MS ART Y3 Carpet Design Reflection

Theme and Analysis:

This artwork is focusing on naturalism, the beauty of naturalism and environment, but there are not many places left with no human destruction, the most outstanding pattern design which located at the center represents flower, the whole pattern design is formed by single color but with different values, creating values properly makes it looks more likely to flower.

The reason for why the flower at the center is outstanding and becoming a focal point is due to different values which is a technique of emphasis using values, trying to make a specific object in the design become a focal point, its left side is based on dark theme, if right is based on bright theme, which would have made the flower fitted in to the themes and could not be outstanding because it’s too bright. However, I added a rhombus hill behind which makes the flower looks more outstanding from the dark.

My Design creates a big contrast between bright and dark, In my opinion, It would be more attractive and easier to recognize.

 

Process:

Sketching:

For sketching process, I started the design with sketching vaguely with pencil, Outline shapes and its position, the main and outstanding pattern design is at the center, it the pattern becomes more complicated as it focuses to the center, due to that, I only adumbrate my plan, I drew few circles and irregular shapes in order to ensure the positions.

Sketching also helped me with other places, starting the position. As you see at behind the flower, there is a hill formed by rhombus which is a kind of organic shapes, I labeled the location of the rhombus hill first, so I would notice about its position when I actually start drawing.

For these flowers, some are situated at the very front, some are behind, I also adumbrate my drawing plan and labeled the locations. So it created a 3D- looking.

Shaping:

After adumbrating the drawing plan, I did the shaping, which would be more detailed, converting sketches to detailed shapes.

Designing Patterns:

I would add patterns with no values after shaping, the theme of patterns would be based on naturalism and environment, I used cross hatching and hatching as the additional decorations, smoother lines, rhombus and other irregular shapes as the main patterns.

Finally, I would start adding values, add values makes the design looks harmonic and it would be balanced as we done it in a right way.

I shaded the left area with dark blue in order to make a contrast between the right area.

 

Unity and Variety:

(Unity in an artwork creates a sense of harmony and wholeness, by using similar elements within the composition and placing them in a way that brings them all together.Variety adds interest by using contrasting elements within the composition.)

In my artwork design, for the flower, as the focal point, the petals are designed in different sizes and value, different sizes and colors show how a composition can be unified by similarities.

Unity in my design: same shape; Variety in my design: Different sizes/values

 

Artistic Response:

-What kind of design you had in your mind when started?

The first thing that popped into my mind was the environment.

-Have you changed your mind or decision or the design?

How?I kept my idea the same while designing.

-Why did you choose the shape/pattern you choose?

Shape: Shapes of plants and hills makes the design fits my theme, naturalism

Patterns: These patterns are all designed based on naturalism.

-How did you decide the shading in areas you did?

In order to make a contrast, I would shade one area, and left a space for another one.

-How did the decision influence the way it came out?

In good or bad? How so?

I think that was a right decision for me to make, I re-checked it when it was done, I could clearly see the contrast and it makes the main object more outstanding.

-Was there any difficulty and how you overcame

The most difficult part was designing the flower, it is really detailed.

 

Possible Improvements:

Line: Could have drawn the line with stronger force applied so I wouldn’t keep drawing the same line repeatedly.

Shape: Could have been more careful while drawing shapes

Space: Could have left with less space but can still see the contrast.