

Between the major ribs, create natural banana-leaf secondary veins.

The design should look organic rather than mechanically repetitive.

### Leaf Pattern Style

The reference image will be provided to the selected freelancer.

The artwork should contain:

* 3 major banana-leaf midrib lines
* Fine secondary veins
* Some medium-weight veins
* Natural variation in spacing
* Slight organic curvature
* Banana-leaf appearance
* Continuous pattern
* Elegant and premium look
* No unnecessary decorative elements

I do **not** want every small vein to have identical spacing because that will look artificial.

It should feel like a natural banana leaf while still being easy to reproduce in gravure.

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# Very Important: Single-Color Artwork

This is for **one-color gravure printing only**.

Use:

**1 spot color only**

Preferably the artwork can be shown in dark green for visualization, but technically all printable elements must belong to the **same single spot-color separation**.

Do not use:

* CMYK mixed colors
* RGB effects
* gradients
* multiple green colors
* Photoshop effects
* shadows
* raster textures
* transparency effects
* glow
* photographic leaf images

Variation in visual weight should come from:

* line thickness
* vector shapes
* optional controlled screening/tint values if technically appropriate for gravure

Everything must remain compatible with a **single printing cylinder / single ink station**.

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# Seamless Cylinder Repeat — Critical Requirement

The design will run continuously on a printing cylinder.

Therefore:

**Y-axis / 12-inch direction must tile perfectly.**

For example:

```text
TOP OF ARTWORK
────────────────────────────────

DESIGN
DESIGN
DESIGN

────────────────────────────────
BOTTOM OF ARTWORK
```

When repeated:

```text
COPY 1
────────────
COPY 2
────────────
COPY 3
────────────
COPY 4
```

there must be **zero visible joining line**.

The freelancer must test the artwork by placing at least **3–5 copies vertically** and checking that the repeat cannot be detected.

---

# Do NOT Design Individual Circular Plates

This is extremely important.

Do not make artwork like:

```text
○ ○ ○
○ ○
○ ○ ○
```

and do not create individual circular banana leaves for each plate.

We are printing a **continuous web/roll** and cutting/forming plates later.

Therefore the print must remain attractive regardless of where a plate is cut from the printed roll.

The artwork should be a **continuous infinite banana-leaf texture**, not registered plate artwork.

---

# No Registration Dependency

The design must not require:

* photoelectric sensor
* eye mark
* registration mark for each plate
* exact print-to-die alignment
* exact centre positioning of each leaf

A plate cut from slightly different positions of the web should still look acceptable.

This is one of the most important objectives of the project.

---

# Vector File Requirements

The artwork must be **100% vector**.

Preferred working/final formats:

* Adobe Illustrator `.AI`
* SVG
* EPS
* print-ready PDF
* optionally CorelDRAW `.CDR` if you work in CorelDRAW

The `.AI` or `.CDR` source file is mandatory.

### No rasterized artwork

Do not simply:

1. trace the reference image automatically,
2. place a PNG/JPG inside Illustrator,
3. embed a raster image,
4. rasterize the final pattern.

Every printable line/shape should be editable vector paths.

---

# Layer Structure

The final source file must be professionally organized.

Please create at minimum:

### Layer 01 — Major Midribs

Contains only the 3 major banana-leaf central/middle ribs.

```text
LAYER 01
├── Midrib 01
├── Midrib 02
└── Midrib 03
```

Each major rib should be grouped individually.

---

### Layer 02 — Primary / Medium Veins

```text
LAYER 02
├── Leaf Section 01
├── Leaf Section 02
├── Leaf Section 03
└── Other sections
```

All medium structural veins should be grouped logically.

---

### Layer 03 — Fine Secondary Veins

All thin leaf texture lines.

Group them according to the associated leaf/midrib section.

---

### Layer 04 — Seamless Repeat Construction

Include guides/reference objects showing how the 12-inch seamless repeat was developed.

This layer should be **non-printing**.

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### Layer 05 — Technical Guides

Include:

* 24-inch width boundary
* 12-inch repeat boundary
* centre/reference guides
* print direction
* repeat direction

This layer should be locked and marked **DO NOT PRINT**.

---

### Layer 06 — Reference

Place the original/reference image here.

Lock the layer and mark:

**REFERENCE ONLY — DO NOT PRINT**

---

# Object Naming & Grouping

Do not deliver a file containing hundreds of unnamed objects such as:

```text

```

The file must be neatly structured.

Example:

```text
01_MAJOR_MIDRIBS
MIDRIB_A
MIDRIB_B
MIDRIB_C

02_MEDIUM_VEINS
SECTION_A
SECTION_B
SECTION_C

03_FINE_VEINS
SECTION_A_FINE
SECTION_B_FINE
SECTION_C_FINE

04_REPEAT_CONSTRUCTION

05_TECHNICAL_GUIDES_DO_NOT_PRINT

06_REFERENCE_DO_NOT_PRINT
```

Groups should be expandable and understandable by another designer.

---

# Stroke / Vector Quality

Artwork must have:

* smooth curves
* clean Bézier paths
* minimal unnecessary anchor points
* no overlapping duplicate paths
* no stray points
* no open accidental paths
* no hidden raster objects
* no clipping-mask mess unless absolutely necessary
* no unnecessary compound paths

Curves must be smooth enough for **cylinder engraving**.

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# Printable Artwork Area

Final production artboard:

**24" × 12"**

The printing design should extend exactly to the required repeat boundary.

Do not add random bleed outside the artwork unless it is placed on a separate non-printing technical layer.

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# Background

The background should ideally be **unprinted / transparent**.

Only the banana-leaf pattern will be printed using one ink.

Do not create a white printable background.

The physical substrate/film will provide the base/background.