final designs

I have four possible final designs to choose for submission, but I think I will go with the first three.

Developing patterns

   Design 1: These design developments started off with using the pathfinder tool and morphing all the ipod symbols together to create an abstract pattern.
Once I got the pattern I played around with the fill and stroke to achieve these different patterns.

Design 2: Again I have used the ipod symbols and the pathfinder tool, but this time i have made the pattern more symmetric by reflecting the pattern.
In the floral like patterns i have used the rotate tool to make a motif and then copy and pasted then changed the scale. I quite like these designs but don't think they fit my machine/futuristic theme.

Design 3: This design was created with using just the play symbol and manipulating it with the transform tool. 

This first design was one of the first patterns I had developed and when I got the feedback from Vanessa I realised there were few parts of the design that I needed to clean up. 

Instead I decided to re-do the design but still look fairly similar to the previous. 

Design 4: In design development 4 I have taken the wheel out of the cassette and cut it in half. I then used the rotate and scale tool to make the petal like motifs and then rotate them to create the flower motif.

I quite like how these designs flow, but I'm not sure if they fit with my theme, with the futuristic, geometric and machine look.

Design 5: This design was created by using the path finder tool and merging the pause and stop symbols together. I then made a whole strip of these and distorted it to give it depth.

Design 6: This final design is a development from Design 3, I have taken the triangle motif and used the rotate tool to make these hexagons. I developed it further by making the pattern smaller in scale and then I decided to add purple into the pattern and it created a larger hexagon pattern within the pattern.

My Colour Palette

This is my colour proportions for my final developments.
I wanted there only to be a splash of orange and all the tones of the purple to be equal proportions and same with the blue.
There will be a majority of black because to get the glowing effect my motifs will be black with a different colour stroke line.

Learning Patterns on Illustrator

These are just basic patterns produced on illustrator, not much colour is added and i was just focusing on making the patterns. 

When I have produced strong patterns I will then focus on colour.

Rotate tool and Spot repeat half drop pattern

Using 1 motif: The wheel out of the casette

Rotate tool and Spot repeat half drop pattern

Using 3 motifs: Eject symbol, Pause symbol, Fast Forward symbol

Transform Each tool to achieve the different sizes and then Spot Repeat pattern

Using the wheel out of the Cassette.

Rotate tool  and then spot repeat pattern.

Using for motifs: Eject, Fast-Forward, Rewind and Pause symbols.

First I played with the scale of the Play symbol, to create the jagged arrow. It is then transformed with the rotate tool and put into a half drop spot repeat pattern.

Brick Spot Repeat pattern using the Cassette Tape. 

Fast-Forward and Rewind Symbols and been stuck together with the Pathfinder Tool.

Then placed in a half drop spot repeat pattern.

Transform each spot pattern

Symbol Sprayer tool, changing the scale, transparency and rotation.

Three motifs were used: Play, Pause and Fast-Forward symbols.

Symbol Sprayer tool, changing the scale, transparency and rotation.

Using the Ipod motif.

Motifs

These are the motifs I will be using for creating my patterns in Illustrator, the cassette tape was made using the pen tool and the rest of the motifs were created with just using vertor shape tool.

Mood board for Illustrator

For my illustrator designs I want to focus on a more futuristic look and trying to achieve the glowing look by using a dark background, changing the opacity, and once again using different tones of the same colour. 

My inspiration came from the fashion designer Alexander McQueen with his Spring 2010 ready-to-wear collection. I like how his colours glow and they have the futuristic, symmetrical look.

Four finals

These are the four finals which I will narrow down to three...