The wonderful woman you see above you is prominent 1950's textile designer Lucienne Day. I've been researching 1950's textile design to use as a style influence for Falmouth University's Animation and VFX second year Pre-production module.
When I was first assigned textile design, I wasn't expecting to enjoy it. A classic example of just how wrong I tend to be. Upon finding Lucienne Day, I fell in LOVE. Her patterns are abstract and fresh, with perfect colour combinations and inspiration taken from growth and nature.
In order to better understand her style, I gave it a go myself! I focussed on colour and form. Whilst drawing, I recognised a lot of similar traits in her work to mine. Some of her pieces had an odd slant to them, a kook or kink in the line-work that settles her pieces firmly into the abstract genre. There's also a strong sense of balance and composition that she's clearly taken into consideration.
As I am to match this style to an animated tv show about a comedian set in a roman bathhouse, I'm taking into consideration how that may work. Roman bathhouses, despite being a social place of gathering for all classes, had an air of sophistication and daintiness about them. I can definitely see the incorporation of the style through not only house and town designs, but also through overlaying simple designs on the walls and interior of the roman baths. Day's designs were intended as wall papers after all!
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