I've been toying with this piece for a while now, never quite satisfied with how it was shaping up. I think I am finally happy with it, but I may revisit it later. Until recently, the work I did for textiles and the more conceptual illustration I created were very clearly divided. I used Adobe Illustrator (and only Adobe Illustrator) for print design and anything else was painted or collaged but always with a tactile element. Lately the two methods have blended together. I find myself seeing a patch of texture or color from something I've created with paint or pastels and making it into a pattern. I've also come to appreciate the ease with which I can create illustrations that are non surface design related in programs like Illustrator or Photoshop. Mostly because it doesn't leave me breathing in pastel dust or fixative fumes and there is way less mess to clean up when I'm done. The below piece is a combination of all the mediums I enjoy working with - the colors were mixed, painted and scanned then turned into pattern swatches for Illustrator. I drew/painted all of the elements of the composition in illustrator using the blob brush and choosing my paint texture swatches once I had a composition I was satisfied with. I went back and added more detail, refined some areas or moved things around. I think I'm done, but conctructive criticism is always appreciated:
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