Pattern Project

Hello everyone! For this week’s blog post, we were asked to create a pattern for a product! One of the artists that truly inspired me throughout this whole process was Galina Shpak. She creates beautiful designs, specializing in vector designs!

Here is the link to her work: https://www.shutterstock.com/g/galinagalina 

My intention was to create a pattern, utilizing some of my previous techniques used in past projects and artworks! 

Here are some of my previous patterns:

First, I began by composing my color palette. I aimed to compose a flowy and floral pattern and really liked the idea of utilizing natural colors.

Then, I began to sketch out my design traditionally. This part was the most time consuming because I kept on changing my mind on how I wanted to arrange all of the flowy lines. 

This is what I composed.

I then transferred the image to Adobe Fresco and used the vector brush to trace my sketch with my desired color palette.

This was going to be my finalized pattern, however, I felt like it was very plain and needed more line elements to fill in the empty areas. Therefore, I added more flowy lines to complete my overall pattern.

After, I continued to utilize adobe fresco to duplicate my pattern into a larger scale. I used several layers for this step.

Now that I finalized my overall pattern, I began searching for websites where I could actually purchase items with my design. Since I wanted to focus on pottery as my product idea, it was quite difficult to find websites or companies that will let you personalize pottery using your own images. I was able to find two companies, however, their selection of pottery was very limited.

Here is the link to the first website: https://awesomethis.com/home 

Here, I uploaded my pattern onto a floral vase.

Here is the link to the second website: https://www.michaelsphotogifts.com/ 

Here, I uploaded my pattern onto a mug.

I learned a lot from this project. It was super thought provoking trying to decide what design I wanted to create! I utilized various line techniques, which gave my pattern a sense of direction. Additionally, I’ve enjoyed utilizing Adobe Fresco to transform my traditional art into digital!