Fabric Patterns

In class we've been working on creating a pattern out of a custom swatch list that we also made. I had missed the class that had first covered using letters and making them into vector paths, so when we started to make our patterns I found it slightly difficult.

The above is my original pattern. I only used to colors which arent actually from my custom swatches. The design is a T that has been made into vecotr paths and then laid onto another T. I wasnt really happy with this so when I finally made my own swatches I played around more with different colors.

This is the second version. Notice the different more palettable colors and the vertical lines. The lines were made with the AI blend tool. In my opinion a big step up, although not the finsihed product.

This is the final product. We were made to open it in photoshop and play around with layers and the eraser tool.

T Shirt Logo Design final

So Ive finished p the front of the shirt.

Now preferably when I put it on the shirt the white letters wont be outlined although i dont know if that is yet possible. This also means Ill have to have it printed on a light grey or colored shirt since the letters wont be visible otherwise.As for the skateboard ont he back, I dont know if that is possible either, but ill update this post if/ when i do it.

T shirt, STREET SHARKS

So just focusing on the the outline of the shark that will be the main image for the shirt. There will also be some stylized text using simple shapes that spell out "Street Sharks" and if possible have a simple image of a skate board on the back. Simple as in a horizontal line with slightly curved ends and then two circles under it as wheels.

You can slightly see the early sketch of the "Street Sharks" which consists right now of triangles and half circles.

I know its a simple design, but I feel like lots of good shirts utilize simple designs and end up still being pretty popular.

Character Final; PI Kricket

So this is the final for P.I. Kricket. As I have been told it could use more detail in the buildings and also the shadows are a little off. Other than that I think it turned out pretty well.

Prelim Vector and Finished Vector PI Kricket

A preliminary image of the PI Kricket character. The first is only a profile, and the second was my first attempt at a different angle for a final version.


This is my final for the cahracter. I htink its great, it worked out a lot better than I thought it would. :D

Prelim PI Kricket

So here are some drawings of PI Kricket. It went through a little metamorphosis in design, but I am overall happy with it.

Character Ideas

When I was first told that we would be creating our own character I was a little overwhelmed. I had never designed my own character I was really sure I would be able to do it. My first ideas were of doing an stick insect. But I wasn't very confident about this idea and it didn't stick for me. (link goes to image of a stick bug)


http://funkman.org/animal/insect/stickinsect.html

My second idea was doing a bipedal sort of cricket. However this was preceded with the name of my character. A friend had recently introduced me to the BBC show Sherlock. I honestly loved the show and so when I was thinking of creating a character I had also been thinking about making it a detective of sorts. The first thing that popped in my head was Detective Cricket, but I thought that was too forward or obvious. The the second thing that popped in my head after that was P.I. Crik. It's meant to be a shortened moniker for Private investigator Criket, however I quickly decided I was not liking the "Crik"... So my last and final idea was just to change it to P.I. Kricket. After this I had to come up with a character design. So I looked up photos of crickets and photos of the original Sherlock Holmes character.


http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1890


http://wedangjahe.info/cricket-insect-drawing/


http://www.organicgardeninfo.com/field-cricket.html