Patterns Created

With my designs I have been experimenting with differnet colour ways and seeing what colours work best. With this one I felt that when I changed the colours around on Photoshop that it ended up looking better then the orignial as you can see. I think this repreat pattern of landscape works a lot better with pinks and blues rather then reds and greens. The different tones of pink and blue also make the pattern look more like a childs fantasy world.

Another appproach to creating patterns for a childs bedroom is one were different motifs are randomly scattered. I have created two pieces in this way. One being of different sweets and another being of different cakes. I really like these pieces and feel they would work well as bedding or cushion covers. I also really like the bright colours of the sweets and the softer colours of the cakes. If I wanted to, these pieces would also work well as childrens wrapping paper.

Patterns Created

For the past couple of weeks I have been scanning my images onto Photoshop and playing around with repeat pattern techniques and different colour ways. When I have finished this half of the projext I feel I will have 3-4 different collections for childrens interiors. These interiors will consist of bedding and wallpapers. These are lollipops that I cut out on Phototshop and arranged them into a repeat. The circles that look like beads are cut from the circle icecream shape and again repeated. I think this peice would work really well as wallpaper.

 This piece is taken from a different collection where the lollipops were made to look like trees on a landscape. It think this would well really well either as bedding, curtains or wallpaper. Within these collections there will also be these pieces as differnet colour ways. I am currently continuing another collection that consists of actual landscapes with the trees and buildings being made of sweets, lollys and icecreams.

Painted Pieces

These are some pieces that i have created on there own for when i scan them in and start to create patterns on the computer for childrens interiors. Again i have tried to make them colorful and look like they are good enough to eat, making them more appealing to children. With these paintings i really like the textures i have created from using the watercolour paints.

 I have also done seperate pieces like this with different cakes and pastries. I have looked at how i can make them look life like and 3D so that they appeal to people as then they would again look good enough to eat. 

Painted pieces for sweet tooth project

I have been focusing on creating landscapes and buildings with sweets and lollies but also now with cakes. I have been experimenting with different colours and media creating fantasy lands made out of candy and cakes. Iv tried to think with a childs mind when creating these pieces, making them bright colorful and fun. I really like the buildings and trees i have created made from different sweets such as liquorice, rounded sweets like skittles and bon bons, rockets lolls and ice creams. I think the layered cake works well with the landscape and can also look very much like a tower building with the different layers being different floors. Iv not only made plain landscaped backgrounds but also experimented with different patterned backgrounds.

Painted pieces for sweet tooth project

 

Lately I have been focussing more on the lollipops, ice creams and sweets. I have been experimenting with different media for example inks, paints and pencil. I have drawn these in different shapes and sizes, and have created landscapes of lollipops acting as trees and buildings, giving a feel of a childs fantasy fairy tale world. When creating these fairy tale like scenes it helped to research fairy tale and fantasy illustrations. I also looked at one of the main scenes in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were there is a room full of trees and plants made up of all different kinds of sweets. I really like using the pastel colour paints on top of a watercoloured background or landscape. The watercolour marks help give the feel of a fairy tale world. I am going to continue creating more buildings and landscapes of lollipops and sweets as i feel they work well and are really effective.

Painted Pieces for sweet tooth project

For my third year final project I am creating a collection for kids interiors. I have been taking inspiration from sweets, ice creams, cupcakes, pastries, children's characters and children's toys. I have been looking on the internet, in books, sweet shops and charity shops for inspiration and ideas to draw from to build my ideas. I have been looking at children's illustrators like Eric Carl who is famous for the Hungry Caterpillar book and Quentin Blake who is famous for his illustrations of the Roald Dahl books. 

This is some of my candy paintings from my sketchbook. I drew these from some sweets that I bought from an old fashioned sweet shop. I really like the different shapes and colours that iv created that I could then repeat to make an interesting pattern. I also created some paintings of cupcakes on big A2 sheets of paper. I drew this cupcake using different coloured inks and painting onto a water washed background. I really like the lines and textures the inks create on the paper giving the picture an interesting and different effect compared to normal paints.