Motif Sketchbook part 2

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design, floral, geometric, ink, leaves, motif, owl, pattern, sketch, sketchbook, snail, sunflowers, turtle

Here’s more of my November 2014 pattern motif sketchbook.

Plum and Ivory

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creative, design, ideas, ipad, ivory, kaleidoscope, mandala, pattern, photography, purple, repeat, spiral, surface design

Ideas for patterns in repeat created with the Kaleidoscope Camera app by Binary Noise Ltd on my iPad.

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©Alice Frenz 2014

All from an 8

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black, creative, design, ideas, iphone, kaleidoscope, kooleido, pattern, pink, repeat, spiral, surface design, touch sketch

I created these ideas for pattern designs by playing with a sketched figure 8 shape and the Kooleido app on my iphone.

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my original Figure 8 sketch

First I sketched the Figure 8 on my iPhone using Touch Sketch, saved it to my camera roll, then opened and played with it using the Kooleido app in manual mode and varying the settings.

I experimented with cropping my sketch for variations with different amounts of black space. As I played with it and discovered patterns I liked, I saved them to my camera roll.

In the Kooleido app, the kaleidoscope effect wants to display in motion. To reduce this effect, I turn off Tilt. As I begin to see something I like, I slow down my finger movement and hold it still for a few seconds to stop the motion before trying to save.

This is a fun, spontaneous way to generate ideas for pattern designs, and also allowed me to practice my critical “eye” for seeing when interesting Gestalt effects begin to happen.

©Alice Frenz 2014

Kaleidoscope Rock

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black, brown, design, gold, ideas, iphone, kaleidoscope, kooleido, pattern, photography, repeat, rock, spiral, surface design

A visit to Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this weekend surprised me with a wealth of design and surface embellishment inspiration.

I generated these pattern design ideas inspired by my visit, by playing with a photo I took of the Michael Jackson exhibit and the Kooleido app on my iPhone.

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Michael Jackson beaded jacket by Bill Whitten
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Ohio

©Alice Frenz 2014

Learn more about how I use Kooleido to play with patterns in my next post All from an 8.

Sewing Card Top Hat

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bristol board, card stock, design, hat pattern, paper, pattern, top hat, white

I designed this paper top hat as part of a 5 day hat design workshop at Miami University “The Art of the Hat” with British milliner Dagmara Childs. My design was inspired by the sewing cards that children play with, where they use yarn laced through pre-punched holes to decorate or assemble pieces made from card stock or wood.

Snowbees

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bees, Gestalt, hexagonal, Kaledo, Lectra, pattern, swarm

I’ve been working each week in the Fashion Design Computer Lab at CCAD, practicing and learning Lectra Kaledo Print with the generous help of instructor Patricia Carlos.

These are my designs from yesterday’s session. The bees are digitally painted using Kaledo watercolor and chalk brushes.