So I asked a question and then never answered… I make a lot of fabric designs based on manipulated photos. I like to start with the photo and then play to see what I can do with the shapes or the colors that are there. I asked for your guesses as to what these started as and now I will show you.
These designs (top) were based on two photos (below).
The scribble design is pretty literal. I used it for the shape and played with color variations and created a seamless repeat with the lines. The second design is a little more involved. I used a section of the butterfly wing and the “stamp” filter in Photoshop to take it down to the essential lines and shapes. Then created a seamless tile with a lot of overlapping and erasing. I wish I could say I had a plan from the start, but really it was just a lot of playing until something stuck.
I haven’t made anything for the fabric yet. I am waiting for the right thing to occur to me that will play well with the contrast of scale using the two fabrics together. Any suggestions?