Toying around with 1950's Textile backgrounds

To begin tying in roman baths with 1950's textile design, I've taken some my recreated designs of Lucienne Day's work and taken them into photoshop to play around with how they might sit in a background design. In my opinion, the mix of roman/greek style baths and these deigns work well together as they seem to compliment each other. There's a sense of growth and delicacy about the designs that seem natural on top of the buildings in these mock ups.

Below, I used colour schemes with less distractions such as colour. By using simple tones of the same colour, it brings out the beauty of the building and the pattern. They stand out as effective concept pieces, as well as pretty lil pieces of art.

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Eden Project Trip

when i first arrived at the Eden Project, i, like everyone else, started drawing things. my mistake was that i was trying to draw things as i saw them (quite out of character). it took a bit of time for me to realise i could stylise the crazy plants i was seeing, soon the comfort zone was found and in this case the results were pretty funky. (the one on the right is my favourite)

Character designs

Penryn Folk After refining my original sketches (which, for the record, were way off style to begin with) I adapted my approach and made sure the eyes were not as round and far more in proportion. I actually really enjoyed coming up with these 6 Penryn characters! The colour scheme is gritty and representative of the age as well as being colourful. I love the bearded character second in the line. His jacket's all torn and patchy, plus he looks pretty trust-worthy. The blonde-haired girl in the green dress standing next to him is also one of my favourites. She has a bizarre mix of hesitancy and adventure in her eyes that I find refreshing (I hope other people see this too) I think the way her arms are hung by her side gives her an proactive personality. I'm told the woman on the far right looks like she could bake a really good loaf of bread. Little tweaks have to be made here and there, but overall I'm proud of this line up. Watch out for that cheeky lil k

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