Due to being close to running out of free posts on this blog I decided to set up a brand new blog for my third year of my degree. Please check out my new posts which will firstly feature my 10 week internship in sunny Malta and then my work over the last year of my degree.
Final exhibition
Today I got to put my work up and participate in an exhibition. I’ve always enjoyed putting my work up and seeing it presented.
My presentation looked neat and nice I’m glad I’ve gotten a corner in my space.
I’ve mounted the 2 coordinates and alternative 3 colour ways together. After putting it on the wall I feel like I should of have printed them bigger so you can see the detail better.
I have included my mood board and colour board to show my inspiration and influences. I also put the displacement mapping to show what it woud look like on a product and statement.
Displacement mapping
It is always rewarding seeing my repeat patterns on a product, this time I will be using photographs from hospitals. It was actually really hard to find good photographs with high restitution so some of the displacement mapping isn’t as successful as I hoped.
It was quite hard to find images of young children under the age of 10 so I decided to do young teenagers. First I have done the gowns and then I thought I would carry on with the socks. I am not as happy with this outcome.
I really liked this photograph, the patterns look quite good too. My favourite one is the middle one with red and orange swans repeat.
Nora Parrish; pediatric surgery model
Nora Parrish; pediatric surgery model
Nora Parrish; pediatric surgery model
I really like this girl, even though she is in a hospital gowns she is smiling. This is a good photo for my collection. I tried two different repeats I think the red and orange one with swans suits it better. I have also changed the colour of the background because it looked a bit out of place around the hair and removed the logo.
I also like this girl because of her happiness. I tried putting a pattern on to a gown but the surface was too small so it didn’t look as effective so I’ve tried it on the bedding and I am quite happy with the outcome. I want to try out more interiors surfaces for displacement mapping.
I decided to do displacement mapping on to bedding. It looks good but I am not as happy with it as I expected to be.
I decided to move on from the bedding and try hospital curtains. First I’ve done the bottom right one but not all the patterns worked with each other and the order of the patterns didn’t work quite right. I really like the outcome on the left.
Personal critique of Summer Show 2017
This year Summer show was very impressive. With many talented people all over the university I personally think (probably a bit biased) textiles was the best!
This work was amazing. I think it caught my eye because I am interested in kids also the I love how she put some of her samples in hoop. I love the use of hoops as I use hoops in a lot of my travel photography, I have even created my own hashtag page on Instagram.
I also like her designs and her hand painted motifs. I think it was creative to use hand made motifs and translate them in to repeat patterns digitally. I Liked her hanger racks as they were different than other people’s which made her stand out.
Another person I really liked was Roni Marshal. I have done all her headers so I had a really close look at her amazing work. She has been inspired by Japanese culture. Roni hand painted all the final designs then digitally print.
I think her collection works very well for interiors, she is a talented painted and her work translates well on cloth.
Cost of production
For my last submission I have designed detailed embroidery repeats and patches. They were produced on digital stitch machines.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BR_NslHgKAX/?taken-by=remazing.designs
After considering the cost and the time it would take to stitch out the meters and meters of fabric needed for the gowns I decided to just focus on print. Also I really like the patches but they would not be cost effective, I might however still include them in my exhibition.
Final collection
Time to pick my final 6 design for the assessment and exhibition.
Half drop mirror flamingos + alternative colour ways.
Parrots all over
Random multi-colour flamingos
Mirror half drop swans + Coordinates small scale half drop flamingos
Parrots on leafs + Coordinates diamond parrots
Vertical line swans with faded background
Parrots
This parrot all over designs is done a little bit differently than all the other designs. I just copied on the motifs at random to cover nearly all the page. I decided to leave some white bits so it’s not too dark. I faded the whole layer out which gave quite an interesting outcome which sadly wouldn’t work for my collection. This repeat turned out really dark so I’ve brighten it up a little bit.
I love the symmetry of this parrot and that it creates additional patterns in the negative spaces.
I like symmetry, I though if I draw straight lines in Photoshop but make them dip where the motif is it might look good. It didn’t, this I probably the worst outcome.
Parrot on leaves. I wanted to try doing a pattern that wasn’t so carefully thought out like the other ones. I really like this one and the link between parrots and leaves I’ve created. I’ve changed the opacity of the background to 80% and also moved the red parrot on the top leaf to the centre.
