I started off trying out diagrams like the one below only for photoshop to crash on me so that i couldn't save the image. i spent ages trying to use grab to capture an image of it but nothing that crashed too (i think the file was just too large i'd started off at 300dpi and 100cm by 100cm but as i needed more room to get all the shape in i'd enlarged it and the mac i was working on turned round and hated me for it). So having spent ages trying to get this drawing right I was about to lose it. So here is a photo I took on my digital camera. I uploaded this photo into photoshop and thought I could just select the black pixels and start again. but of course the pixels were not all black and the image was hugely distorted.
This proved to be much of the designs saving grace in the end. The background was no longer white but was a mix of grey pixels so whatever I did with the main image there would always be this slubby background. As I'd struggled with the background of the 'quark' fabric being too flat here the mix of pixels automatically gave a kind of texture to the design and if you look closely there is almost an imprint or watermark of grey diamonds across the back of the design.
This proved to be much of the designs saving grace in the end. The background was no longer white but was a mix of grey pixels so whatever I did with the main image there would always be this slubby background. As I'd struggled with the background of the 'quark' fabric being too flat here the mix of pixels automatically gave a kind of texture to the design and if you look closely there is almost an imprint or watermark of grey diamonds across the back of the design.The next problem with the design was that it became a bit laboured in my eyes as the layering and repeat became quite complex.
I liked the individual elements but was not sure that as a composition the design worked. And the repeat was too brick like and didn't flow. Not sure what to do and my brain completely blocked I took elements and created the simpler 'jet fragmentation' and 'x dependence' fabrics also shown on this blog.
I kept mulling it over this design trying to think how I could isolate the elements that i liked without having this over complicated composition. It was a simple answer really. i put them in circles! I have printed the circles on a large and small scale. The large I think works best. The small circles I have used to make a lampshade which I have used for my show exhibition. But I'm kind of a fan of the large blobby circles.
I liked the individual elements but was not sure that as a composition the design worked. And the repeat was too brick like and didn't flow. Not sure what to do and my brain completely blocked I took elements and created the simpler 'jet fragmentation' and 'x dependence' fabrics also shown on this blog.
I kept mulling it over this design trying to think how I could isolate the elements that i liked without having this over complicated composition. It was a simple answer really. i put them in circles! I have printed the circles on a large and small scale. The large I think works best. The small circles I have used to make a lampshade which I have used for my show exhibition. But I'm kind of a fan of the large blobby circles.
No comments:
Post a Comment