Decision making is most definitely not my forte.
Choosing which
theme (beach or garden flowers) I was going to design with was hard
enough little lone to start deciding how I want to go about making my
print.
I chose to run with the bird of paradise inspiration
because they remind me of my childhood (we used to have the most
glorious bird of paradise plant in out front yard) and also because I
could really envisage the unique shapes and colours coming together to
create a textile print.
I found it really difficult to
start my print design process on photoshop because I had no idea how to
even begin creating the print designs I had sketched up or what tools I was going to use because my photoshop
skills are somewhat limited and I found myself just playing with new
tools I discovered instead of actually creating my textile print.
Even
thought its was fun discovering new tools, I decided that a more
practical approach to completing my assignment would be to start
applying the different skills we have learnt in class to some of the
photographs I had taken.
Here we go...
I thought this photo was both simple and beautiful and a good one to start so I used the magic tool to get rid of the majority of the background, then I painstakingly zoomed in and rubbed out the remaining until I had a nice clear cut out.
then I tried flipping and rotating the cut out to create a symmetrical motif.
I
tried out a few different filters and adjustments but I think neon glow
and adjusting the thresholds were my favourite two, both creating really
interesting lines and textures
I
quite liked this little design although I think as a repeat it could
get a bit busy and distracting so I might keep it in mind to add too a
design I am yet to create...
