This is my first attempt at a repeated pattern wallpaper design! I drew an A3 image of swirling bubbles in fine liner, then I scanned, coloured, cropped, and mirrored it to make these effects. I am not particularly fond of these patterns, the colours are a little boring and the overall aesthetic is quite old fashioned and fussy, but hey it was an experiment.
Since creating these designs I have had the dreaded 'artist's block', and it has been quite hard to shift. I know the aesthetic and content that I want to achieve within my work, but I have been facing a few barriers in getting there! I think that I keep worrying so much about the design working as a wallpaper or repeated pattern, that it is stopping the flow of my image making. It's time to now go back to the drawings and let them become something naturally.
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I am exploring scale, composition, and overlay of texture in these images. The clusters of orange and turquoise particles subtly represent the pollution of micro plastics. Still a lot of work to be done but it is just so good to start drawing again after so long! Colour palette is something that I continue to work on.
In this unit I am going to look at different methods of applying colour and texture. I was pleased with the outcomes of my Pre- Major project, however the application of colour gave the illustrations quite a digitised feel. In contrast, I would like my images in this unit to reflect the raw and organic nature of the environment.
Here are some examples of pollution caused by micro plastics. Here organisms have ingested the plastic micro beads. These can be found in cosmetics such as exfoliating cream and toothpaste, synthetic fibres found in clothing, and other manufactured products. These micro plastics are unfiltered from the water that is streamed into the ocean after human use. The high level of toxicity within these plastics poisons and kills marine life, effectively disrupting food chains, damaged habitats and destroying ecosystems.
I would like to incorporate some of these elements within my illustrative designs so that they may meaningful as well as aesthetically interesting. Major Project Introduction:In this unit I am going to continue with my theme of ecological utopia and dystopia within deep sea ecosystems. For this project I want to depict marine details on a macro scale, exploring texture, colour, composition and form. The dystopian themes that I am going to draw upon within my imagery is ecophobia (an ecocentric ideal that wild nature will overwhelm mankind), and the destruction that mankind has imposed the environment (e.g. the pollution of microplastics within oceans). This is a theme that is very personal to me due to my belief that the environment has inherent value, and should be nurtured and protected. The devastation that mankind is imposing upon the environment is terrible and currently not enough is being done to stop it.
Throughout this unit I would love to create some surface designs that can be used as wallpaper and cushions, and perhaps other merchandise such as notebooks etc. |