Meg Dixon : January 2017

Saturday 28 January 2017

Boris Peianov.

Cutting the design into geometric shapes.
Working over the top of a photo to create a collage.
Over layering and moving the design so it inaccurate and fits differently together.
A mixture of photography, blank shapes and lines build up the design.
I am looking at how Peianov has layered his designs with simple white shapes that overlay as garments. I feel this design could work over my own photographs covering sections of the design.

Custommade fragrance campaign.

Build up of paint, mixing a range of colours and layers.
Texture and mark making brush strokes.
Combining photography and painting media, drawing.
Simple minimalistic technique covering an image, adding to the design giving the photograph a different element.

Context.

Putting my prints into context to see how they work on a mans t-shirt.
Playing around with placement and enlarging the scale on the body.
Having all over prints that cover the t-shirt as well as looking at placement prints, covering sections of the top.
Keeping minimal with black and white prints with small amount of blue added in some prints.

Final Designs.

Selecting my final prints by looking at which are the most effective in context.
Images that had texture on top of them I felt have worked the best and most effective.
Creating prints for menswear I have to think what designs will be suitable for my target market and if they will wear these designs.
Using prints that have white marks extracting image I feel are more appropriate as they are not as busy and full for an all over printed t-shirt design.

Mono Printing.

After heat transferring my images onto polyester jersey, I mono printed again over the top of some of my samples to add to the design.
Using thick paint brushes to create wide brush strokes to print.
Using salt to soak up some dye and add texture to the print instead of it been a flat mark.

Photoshop Development.

Creating prints for Menswear t-shirts and tops.
Developing my photographs and mark making together through Photoshop.
Removing colour and adding colour from my photos through a range of marks.
Working with black and white, adding in an accent colour of blue.
Editing transparency, layering and combing my images together.
Layering marks so they look realistic and still have texture on top of the photographs.

Mark Making.

Changing my primary imaging into black and white and responding the them through mark making to create my initial drawings.
Using a range of card and cut card, pallet knifes and paint brushes with thick black paint to create rough marks.
Printing my images off and working over the top of them creating marks that follow the images.

Context and Target Market.

Creating my designs for a target market of young men.
Ranging in age from 18-30, aiming for a high street market.
Designing graphic t-shirts using my primary photos, that create a masculine print.
Looking at all over prints and placement patterns. Creating panels with in my designs.

Urban Outfitters.