When I first started to design my carpet patterns, I had a picture of a symmetrical pattern in my head. So, I started first with the geometric shape designs in the center. The diamond-like shape was originally a square, with its corners at the borders of the four pieces of paper. However, I then had an idea to divide the corners of the square to three identical segments. I connected the corners to the borders of the papers, and a geometric shape I never thought of appeared. At first, I left this shape alone to work on the four star-like shapes on each piece of paper and the designs at each corner. However, I found out that the design now lacks creativity between values. The geometric shapes I created were blank, so I decided to add values to them. It turned out that my design looked a look better after that. The great contrasts at the four sides of my pattern design got the idea from zentangle. In zentangle’s example, they used circles like one of my patterns. However, I turned the shape at the opposite side of the circle into oval while the other two sides square and rectangle so that it creates a pattern and movement of the shapes. I also used hatching to fill out the background at each corner. Originally, I was planning on leaving it blank, but then I noticed that the corners are no balanced in colors, so I used the things I learned before to fill in the blanks. This also created emphasis in the spheres. The spheres at the corner were also inspired by the works I did earlier. I used value to shade the spheres so the light seems to come from the middle. The eight needlelike shapes at the corner were actually created by mistake. At first, I only wanted to connect thin lines, but I traced one of the lines from the wrong place, so I decided to color them in, and it became my favorite part of this artwork. The four starlike shapes were inspired by the shop by the street I live in. They had something similar to this design and I had this idea of creating it. To create it, I had to use rulers and pencils to make the most accurate assisting lines so the four of them can create harmony and a sense of unity. The organic shapes were added at the end of my design. They were used to fill in the spaces after the geometric shapes are drawn in. The four twisted clocks were inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I also let the time of the clocks change, which creates a rhythm to the design. For the organic shapes, I drew music, plants, lighting, and mud to create a variety to the organic shapes.
Improvements I can make to this artwork is to create more variety of patterns. I should also fill in the blank spaces between the star-shaped squares. I also regret putting stripes on the lines outside the diamond. I can also have better craftsmanship in coloring in the values for shapes.
