vertical lizard-page

Visually stunning and highly effective. The lizard pattern has been at the forefront of most of the worlds major battles in the history of modern warfare. With so many derivatives scattered throughout the world, how could I not render my own design. The French stared with it ages ago. The vertical approach has been taken by the likes of the Syrian military as well as many South African manufacturers. I happen to think the vertical movent of the shapes make this a great variant and with the help of Photoshop, I used some simple brush strokes and applied several effects to the shapes. The result is a unique pattern but the influence of decades of lizard pattern history is clearly evident in it's design. I found this pattern to be the one that basically got me started with collecting camo. It has since been a hardened favorite.

Basic Verical Lizard: This is perhaps a bit too colorful and saturated but I often like the browns to look very red-brown. This was my starting point and I really enjoyed the motion that was created early in it's conception. Your basic lizard pattern (French, Portuguese, or otherwise) was the direct inspiration.

Desert Variation: I like the odd colors used here. Inspired by my Mauritania BDU, I adopted colors for an arid region possibly filled with scrub. The green color took a while to get just right. Worth the extra effort. I think it's effectiveness is probably outweighed by it's overall visual appeal.

Dead Forest Variation: No doubt my favorite. Here the heaviest color is the green which gets "interupted" by the tan/khaki color. The base has plenty of grey in it to help neutralize the colors all around. If I switched the green to brown it would make an amazing autumn variant. Whatever, it's just plain cool!

Urban Variation: I really like blue-toned police type camouflage. I just couldn't resist making this one. I was sure to keep a green color in the mix. Not sure why, I just like it better with the green. Effective camouflage for urban environments? Not sure. Who cares. It says "POLICE" and that's all it has to do!

Snow Variation: This turned out far better than I expected. The disruption in this version is more than likely highly effective in heavily wooded, snow covered areas. I think this pattern would make for a great field test. I was tempted to add soft white dots throughout but I'm not sure it needs anything.

This illustration by Malcolm McGregor clearly shows the influence of the famous Portuguese lizard pattern. While running vertically, it makes sudden moves to the left and right adding some variety to the shapes and keeps some motion within the pattern. Beatifully rendered!