I have a subscription to the very cool
Adobe Creative Cloud. For $50/month you get access to the entire suite of Adobe tools. I'm in love with Illustrator, Photoshop, and Ideas (an iPad app).
I have loads of ideas for surface pattern designs. I really love this sketch and would love to turn the idea of this into designs.
I'm experimenting with using Ideas to create the bones of the design. When I first started experimenting with design, I would draw on paper and scan the images in as a .jpg, then use Illustrator to Image Trace and take each image apart line by line. I found I used all pieces of the image, the outline, the insides and they created a consistent pattern style for me. My goal now is to become totally digital. I'm always go to love paper, pen, and pencils. I want to start with a detailed design on paper like the above. That way I can draw freely.
Now, to create a surface pattern design that I could use for fabric or house wares, I'm creating the components of the above design and will use the pieces to build a collection for a final design.
I started calling this a "Cherry Blossom" collection and did a typo and called it "Cheery Blossom." I rather liked it, so this has become the Cheery Blossom collection. Here are the sketches so far:
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Cheery Blossom 1 |
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Cheery Blossom 2 |
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Cheery Blossom 3 |
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Cheery Blossom 4 |
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Cheery Buds |
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Cheery Grass Blades |
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Cheery Leaves |
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Cheery Branches |
This looks so much fun and I can see how your designs can just grow and grow!
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Thanks, Kristin! I'm having fun playing with the tools and taking sketches and doing patterns with them. It's fun to play and see where this path leads.
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