Digital Design Work

I created digital designs throughout Unit X starting in week two, and discovered I work well this way. With weeks until deadline I felt I had time to adopt a playful, free approach and this resulted in an improved quality and variety of work. I now have many designs to select from to form a final collection. I used tiling and geometrics (current popular trends) as inspiration for the designs below, but they were formed from my drawings of personal effects and so exhibit my handwriting as a designer. My colour palette is varied and bold, with good contrasts and the mixture of photographic and drawn elements work extremely well. This approach of both responding to external influences and showing my personality through my work makes the resulting designs exciting, up to date and successful.

Finalised digital wallpaper designs

I also allocated time to learn to draw using a graphics tablet; I produced one finalised repeat design in this way and was satisfied with the results; motifs look sleeker than hand drawn ones, but it's obvious that lines have been drawn rather than formed using Adobe tools. At Arthouse designers solely use tablets, and drawing digitally is common in industry, so it's important that I further develop these skills in future.

Digitally drawn print design

Borders

Borders are now becoming a fashionable choice again; they can currently be seen at established companies including Cole and Son and Graham & Brown, and even Timorous Beasties' new 'Kaleido Splatt' Superwide Wallpaper resembles a large scale painted border. So, I decided to adapt my motif arrangements to form complementary borders for my wallpaper designs. Now my prints can appeal to those who want a small area of print, or can't afford to paper a whole wall but still want high quality, modern, eye-catching design.

Original design and matching border