Pattern Design
Brian LIn

In this summative assessment, we were instructed to start with a self portrait, then design patterns with both geometric shapes and organic shapes. For each shape or pattern I created, it includes many lines, rhythm, form, space, and harmony. I started this with a selfie, then covering up the outline of my faces and bodies, and printed the pencil print on another blank piece of paper, I did this by scrubbing and pushing it hard. After I have my outline, I traced it with a black pen, we couldn’t change the pen type throughout the process of drawing and creating patterns because it affects the work by the different ink value (darkness or lightness). I started my patterns in a random blank spot, because I know I will have to fill in all the other blank spaces afterwards, and after it’s completed, the whole self portrait pattern design will be a jungle of patterns.

Patterns are repeated decorative designs that goes in an artwork. I demonstrated form of my patterns in my artwork by expanding it and make it goes in a certain area, mass that is valuable to see in my drawing. One pattern I designed also showed perspectives: many lines in different angles about in the same place, then both endpoints of the line connects to one single point, and the lines that overlaps goes behind and doesn’t show, which is cool for me. I usually fill up the blank spaces with a bunch of small circles because it is very simple and demonstrates the determination to fill in all the spaces.

There has to be a variety of patterns in my drawing, so I brainstormed many simple ones, but comparing to those I researched on the internet about 1 or 2 days through my process of drawing, it is way too simple, so I started finishing up my pattern design with patterns on books and internet. Some patterns from the book is too difficult to draw because it has many lines and details to focus on, every angle and perspective, you’ll have to think a lot, and to finish my artwork in time with all spaces filled, I have to use a variety of patterns to quickly and effectively fill my artwork.

The pattern in the top left corner emphasised itself really well, it has lines that are widely cross hatching and in the middle there is a pattern that feels like about the same of the cross hatching, but it is different in direction, shape, size, and rhythm. And it really stands out! Some parts of my pattern design I filled and colored it with my pen, with hatching. I did not use cross hatching because it mostly colors outside of the box and doesn’t look good as it goes in different directions, it might be better if I could use a pencil.

Overall in this pattern design assessment, I demonstrated unity as I gathered a variety of patterns and shoved it in my artwork, movement is somehow detected as some of my patterns are made illusions. I performed texture with the quality and preciseness of every single pattern. The proportion of pattern are somehow unequal because I made the better ones with more form for emphasis. There are no color in this artwork contrast to other works because we were only allowed to use pen. The artwork here helped me discover what pattern designs can do when they add up together in one.