Collage Illustrations

Over the past few days I have been playing around with photoshop, as a group we collectively like the style of collage illustration. I like the cut and paste effect I have created with these two images. I wanted them to be very abstract and not too obvious like my previous attempts. I tried to use contrasting methods such as block shapes against soft, textured backgrounds and darker colours working over lighter soft pastels.

Prints on Fashion Garments

I want to design for fashion rather than interiors so I have been looking at transferring my prints onto garments seeing how they translate and work on different shapes. Also playing with the scale of the print. I know the range of garments I want to put my prints on , I want to work with simple shapes but also contrasting textures. I worked on photoshop creating layers and masks. It was hard to find garments I wanted my work to go onto, as the garment had to be white so the choice was limited. This week I am going  to try and do my own fashion illustrations so I know exactly what my collection will look like.

Digital Prints.

After going to the photoshop workshop and going to my tutorial I decided to use my previous drawings and photographs in photoshop creating a number of digital prints. I did this by creating a series of brushes with my motifs and then layering these onto of original photos playing with opacity and  filling areas with my colour palette. I tried to recreate the mixed media affect by creating a lot of layers .

Creating Textured Surfaces

Using my colour palette, I have been using paints on top of textured paper. I wanted to try and create an almost leather feel which I could then print on top of. I want to bring the idea of texture into my prints. I want to create prints to put onto fashion garments so I went to the Photoshop 01 workshop with Alex today and learnt how to place my prints onto garments. I found this workshop very helpful and I'm going to use this technique heavily in my work seeing how my prints translate onto garment shapes also playing with scale.

Final prints.

So after deciding on using the second palette I had created, my layered illustrations came together a lot quicker as a collection. I have been working tirelessly on photoshop, playing around with compositions, layers and colours. Some prints are a lot simpler than others using repetition and typography, working with different scales and sizes. I am extremely happy with the final prints I have created, I think this is mainly because I worked hard on drawing to begin with and I think that has payed off with creating better prints.

Photoshop .

So I decided to scan my drawings into photoshop. I then started layering the animal drawings with the mechanical drawings also combining the typography. I had a large colour palette as I was experimenting with both palettes I had created. The illustration prints weren't working (see below)  as well as I originally planned and I think this was due to the wide range of colour I was using. The prints were not acting as a collection, I wanted for each one to be different but still allowing the audience to see a definite and obvious colour palette. I have now decided to go with the second palette I created as the colours work better together!

Final colour palete

Sampling Digital Print Collection.

Here are a few of my favourite digital prints from my sampling project final collection.

Peer Review.

Hand painted and digital prints on A2 board.

Today was our peer review session. I placed my work onto two A2 boards to present them. Then in groups we had to go around looking at each others work thoroughly , writing notes on Sketchbook development, colour, presentation, selection and composition. I found this really helpful looking at others works , it was good to see what was being done and how people were interpreting the project in different ways. My feedback was good they said that my drawing was good and key to the base of my project. They also said my colour strip was interesting as it had a wide range of colours which will inevitably make my whole collection a lot more exciting. They said I did need to annotate my work more which I agree with, thus making my ideas a lot clearer. They said I should also use artists and designers that relate to my work. I have already began to look at the work of Holly Fulton as I feel the graphic aspect of her collection is similar to mine. The group critiquing my work mentioned the fact that not all of my screen prints have the same mood as my colour strip so I am going to look into this deeper, and try harder to keep in with the mood I want my collection to be. 

SPRING 2011 READY-TO-WEAR

Holly FULTON

SPRING 2011 READY-TO-WEAR

HOLLY FULTON

Digital workshop.

Today I was working in photoshop, creating brushes and then using these in different ways. Enlarging , repeating, mirroring and layering them to create interesting patterns. I saved my colour palette that I had previously made from my sourced image and then put them into my print trying to create the mood of my colour strip. To begin with I didn't realise you had to use all the colours in your palette in your digital print, my prints were looking plain to begin with but after I started adding all of the colours and playing with the opacity my prints began to look more exciting.

Colour strip.

 This is my colour strip I have chosen from a sourced image. I chose it because of the wide range of colour and use of vibrant colour. Today I also created a colour palette in photoshop and replaced the colour swatches with my own. Now I can start using these colours in my digital prints.

Motifs for photoshop prints.

Our task was to complete 6 new motifs to be used in photoshop. We had to cut around them using the lassoo tool and define brush preset to create brushes and use them to make patterns. I found drawing 6 new motifs quite hard as I didn't know where to get inspiration from. So I eventually looked back at my earlier research and drawings and worked into these so my new motifs linked in with my project as a whole.