Collection sample practices

Collection Swatch and Pattern Sampling

 

LOVE LOVE LOVE creating fabric and collections. CAD!
I am steadily trying to improve my drawings, aiming to cope with me eye for perfectionism this is ironically is perfect for me! I love the sleekness and tidiness. Fashion illustration are raw and edgy which is amazing, until I can find my rhythm and technique in that field, CAD is serving me well.
We didn't have long to design these, but I think I could happily spend a lot of time making some fantastic numbers.

 

Lucia Giacani

 

 

 

YES YES YES, another artist/photographer, who just makes me feel tingly and excited, I am the biggest fan of editorial work, it just relates to me so much, and I feel it is an amazing access to expression. I love the magical and surreal qualities of this genre of work.

 

Lucia is a woman, which totally surprised me! I generally got the vibe that this was the work of a male?! I really don't know why, I wonder whether it is because all the famous artists of great work especially the ones I have been researching like Da Vinci and Michael Angelo, I gave just had male creative genius's on the brain.

 

 She lives in Milan and has over ten years of experience. Born in Jesi, Italy in 1976 she has lived in Rome where she graduated from the Advanced Institute for the Artistic Industries and where later on she has undertaken an intense photographic activity that has won numerous prizes and acknowledgments.

Her work specifically and individually has been hard to get information on, I personally would of guessed this piece as being Mother Mary related as there has been other pieces based on this, such as Jean Paul Gualtier, as you can see these images do have similarities, pale skin, head drapery, ok there is significantly bold colour differences but the overall theme I think is the same

 

 

 The work above looks very realistic, also quite dream like, it has been photographed beautifully, the makeup and styling was by Aaron Smith Hendrickson, they seem to have went with a neutral nature theme, using the same coloured props. It work fabulously.
The image really make me feel so engaged, she looks so innocent and vulnerable, you could even say the same about Jean Pauls piece, although his does carry a more spooky skeletal essence.

The image has been taken whilst the whole team were present, probably tweaking along the way, also getting different poses to get the right shot.

 

 

 

 

Now taking a look at this piece, styled again by Aaron Smith Hendricks, this is totally different colour scheme, all black with specks of colour, your would expect his to be frightening and scary, yet you can still see the innocence and vulnerability of the image. You can tell this is a excellent model and design team, they have taken this religious inspiration detoured from the usual white and pure colours, and used the dark scary black, dark drapery and yet its still a capitulating an pure image.

 

Collection Developed
'VEST ALMIGHTY'

Vest Almighty, if you haven't already gathered is a play on words, christ almighty we normally hear, and probably pelted with rocks back in the day. BUT fear not nobody shall be condemned to such torture, well unless you fancy it? Which brings me to my point, this sought of joke and banter would be something I would expect amongst my target audience, 17-27 year old males the brighter collection more aimed at your young-on  17-21 and darker collection for the up to 27's.

I have started off with using the stained glass window image, which I then slotted into vest space using the magic wand tool, I then used filter gallery, and selected the stained glass effect sequence, which contorted the image and gave only the colours from the image, keeping in theme with Faith and religion. The colours will suit the younger range from my target audience 17-21's as they are bold and brash with their style.

The darker collection I took an image from my sketch book played with edges with the magic eraser tool, (I seem to be using all the magic options?! Maybe this is just a MaGiCaL AlmIgHtY Collection.)

I used the crop tool and took the eye section of the first print and made a caterpillar like shape, copying and pasting the same image over and moving it from left to right continuously.

I prefer the bottom darker collection its more bolder, dramatic, and consistent. I felt it was important though to play with colours and shapes with the brighter vests, to really get closer to the vision of my actual target audience. Knowing what isn't working to exploit the working effects.

The message from this collection is one of a more artistic one,  previous obvious religious images have been made into more of a  patterns and into colours so its not really a direct message.

 T shirt collection
' LADY J'

 T-Shirt print samples

 

Tee shirt print trials and final Tee shirt collection.

 I chose the hand as its my friends new tattoo, which was very coincidental as its a mandala! A mandala is a image that summon a particular energy and power that can help, improve, or which ever mandala is used evokes a particular attribute. I have kept the hand photo in all it natural colour slightly tweaking the contrast. Its a photo I took myself. I do like it although I would love it as a photo for my wall more, I like art and when I use it for one thing I want to use it for everything else.

It makes me feel happy as I know what the mandala represents, success and happiness...who would be happy with that.

Image top middle and 3rd top right, are my more abstract t-shirt prints, its of an image I drew representing a goddess called Kali, who dances on the bodies of the victims she kills, those who try to get in her way or harm her children. She wears there body parts as belts and necklaces. How exciting!

I used my own drawing, uploaded it to photo shop, changed the contrasts to get the image all black duplicated it and inserted a crucifix in the background. I am happy with my new photo shop skills as this is the first time I used it, I don't feel 100% with it as a product, as it has had more of my attention in knowing how to use the tools I will need to make a good product.
But for all the art, and quirky dressers out there looking for something different I can see them liking it.

The 3 bottom images, where a little bit more fun, I was a tiny bit more aware of the tools so I could experiment more, I used 2 layers merging them together, and altered the colouring with the saturation tool. It was the silhouette of a image from my sketch book where I added a crown of thorns. This is very symbolic as its a woman's head I added the thorns to,  not a male figure, I was playing with the idea of changing the gender roles of the significant religious figures, Jesus and God, being females.

I think my message sort of sends a mixed one, and slightly glamourises this typical image and makes it a bit....sexy. The silhouette of the woman is very provocative, and could be great hit with the my target audience, of 17 to 27 year olds males, the raging hormones of the 17 year old with added desire to want the newest original prints, I think this would be a success. Then as we push into our mid 20's we could be looking at a more in depth understanding of he prints, the over 21's being aware of the crown of thorns on the ladies head. This being a indication of swopping roles or the stereo typical Jesus figure.