Drawing for motifs and digital prints

Drawing for motifs and digital prints

Setting quick drawing tasks in which you only focus on a drawing for five minutes is really helpful for speed and drawing style. I find that sometimes these unplanned drawings often create interesting outcomes that can then be used in print and develop into something else. For this task i chose a number of images to work from and spent five minutes on each using different pen thicknesses and drawing styles like continuous line. I think that some of the outcomes in these tasks worked better than others, which i will develop further for printing.

After completing the drawings i began developing them in to motifs. This involved me tracing parts and combining them together to create an interesting story. I think these definitely worked well and will look great being turned into digital repeat and placement prints, however it would be interesting to see how they would turn out in different printing methods like screen printing.

Combining markings and drawings i was able to make a variety of motifs and make them into repeats. Looking at other textile artists designs helped me become inspired and know what i wanted my designs to look like. A lot of the designers i liked created prints that had a secret message in them but look normal at first glance, i also work that way in the work i produce so this encouraged me to also do it in digital.

Looking further in to receipts and objects that reflect consumerism i am developing my observation work. This will help later in creating digital prints and print ideas for designs.