Project 1, Wallpaper: Research and Ideas

First Sketch:
My first ideas were to combine subtle colours with flowing lines, following a more traditional wallpaper pattern but working towards a more contemporary design. My inspiration then came from this simple lotus flower shape.

This is the sketch I came up with. From here I would develop the sketch into a series of four panels where the flowers would start quite large in the bottom left corner, of the farthest left panel, and slowly get smaller and more randomly spaced towards the top right corner, of the farthest right panel. My goals would be to create a sense of fluidity as if the flowers were being blown and tousled in the wind across the panels. How I would achieve this would require a combination of using Ben Jack's wallpaper template and the 'random' code, as well as learning how to use the curves on the processing tutorials.

Second Sketch:

I always quite liked designs and photos that played with mirror reflections so this set me up for my first idea. I then took inspiration from the diamond pattern on my curtains to come up with my second sketch.

I came up with this sketch. To make a series of four I would increase the number of diamond shapes and pinstripes from the left panel to the right. My goal would be to keep the order and symmetry, but with increasing detail across the four panels, all the while keeping the greyscale coloring so that the design does not become too complex and in your face. How I would process this would be using loops and variables.

Third Sketch:

To begin with I thought about the twisting stairs I could see out my window creating a fan of lines. However, my inspiration came from animated sun rays spreading out from a centre circle. 

     

I came up with this sketch because the idea of having just one sun in the corner did not fit with the rectangular shape I had to work with. I like this sketch the most because it takes on more than one pattern when you look at it, also the bright colours work well and stand out. My goal to make this sketch a series of four would be to either randomize the size of the centre circle across the panels, or gradually remove the number of 'rays' or lines across the panels from left to right so that the design gradually becomes more simple. I would achieve this by using Ben Jack's wallpaper template, loops and variables.

Fourth Sketch:

My first ideas were sparked in our lecture when Ben Jack said too many colours together look unattractive. I wanted to test that by seeing how many bright colours I could make work together. I was then inspired by the game 'Tetris'.

This is the sketch I produced from that. I discovered that the dominant black background over powered the many different bright colours so that it did not make the design look unattractive. For the series of panels my goals would be to escape from the direct representation of the 'Tetris' game by playing with the transparency and randomize codes so that the squares would begin to overlay each other, though I would keep the dominant black background so that the many different colours would still work together. However, to achieve this would require a bit of trial and error, as well as loops and variables.