Textile Federation 3D Print

Brief and Rules:

Development work:

The print below was created with the kaledascope trace that I did and then scanned in, and manipulated in photoshop. I did not use this one because I thought the symmerty in the print that was the most important point in the kaleidascope pieces didn't come across, so I thought a more clean line approach was more appropriate in the sample below it. I also tried the 'Dream-like reality' colour theme in this sample, howeber I felt the colours were too subtle and blended together too much.

Layout below inspired by triangular kaleidascope breakdown. After looking into how to create the kaleidoscope look with an image in Photoshop I found one way is to use an equalateral triangle.

Above: Placement print edited in photoshop to make 3D. Green and Red stereoscopic.

Above: Zoom in

From completing the Textiles Federation Art Collision competition, it has helped me by looking at a new look of prints that are used for garments. This has improved my way of thinking about composition and opacity in my prints to make it suitable for placement prints, thus it has been a valuable experinece in developing my work.

Creating 3D images

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Image from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaglyph_3D

After a few attempts on different designs I have concluded that creating really sucessful 3D images is quite labouring and you have to calculate the correct amount of depth and scale for the correct perception, thus I think my prints may not be perfect but I like the effect it has of blurriness and the seperated colours behind look like the colour specturm made in reflecting light spectrum, gives it a fresh and tecnological look.

From entering this competition it has helped me not only develop my prints for a more commercial level, but it also made me realise another size and scale the industry works at, and how it may be printed in CMYK instead of the usual RGB that I use.

It has also helped me with the layout of my designs, as I have taken inspiration from the kaleidascope prints for the triangular shapes, so I am not just doing random geometrical shapes for placement prints. And from feedback from a potential customer and peer I have found that instead of an all over print, it needed more white space and less clutter like layout that I used previously in the dresses found here.

The Modernist Competition

After entering it before I found the new brief they have put up links in quite well with some of the prints I have already made. I ended up chosing this particular print because it was the one that most accurately reflects the brief.

I also found Style.com quite informative for searching for trends and street snaps.

Céline Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

(Image from - http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2014RTW-CELINE )