Design Inspiration
I have the opposite of a green thumb...I always end up killing any plant I own, but I had a couple of succulents last year, and they actually lived for awhile. I think I want to make a cute little indoor succulent/cactus garden to strengthen my "gardening" skillz. I think that would be a fun little fall hobby.
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It's that time of the year again. Summer is ending, but it's not quite fall yet. However, in true basic girl fashion, I am BEYOND for that time of the year when it gets a little cooler, the leaves start to turn and pumpkin-spiced EVERYTHING is available.
Read MoreWe got our second briefs for the Make it in Design Summer School, and I'm excited to get started! The briefs are Hand Marks, Souk, and Summer Botanicals.
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I've been working on these three briefs over the past week or so, and I'm going to be submitting my final patterns today. I actually enjoy working to a brief, and I tend to create my own "briefs" when I'm creating patterns on my own. I like having guidelines, going with a certain theme, and creating a moodboard to help me start brainstorming ideas for patterns.
Soooo...here are my sketches, patterns, and some mockups from the three design briefs. I'm going to be choosing my favorite patterns to enter in the summer school classroom
I ended up using a lot of the motifs I had already created for past nautical designs, and I'm pretty happy with the results. I think this would have been easier if I would have just created a design-not a repeating pattern, but I still think these capture the French Riviera tone.
This was definitely my easiest brief to work with. I'm always doodling flowers, and I love how all of these dense, "meadowy" patterns turned out. I tried to work with color palettes that were different than my typical bright and crazy colors, and I think I captured the tone of nature and wildflowers.
This was definitely the most difficult brief to work with. I don't have much (if any) experience with pop art design, but once I got my initial idea down, I got really excited about this brief! I actually love my final pattern. I think it's fun, has that "comic book" feel, and sticks to the brief well.
The first week of briefs was a lot of fun! I'm excited to see what next week brings. It's going to be hard for me to decide which patterns to submit, but I'm glad that I'm satisfied with all of my patterns that I've created. Thanks for reading!
Hey, y'all!
It's a busy week for me as I begin to tackle the creative briefs for Make it in Design Summer School
I'm taking all three tracks-beginner, intermediate and advanced-so I have THREE projects that I'm currently working on. These are all due next Thursday, so I need to get going on my pattern ideas. I finished my moodboards for all three this morning, and I thought I'd share my whole process here! The three themes are French Riviera, Meadowland, and Pop Art. Below are my moodboards, and I'll be sure to post some in-progress sketches as I go!
