Geometric

Today I've been having a play with my drawings. I decided to scan my drawing sheets into Photoshop and then I manipulated the colours. After printing these out I started cutting them up into shapes and re arranging them back together. After this I started overlaying other patterns I had created on paper and I found this interesting combination. When taking this into design I think the background would look great digitally printed, with the flowers screen printed using pigment and the black lines of detail to be applied using flocking. 

Design development

I was a bit worried at first when I started development because I couldn't figure out how to put what was in my head onto paper. Eventually after a lot of photocopying, cutting, placement and concentration I think I've finally got there. Here are two of my favourites up to now. However I know these can be developed further so expect another photo soon! 

Uni Work Bay

I have currently updated my uni work bay with market research, all of these images have contributed to my ideas, colour scheme and use of pattern. I am now beginning the development stage of my project, firstly I am going to photocopy my drawings and arrange these into fashion prints. From this I will begin creating samples using screen printing, digital printing, embroidery and fabric manipulation. 

A2 Drawing Sheets

Here are some of my final A2 drawing sheets, I enjoyed creating the colourful background using procion dyes and bleach. By collaging on the top, stitching, layering and adding photoshop work it really adds a depth to the drawing and makes it much more engaging to the viewer.  

The bottom drawing sheet is quite flat compared to the others and I feel that to improve this I could add stitch and cut out some areas.

Necklaces

I really enjoyed drawing these necklaces, I tried styling them by handing all three together so the drawing incorporated a lot more colours. I think this will look much better on a coloured hot pink background. Therefore I'm going to cut this out and place it onto a coloured background bringing the colours to life. 

Oriental Museum, Durham

I'm going to visit the Oriental Museum in Durham on Wednesday. It will be the first time I've been there and I'm really looking forward to it. I'll be doing lots of sketches and taking plenty of photos whilst I'm there and will hopefully find lots of things to inspire me within my project.

https://www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum/

Possible careers

http://www.drapersjobs.com/job/2653136/junior-bags-designer-accessorize-/?LinkSource=HomePageRecruiterListing

Today I've been researching into possible careers I could go into after finishing my degree, here is one that caught my eye.