One of my responsibilities for this project is to create a collection of surface patterns that will decorate the packaging. To do this I began to explore mark making using a collection of custom brushes, with a focus on creating rock like textures and patterns. Because of the abstract, expressive and experimental nature of this task, I found it quite difficult (and a bit unrewarding) as I'm not a pattern maker, and the outcome is purely for decorative purposes, not communicative, so it just didn't seem like I had much to work towards. I do not think that pattern design relates to my practice whatsoever, and this outcome is going to be very abstract. I am passionate about creating an effective pattern in order to decorate the box, however when developing my own, i'm unsure how to define what makes a succcesful pattern? What skill set does this demonstrate?
However, throughout my process, I was able to pick out elements that I thought were visually effective and which were not, enabling me to develop a design through refinement. I think the patterns i've started to generate here are effective in conveying an authentic textural quality that we decided would work best, however it still just feels a bit pointless because of the aimless mark-making I underwent to create random samples. I feel that a concept is needed here.
Colour
For my next set of pattern developments, I will have a focus on building the visuals of the box based on the visual colour schemes and textures of shells - dark and unnoticable, but when opened an explosion of pearlised colour and pattern inside (further reflecting the oceanic theme). I wanted to use this concept as it reflects the mysterious nature of the story of atlantis, and an element of mystery was key to making this design stand out.
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