FINAL ART PROJECT!

Hello everyone!

This week we were tasked to create our own design using the knowledge we have gained throughout the year! So for this final project, I wanted to go ALL OUT. I knew I wanted to create a wearable design for a mini collection ever since I read the requirements for this project. I also wanted to challenge myself for this project and try to create this design fully digitally to improve my digital art skills. However, I wanted to transform a design I made previously with traditional art and convert it to digital. So with that being said, let's brainstorm!

INITIAL DESIGN:

The products I ended up deciding on for my mini collection were a tote bag, a graphic tee, and a denim jacket! As for my design, I knew I wanted to transform a design I made using traditional art. So, I looked through my sketch book and went through all the designs I created throughout the year. I decided on transforming...

BEHOLD! This was actually a design that I drew for one of our vocab words earlier in the year, but I was so drawn to it because of how abstract and dynamic it is. Now that I knew the design I was going to transform, its time to go digital!

I started off just tracing the features on Ibis Paint X to give me a base to start getting creative. For the actual design elements, I took inspiration from Bob Mackie's costume collection that were on the Carol Burnett Show because I loved how camp yet so chic these looks were. I really wanted to incorporate some of those high-camp elements into my design to make my design pop.

I was also inspired by this specific Vogue Magazine because this was the initial inspiration for my original design. I absolutely love how modern and abstract this cover is and I wanted to utilize some of the high contrast elements in this cover to make my design look really sleek and modern. The artistic influence for this cover just so happens to be Dadaism, which I took inspiration from for my last project :)

Another big inspiration for the design elements in this project was grafitti mixed media art! I actually found this picture on Pinterest and loved the grafitti elements so I decided to incorporate some of those elements into one of my designs since I later decide to make a second design... lol

DESIGN ELEMENTS:

After having found my inspiration for this project, I am finally able to start my new design! I started off giving my design some color because I loved the high contrast it gave my design after having seen it on the Vogue cover.

I then decided to play around with the colors of my design and came up with two new designs.

I really liked the vibrant colors on this design. However, I felt as though it didn't match the vibe I was going for and decided to scrap it since I couldn't imagine using this design for my final product. Looking back, this design actually could have fit one of my final designs in the end LOL.

I then decided to give my design more natural tones. Yet, the color choices felt really off to me for some reason so I ended up scrapping this design as well. However, by this time I was noticing myself becoming more comfortable using the digital tools on Ibis Paint X.

I decided to test and see what the design would look like without any color and I... LOVED IT. I decided to give the design shadows and highlights to give it more depth. This design was exactly what I had envisioned in my head. It still had those high contrast elements that I wanted to keep without it feeling bland. So I actually do end up using this design for two of my products. However, as I mentioned, I wanted to utilize this design and edit it to create the second design for my last product.

So I started my second design by copying my pre-existing design and then drawing out a matching eye and lips to make this design more cohesive. Now, here is where the grafitti elements that I mentioned earlier come in.

I decided to use the airbrush tool to give this design a "tie-dye" effect and ultimately reel in that grafitti aesthetic. I also decided to draw on the name of my brand because I wanted to set the bar for the aesthetic I want my actual brand to have,

Lastly, I drew in a few doodles reminiscent of actual grafitti until I covered the majority of the design and this is the final design I came up with!

FINAL PRODUCTS:

Now that I have both my designs done, it is time to apply them to my actual products! Now, considering the fact that I wanted these designs to feel like something I would actually sell, I decided to use my official brand logo that we generated earlier in the year and edit the colors to fit my final designs.

Now, I present... MY FINAL DESIGNS!!

My designs utilize an asymmetrical balance of organic shapes to create a sense of movement and variety to add visual interest. I used an analogous color scheme of blue, purple, pink, and red shades throughout my design. I utilized the softer shades of blue, purple and pink for the background and deeper shades of blue and red for my main visual aspects to create a strong focal point. For my focal point, the value is high-contrast, with deep shadows and bright highlights, giving the face I drew more dimension and dramatic contrast. I utilized less space in my first design to make it feel more minimalist yet abstract and I used as much space in my second design in order to convey the grafitti aesthetic I was going for. For the secondary elements in my second design, I used repetition when drawing and coloring my doodles in order to achieve visual harmony and maintain a consistent color pallete. I also repeated several visual elements such as color and similar shapes on each sleeve of the jacket to achieve rhythm within my design.

REFLECTION:

After completing this project, I learned more about the importance of balance and unity when creating actual clothing designs. I was able to create a fully developed design from start to finish and I am so proud of the end result. One of the biggest things I struggled with when creating my second design was figuring out a way to balance out the design since I didn't want to leave it too empty where the sleeves are, considering I was creating the design for a jacket, but I also didn't want to add too much to the point where the design is overwhelming. It definitely took a lot of editing and moving shapes to achieve just the look I wanted. Some of my successes in creating these designs was being able to maintain unity and rhythm within my designs. When drawing the doodles on the sides of my second design, I used similar colors as those I used previously to maintain a consistent color palette and bring unity to my final design. I also repeated most of the doodles I drew in order to achieve rhythm among the smaller visual aspects.