examples of different types of repeats!

half drop repeat Glide Translations 2005 Half drop repeats Viewed 10th April 2012 <http://www.teachnet-uk.org.uk/2005%20projects/art-repeatpattern/repeating%20patterns/pages/WhatIsPattern.htm>

Brick Julians Mum 2012 70s Fabric Viewed 10th April 2012 <http://www.google.com.au/imgres?num=10&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1440&bih=787&tbm=isch&tbnid=ErD2lwrvP2jQoM:&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmel/galleries/72157623544344098&docid=nCIrrtQ0inLoyM&imgurl=http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3586/3366439742_d7cd2e8d80_z.jpg%253Fzz%253D1&w=640&h=480&ei=hYaDT_TpG666iAep57GkBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&dur=372&sig=103816167573304968414&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=130&tbnw=181&start=0&ndsp=30&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:0,i:84&tx=154&ty=135&vpx=545&vpy=299&hovh=189&hovw=253>

 

 

Stripe (my own work)

 

 

Spot repeat Artlandia SymmetryWorks  2012 Spot repeat, viewed 10th April 2012 <http://www.artlandia.com/wonderland/glossary/SpotRepeat.html>

 

 

Diamond Jodie Lee 2000 - 2012 Diamond Vector repeat Tiled Pattern viewed 10th April 2012 <http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photography-diamond-vector-repeat-tiled-pattern-image17721587>

 

 

Tossed Michael Miller 2012 Tossed Geisha - Aqua Viewed 10th April 2012 <http://www.thefabricfinder.com/Michael_Miller_Fabric.htm>

 

Ogee JAZILLA 185 2008-2012 OG HEART BR, Viewed 10th April 2012 <http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/182001>

 

 mirror PeriwinklePasiley 2010-2012 Minty Leaf Mirror Repeat, Viewed 10th April 2012 <http://periwinklepaisley.deviantart.com/art/Minty-Leafy-mirror-repeat-154984843>

REPEATS!

This stripe repeat was not hard to create.
first I made each coloured stripe with the selection tool and paint bucket tool.
Then I selected (with the marquee tool) a rectangle across  the colours and then went into edit, define pattern open a new blank document, go to layers, fill new layer, pattern and then click the striped option. then your page should look something similar to the picture above!

Symmetrical Repeat:
how to make use an image or paint brush to create your beginning image. once you are happy with it duplicate the layer and go to edit, transform and flip horizontal. Connect this layer to the right hand side of the previous layer  and keep adding accordingly horizontally or vertically. once you are happy, use the marquee tool to select an symmetrical area and define the pattern open a new page and use that pattern (explained above).  Presto!

Here are some other repeats I did in class. These ones are a lot harder to perfect so my examples are not quite complete

Half tossed repeat

 Original pattern

Half drop repeat blend

brush exercise!

This was a fun exercise and I found it pretty easy to complete, very good step by step instructions, although I did have trouble  to begin with, deleting and making paths. I really need to further look into this as it is one of the main tools used in Photoshop. Everything else was pretty good however I'm still learning to perfect it all. 

My photo montage!

Scanning

Before scaning the images, the scanner needs to be set to 300 dpi.

to do this (with a epson stylus NX430) you must:

step one go to the start menu, highlight all programs and highlight the epson scanning option. (make sure it is not the epson settings)

here is an image below showing the first step.

Step two Once you have clicked the epson scan option, a window will pop up giving you the options of Scan, Customise, Help and close. press the Customise option and it will bring you to this window displayed below.

Step Three  that new window as you can see has a drop menu, click that and it shows you all the options to change the dpi. click 300 and your now on your way to scanning!

Scanning is easy, all you have to do is place what ever you want to scan on the scanner. close the lid and press the scan to pc option.

There are 3 main levels of resolution used.

Web 72 dpi: The web only needs images that are 72dpi, usually web devices such as email, facebook and blogs cannot upload any file bigger. If you are uploading any photos or images to the internet, make sure they are jpegs, giffs or pngs and have a dpi that does not exceed 90dpi.

Print 150 dpi: Images that are going to be printed out should not be lower than 150dpi as the image will be too pixelated and therefore the image will look blurry or blocky which often provides a bad presentation.

Presentation for fashion (industry standard) 300dpi: At a professional level, the dpi needs to be set to 300 similar reasoning to printing. It is the industry standard that every image has no detction of pixelation, these images are used a virety of scales such as; on billbords, magazines, look books, posters etc. With the bigger dpi it allows the image to look clear, crisp and professional on all scales seen by the masses.  

My top 3 interesting blogs 2012!

After searching high and low, fashion blog, fashion blog and even more fashion blogs I found the 3 most interesting fashion blogs (My personal opinion). And I give to you: SFB aka Sydney Fashion Blogger , JAK&JILL and last but not least Shine By Three . 

SFB a fashion stylist has a fun and colourful profile. This blog is frequently updated which I found is the key to keep a fashion blog interesting and fun to follow. Her personal style and photos of  her daily outfits never cease to inspire. This blog also gives advice on where to shop, sales and even has competitions! Not too much writing, just small captions and fun quotes. What's not to love?

JAK&JILL is in my top three because it different and so simple yet so powerful. Rather than personal style, JAK&JILL documents stunning shots of street fashion all over the world. The best way it could be described is fashion in action! Every photo is taken so beautifully it compliments each outfit displayed. Only displaying photographs, it's simplicity is the reason that drags you in wanting to see more. It features famous fashion icons such as Anna Wintour  as well as the ordinary creating a very inspirational blog with style and flair.

Shine By Three is a wonderfully constructed  fashion blog, showing the bloggers daily style as well as her funky collaborations with Australian designers and fashion events. This blogger keeps things interesting with a variety of mediums  such as video interviews with designers, loads of fun photos and minimal  writing. A good fashion blog has a dedicated blogger behind it. Shine By Three is this too, always updating her page and responding to her followers. The professionalism and creativity is what  makes this fashion blog stand out for me. I enjoy the fun the blogger has with it, the layout is quite simple but great and the photos are such high quality.

The Blogger investigation

I have been investigating the fashion blogging world, checking out all sorts of fashion blogs, discovering all the varieties out there and getting inspiration for my fashion blog. All these blogs use  their own way to communicate their spin on fashion with the features. Some used predominantly writing, however I thought the one's with visuals were far better. As they say a picture is worth a thousand words. I found looking through all the blogs that some focused on their own daily style and some on all street style, fashion in action. Both inspirational and interesting personal responses to the fashion world.