YSP University Project: 2010-02-07

Thursday, 11 February 2010

Research: T-shirt Transfers

Step 1: Spread shirt out on waxed paper or newspaper-covered work surface. (You may want to work outside or in the garage.) Place waxed paper between front and back of the shirt and inside the sleeves.

Step 2: Cut fern fronds and arrange on front of the shirt. If desired, lightly touch a glue stick to any leaves that are sticking up. This isn't necessary, but it helps make a clearer image when painted.

Step 3: Shake brown paint well. Spray in a diagonal area at bottom right of shirt. Repeat with green paint, slightly overlapping paint colors and continuing up in a diagonal direction.

Continue pattern with blue paint. If necessary, use brown again to fill in extra space at the top left corner of the shirt.

Step 4: Carefully remove fern fronds and let shirt dry. You can paint the back of the shirt in the same way, with or without the fern fronds.

This technique could be used on other products.

Source: http://home.howstuffworks.com/decorate-kids-t-shirts7.htm

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Research: Mobile Phone Sleeves

Here is a few sleeve designs for laptops and phones.

Image 1: http://www.surf-life.co.uk/2008/03/08/roxy-laptop-sleeves-roxy-lap-dog-sleeve-brown/

Image 2: http://www.infinitelives.net/2009/07/06/felted-game-boy-case-for-your-mobile-phone/

Image 3: http://www.builtny.com/girard-phone-sleeve-prod.html

Image 4: http://www.artofthesteal.com/?cat=600

Ideas for covers from Urban Outfitters, really like the idea of producing an iron on book of art works based on our designs. Something for the target audience to interact with.

Images: http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/Books/Art+Design/icat/artdesignbooks&bklist=icat,6,shop,home,homecategories,books,artdesignbooks

Research: Sketch Research

Research: Floral pattern ideas

Image 1: http://qvectors.net/nature/flower-decoration-vector/

Image 2: http://www.justskins.com/design/free-vector-flower-art/332

Image 3: http://www.downturk.info/65500-30-colorful-flower-designs-vector-by-dragonart.html

I was thinking we could use vector type colours maybe for the pillows, we could screen print or make stencils of flowers and spray them on and this way we can create layers of colour and patterns.