Print designs

After initially sketching out my design I transferred it to Illustrator so that I could make a repeat pattern.

Below is my working process for how I created the final design.

Initial design

Tracing on Illustrator

Initial traced file

Beginning to add colour and using black pointer and alt to copy 

Finished initial design

Playing around with repeat and scale using group and copy 

Creating a clipping mask

Initial large design in CMYK 

Using Group>Isolate>
Select same to quickly
isolate colours

Creating positives

Final design in CMYK

Thinking about different colours 

Why?
- Never made a repeat pattern, so wanted to try it, and thought this would transfer well into screen prints
- Thought the simple designs I had come up with would work well to investigate colour, as the design wouldn't be fighting with the colour for attention
- Want to work towards a resolved outcome- think these will work well on my own packaging templates- What will the audience expect them to contain?

What?
- I tried a few different scales, and after printing them out I decided the smaller one worked better, as once folded into boxes they revealed more of the design
- Liked trying different colour ways- Hopefully I will be able to experiment again during the screen printing process
- In order to make it simple, I will print these out on the studio printer at A3 and only use one screen in the print room
- Learnt quite a lot about Illustrator this time, such as isolating colours and how artboards work
- Don't really like the 'crisp'  finish on the digital print outs, but this should look drastically different once screen printed

Now?
- Think about how to come out with the most diverse combination of colours in the prints
- Investigate what the colours mean and what feel they will give off with this simple design
- Experiment with single positive prints to see how abstract they can be whilst still revealing the intent
- Get printing!!