Swan
Swan with flowers and leafs motif looks so cute. I decided to use a simple half drop repeat and added the leaves as a background. I have also mirrored one of the columns to create variety in my designs.
Changed the colour of the swan and used less flowers as a motif. I think the yellow and red complement each other very well. Decided not to use the flowers in the top layer but as a background. The yellows swan repeat looks quite effective but plain. I also like the multi-colour flower repeat. After adding them together I think it is too busy, maybe if I played with scale and fading more.
Orange and red swans. I made quite a single motif and decided to repeat it in strait vertical lines. It looked quite plain so I decided to play around with the same repeat and fading out tool again. I think it works for this design very well.
After changing the colours of motifs I decided to rotate the motif 90 degrees. I think it works quite well so I played the colours.
I added the two repeat patterns on one, it looks really crowded. Played around with the opacity in the background layer at 40% and it looks much better.
I have done the same with the purple version of the design. I don’t really like how the colours work together. Even though they are faded out they transferred in to very bright colours which doesn’t work for my collection.
I really like the random swan repeat however it looked a little bit plain so I decided to add some big scaled leaves as a background and change the opacity to 80%. Then thought it looked quite dull so I decided to use some vibrant red, I quite like the outcome of this one.
Flamingos
Random flamingos. The flamingo translated amazingly in to Photoshop. Had a little play around with multi-colour then decided to do yellow and green only.
Half drop mirror flamingo pattern looks good but it needs a background. Decided to use some of my mark making but it didn’t quite seem right.
Then I decided to add a similar colour as the base colour. Also tried just base colour without the mark making.
I thought why not use the pattern I already have as a background? It look a little too busy so I faded the back layer 80%. Still didn’t look quite right so I decided to fade the bottom layer even more to 60% and made the top layer bigger. I am really happy with this design I think it would work very well on many surfaces not just hospital gowns.
Alternative colour ways. Using colours out side my colours pallet was quite fun as it really showed how the pattern can progress in to a lot more surfaces. I really like all 3 options and how different they are but I think my favourite one of the navy and orange on the right.
Decided to play with scale by making the repeat small. Played with colour and also added the previous pattern on it. I think it’s looks too busy even after fading the bottom layer.
Swan with flowers and leafs motif looks so cute. I decided to use a simple half drop repeat and added the leaves as a background.
New drawings
After getting my feedback I was happy with the grade but I wasn’t happy with the work I produced. I wanted to work on it more and happily we had few weeks of independent study. I decided to do some more drawings showing more techniques which I can then translate in to motifs and patterns in Photoshop,
Flamingo, painted using acrylic paints. I’ve used a pulling technique to create texture. I am really proud of it however I think I need to work on the feet/claws a little bit more.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUXA1P5A_T7/?taken-by=remazing.designs
Parrots. I created those parrots using dry paint pulling technique. I like the textures on the wings and bodies of the birds but again I need to work on the claws.
Parrot in watercolours. I wanted to experiment with a different media so I chose to use watercolour to represent the vibrant colours. I used a black fine lined for outlines as I wanted to show detail of the wings.
Parrot in acrylic. I decided to do the same parrot in acrylic again as I feel like my acrylic painting skills are better. Also I think it work better for the collection I have in mind.
I created this swan using acrylic dry paint pulling technique. I am not as proud of this as the flamingo or parrots but I still like it. I think it will look good when I work on it in Photoshop and convert it in to designs.
The leafs. I decided to do those leafs because I wanted to have variety in my designs. Some of the designs from the last collection seen to similar to me so I will be using the leafs as motifs for backgrounds for some designs.
I really like the pink and white flowers that I’ve done using dry paint pulling technique. I think they will look good in my designs.
I love daisies. For this one I’ve used the same technique as for the other ones, but I have also done an outline for the petal detail and it makes it look less realistic.
I decided to use more techniques so I’ve used wet paint technique with I don’t think looks as good as it doesn’t create a texture. Also it might not match my collection.
I think this rose it beautiful however it seems to me like the leaves are a little bit out of proportion.
I like this little collection of blue flowers but I think it is too dark.
Renata Rzepecka 