Pattern #3
Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:57 AM
I decided to have a go at a non-tessellating pattern this time. It was quite tedious, but I think it came up with an interesting pattern.
It was made from a series of intersecting circles. I would have put a more interesting design within the circles themselves, but I didn't have time to play with that today.
Link of the day:
53 CSS Techniques You Couldn't Live Without
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Patterns #2
Friday, January 19, 2007 1:53 PM
Here's another go at making patterns. This time I decided to go with a circle-esque pattern.
Fish scales! No?Anyway, I think compared to the previous pattern, it definitely leaves less negative/white space, which makes for a better, busier looking pattern. Last time, I think that it looked too blocky and unchallenging (though I think the diagonal tessellation helped a bit), but this design looks much more fluid when it becomes less concerned with straight lines. The combination of convex and concave lines/shapes has an appealing effect on the overall pattern.
I am a little unhappy with the half-circle design. It has an abrupt end at the bottom of the half-circle, which I think I should have dealt with better. As soon as I realized the problem, I tried adding a stroke on the bottom of the inside design to make it look less truncated, but I think in the future I should try and make it blend into the next row better.
Link of the day:
Create a Bouquet Using Illustrator's Polar Grid Tool
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Tablecloth Pattern
Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:44 PM
This was a challenge posed by my boyfriend. The idea is to apply the pattern from a previous post and make it into a convincing tablecloth pattern. Not a simple task (for me, at least), accounting for creases and different planes that the tablecloth will lie on.
This beautiful photo is from Editrix:
It took quite a bit of manipulating, but here's the final result:
It's not as convincing as I would have liked. The top of the tablecloth seems a bit off in terms of perspective. I think I may have stretched it too much vertical-wise.
Link of the day:
Sliding Doors of CSS (more...)
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Making Patterns
Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:26 PM
Tessellating patterns have always been an interesting problem to me. Usually, when I want something to tessellate, I'd just be lazy and use Flaming Pear's Tesselation plug-in. However, it doesn't allow for complete control over how you want the image to tessellate, and how it looks like in the end. Besides, I find wallpaper-like patterns to be more interesting and challenging. It's a step away from relying on stock images, and I would like to see my graphics have more elements of my own making.
I used Illustrator to create the pattern and Photoshop to complete it (symmetrically) and then tessellated it.It's nothing special or complicated. Heck, it only has two colors. But it's a start on thinking about the problems and challenges in tessellation.
Link of the day:
Website Header 2.0 (Part 2)
Labels: Illustrator, Patterns, Photoshop
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