TEXTILE/PATTERN DESIGN

Fluttering among the clusters of luscious leaves are delicate moths in a fever as the warm sun sets near water. Nature is alive with hues of blue, green, and red melting together as the day becomes night before darkness ensues.

I took inspiration from the vast deep voids of forests in the throes of autumnal change that give a mood of coldness. All the while it is coupled with the richness of things that have grown, which in turn gives the visual story its warmth.

This collection was developed using Photoshop, Illustrator, and U4ia.

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In this moodboard, I tried to play with perspective to give the viewer a sense of drama, space and time. To see trees and bamboo as if you were in the forest yourself, gazing into the turning sky. As you can see, I am taken with blues and greens contrasted with splashes of jarring oranges and reds.

For colors, I wanted a strong contrast between light and dark but I wanted to explore this with blues, greens, oranges and reds. What would unsuspecting colors together look like? Or what would different colors that were tonally similar look like? With each color and name I wanted to evoke some sort of feeling on an emotional level.

As I was thinking about the forest, I was imagining what things were living in it. Moths seemed like the perfect interesting insect where they can be quite beautiful yet insidious at times.

With such strong colors and graphic quality to the print, it would be best to showcase on a simply cut dress. From afar the dress might seem abstract but up close, it tells a different story.

I liked the idea of bamboo trees juxtaposed with the environment of water which is referenced by the way it is layed out. There is so much rigidity in the structure of bamboo and with its layering, there is an element of softness added to it as it becomes a texture.

I thought the bamboo textile would go great on a casual shirt, which breaks up the serious graphic nature of the print, adding a certain lightness.