Sketches

Okay, so bad quality, I know. These are just a few sketches I've done to start off with interior design. The top drawing is a thought web. The main word, in my case "different," is the inspiration for what I want to do as a designer. It was just the first thing I thought of when asked what my design would be like. From there, I thought of many other ways to branch off of "different" and wound up at several odd places. (I thought it was weird they tended to go towards historical references). This drawing was helpful for interior design because it helped me expand my thoughts and inspirations. The next drawing is that of a few keys. You can't see it very well though. I will put up new scans soon! And the last drawing is of fruit, a misshapen banana, an apple, and an orange. Cross-hatching skills were required on that last one, I may need to practice a bit more!

Textile Pattern

In this textile, I worked off pictures collected from the first. Again, it's theme is the Italian Renaissance. My final textile (at the top) was a bit, okay really, dizzying. It didn't quite turn out as I had expected. I worked mainly with the smaller, individual version (bottom) and thought it looked fine. Even then, it isn't the greatest work of art I've created. Maybe the Renaissance didn't inspire me this time. But putting it together was fun and simple, however repetitive. When I finally put it together in the 30x30 version I was disappointed. Even so, it was a good learning experience and I can certainly reflect on this when trying to think of the "big picture."

Renaissance Textile

The textile design was one of the first experiences I've really had with Adobe Photoshop. Not that I haven't used it before, but many of the patterns above were taken from paintings of Venus or photography of the Italian Renaissance architecture. As you can tell, none of that is recognizable anymore. These pictures went through several series of editing, as well as cropping and resizing to create the final product. The idea was entirely new to me and the product reflects that. I'm sure I could refine this in the future to make much nicer textiles.