Project One - Final Wallpaper

These are my final completed wallpapers for my first project.
They all resemble the features of a watermelon used in a modern and graphic way. They are together a set as they all use the same colour scheme and the same shapes and sections.

WALLPAPER ONE:

My first wallpaper was based on my original sketch. I made it a repetitive pattern that had elements in it which created curves such as the green rectangles bunched together and the seeds placed in the shape of a flower. The green rectangles are transparent to that when they overlap the create a subtle striped effect.










WALLPAPER TWO:

My second wallpaper was based on a slice of watermelon but with the seed placed in the flower shape. I placed them close together so that the green skin touched in places but they didn't overlap to far. This created an effective pattern which from far away does not appear as obvious watermelons.











WALLPAPER THREE:

My third wallpaper was ment to be a simple design. I used the basic watermelon shape and divided it into squares by adding a grid to it to. I made the seeds with a round edge just like a real seed as it showed where the curves broke the boundries on the grid which created a contrast to the overall design.











WALLPAPER FOUR:

My fourth wallpaper i wanted to be simple and clean. I did this by leaving a lot of black space and not using a repeating pattern. I made simple shapes look like slices of watermelon which 'explode' from the center my making the all face the centre. I thought this wallpaper was effective as it is defferent from the others but still has a clear link.

Project One - Progress

I chose to do the watermelon concept for my final four wallpapers because it is versatile and an interesting concept to develop. I drew a few examples of ways i could layout one of my patterns based on my first sketch i did on the watermelon

I have begun to code my wallpaper patterns which are coming out how I want them to. However I came across one problem when making the green watermelon skin shapes. i can not figure out how to make a curved rectangle on processing and have tried many help topics in the reference such as arcs, beziers and curves.

I found a way to do it with individual rectangles which gave it a digital, effective look. Because of this its lead me to do all my final wallpapers in this sort of style.

Project One - Sketch Ideas

The task for our first given project was to design a set of four decorative wallpapers which were to be put up in our first year design studio. They are to be created with the skills we have currently learnt in the 'Processing' software. To begin we had to find a source of inspiration that would help us to create and draw four different ideas for a wallpaper. For our first formal task we were expected to do a presentation of our drawings to the class.

Inspiration One:

For my first concept i started of with the basic image of a watermelon. From this i thought I may be able to pull it's structure apart and create a repeating pattern. I took each main part of the fruit which consists of the pink flesh, green skin and the seeds. By rearranging them i put together a bright and fruity pattern with flowers formed by seeds and repeating curves. A problem i had was choosing what texture to add to the green skin. Adding alternating colours with stripes gave the pattern a retro and stylized look which I think suited the overall concept nicely.

Inspiration 2:

For my second concept i took an interest to the old school game Pacman. I created a pattern which resembled the game using bright neon colpoured lines and blocks of colour for the pacman and ghosts. I kept the background black as it encouraged the bright colors to stand out. The idea this drawing triggered was to form a wallpaper that you could play with you eyes when you look at it, making it more than just a wallpaper. One problem I came across was that I would have to rediesign the concept into a way that wasn't an exact replica of the game layout. This mmeans i would have to pull the pieces of the game apart and form a pattern with them that is original. To me this negatively effected the idea i had at first, making it not as interesting.

Inspiration 3:

My third idea i based on the own personal character and interest. I found this clothing fabric that caught my eye. It was an aztect patterned fabric used for a collection made by 'Stolen Girlfriends Club' a New Zealand designer clothing label.
I drew a simplified version using only black and a vibrant red/orange. A particular part i liked was their use of digital looking lines. The shaped on the fabric aren't exact and are all very different. Taking this into consideration i structured my pattern in a similar way using jagged lines placed close together to create a mix of shapes. I really liked the outcome of my drawing though the pattern would be very complex to code in processing and would take a long time.

Inspiration 4:

For my final drawing my inspiration was an optical illusions. I formed a basic layout of circles with a grid of lines over the top. Where the lines touch the colour turns negative (white).
My reason for this pattern was that i wanted to do a drawing different from the rest, and a lot simpler.I started of with circles and crosses in between, which connected them but then decided to lengthen the lines so they touched as it formed a nice grid like pattern. I liked this design the least as it did not have anything eye catching or special to me.

Open Processing

Open processing is a website where a community of people share their Processing sketches. I made an account to put my sketches on to that I have completed so far. This is the link to my portfolio: www.openprocessing.org/portal/?userID=10144

I was asked to join our creative coding classroom on Open Processing which is: Creative Coding DSDN142 @ Victoria University of Wellington

Learning new coding

In our studio session we were taught how to set up our own code settings and how to make moving sketches.
We used the codes 'Void setup' and 'Void draw'. To practise these i decided to make a pacman shape that move across the screen.

This was my outcome:
To see the moving sketch in open processing click this link:

A problem i came across when creating my own sketch was that when i made an 'ellipse' shape it would stay in on place and create a black line along the screen as it moved. To fix this i made a new backgroud setting in my void draw section, which redrew a new white background each time the ellipse moved.

Introduction

For this coarse we were introduced to a program called Processing. The program lets you design codes which create different patterns, interative designs and other cool projects For the first few days we learnt how to make patterns on a pre made code given to us. These are some codes I made:

My idea was to create an Aztec themed pattern which was bright and digital.
I learnt how to form triangles and how to place them in the exact order i wanted. What helped me learn the basics of processing was the references they give you on their website. Also the posts that are put on the www.firstyeardesign.com website