Start of final year

I am now in the third week of my third year; only  less than a year until I'm graduated!! I am currently looking at animals like snails, slugs, tortoises, caterpillars and some other bugs. I have developed a style which uses an acrylic paint background and then stylises by using black pen to add detail.
I have also created some textile stitched animals like the one opposite.

Knit developments

My knit developments are shown below.

I added buttons in the first picture shown

 and did some fringing in the second and third. The fringing I added was material and wool.

Creative sketch book

                                                   
At the end of my second year I looked at rain forests and palm trees, then developed them into knits. I really like the texture and colour shown in the palm tree and the parrots.

Gift bag and length

 I developed some of my childlike drawings of flowers for a gift bag and a length. I used Photoshop to develop and create the designs.  I used straight repeat designs as well as half drop.

Trends

During February this year I drew some flowers in two different styles - children's and stylised.

Geometric patterns

 I have recently been inspired by geometric patterns, particularly how they are repetitive, lively, fun and  modern. I have used patterns in and around me. Some examples are shown above on the right.  Above left and middle as well as right are sections of my final digital prints. The patterns I have used here are inspired by wires, a plumber wheel, a pen, Sellotape, scissors, a wheel and a circle pattern from a mug. Some of my designs have also been influenced by diamonds.

Final pieces for fashion

Digitally printed final pieces : card piece first, then flower piece above ,mouse piece then owl piece below. All designs were produced in photoshop by scanning in sketchbook pages and developing them there.   My favourite piece is the flower one above as it uses knit as well as print.