Digital designs

M Y  I D E A S

This week I had my first digital design printed onto fabric. It was amazing to watch and also to see how the whole process comes together. I was quite astounded as to how simple it actually is and it has definitely motivated me to get more digital samples done. 

One aspect of digitally printing which I liked, is that the colour comes out very rich and does not fade. When screen printing particularly with reactive dye, after only one pull the fabric will look beautiful, however after the washing process has been completed it seems to fade at least a little. Whereas the digital print images look just as good as the original design. Another aspect which I love, is that I have been able to develop my digital designs much further than my screen printing ideas which is another reason as to why I prefer working digitally. Creating new brush presets from new and developing work is much more exciting than sticking with the same motifs. 

    

This is one of my first paper designs which is going to be further developed into more digital samples. I really enjoy creating these ideas and I find it really interesting to envisage whereabouts you can see your print. For example for this print, I could imagine seeing it as a repeat pattern on a 'shabby chic' plain shift dress. Or even on a cushion cover. Although I personally adore my colour stripe, I know that it is not for everyone and so when designing I will have to watch out that my designs are not only liked by just me. I think this process will be easily managed by listening to lots of feedback consistently.

Following on the thought of my colour stripe, in this design I have chosen to use only a few selected colours, and this therefore shows my development through my thought process since the beginning of this project ...

Below, I have found a vintage style paper print which is taken from the internet under 'Vintage Print'. After looking around at other designs and going back to my vintage and original style, if i get the opportunity I think I would now like to add text to some of my design ideas. I think that text adds more feeling to the work. I would also like to play with lines and experiment with numerous line layers similarly to this image. 

Before next week I am hoping to be able to print some of my developed digital designs out on fabric. If this goes to plan I would also like to perhaps sample one screen print on top of a digital print. I think I would prefer this technique compared with creating a pattern using my motifs and only using my screen.