Day One
I started today by looking at my research
from day one, I was looking for the types of seams that are featured on
sportswear garments. Once I found 3 seams I copied the shape and cut this out
on paper I then began to arrange the seam shape on the stand, this helped me
experiment by looking at the shapes of seams and where they can be placed on
the body. Once I did this several times coming up with different results. I
looked at the circular shape of the velodrome cut this out in many different
sizes and did the same thing. I found this exercise really effective as it
allowed me to look at shape in a different way. I believe that the velodrome
shapes were not as successful as the seam shapes as they were not as
interesting, so in order to develop from this I manipulated the shape on the
stand, and I believe the results to be more successful. As I was going along I
made sure to take pictures, then I sorted through my images selecting 8 of my
favourite. With these 8 images I then began to develop designs off of them. I
did a small series of quick designs that explored the shapes, I found this
exercise very beneficial as it allowed my designing to be pushed further and
more developed.
Day Two
As I had briefly focused on the velodrome I
began to look more into this shape and how I could use this on the body. For
this I cut out the shape several times and used it to collage off of. I also
made some digital collages that used the shape. This development of shape
showed me how I could take one simple shape and use in many different ways to
create different designs. I later focused on developing my collages through
hand drawn rough sketches. This enabled me to clearly see how my final line up
may look after development. Once drawing my quick designs I added colour, yet
regret the way I chose to add this colour as I believe it weakens the
presentation, however I now know for next time to avoid what I did and apply
colour in a simpler better looking way.
Day Three
After looking back at all of my research
and developments I began to design towards my final line up. First I drew out
some rough ideas of what my final line up may consist of, always bearing in
mind the velodrome shape, and my chosen colours and fabrics. Once I did this I
drew out my final 6 looks. I was able to do this efficiently as it did not take
too much time. I scanned them in as I prefer to edit them in Photoshop, I feel
that by doing this my presentation is much clearer and I also wanted to add
prints and the fabric to the designs. This took a lot longer than what I had
planned for, so when it came to presenting my work in the group critique my
line up was finished however lacked on presentation and also the colours once
printed came out different colours. So after the critique I changed the colours
which did not take long and then I also adjusted the patterns and the sections
where I had added the fabric, this then made the line up look a lot better all
together.
Overall I really enjoyed this project from
my initial concept and how I developed my ideas, I felt that this was the first
time that I worked consistently as I didn’t have an issues or hit any blocks
along the way. Things that I wish went better would be the way I designed
because I feel that I could have exhausted the velodrome idea such as designing
separate pieces, where as I feel that I was a bit safe in terms of designing
for this project. But looking back I feel that this was quite a strong project
for me as I began to design in different processes before which I would like to
carry on throughout my next projects.
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