Cath Kidston - Digitizing the Designs

After we had both drawn out all the elements we chose which ones worked the best and started to digitize them using illustrator. To do this we scanned in the illustrations making sure the resolution was turned up and then live traced the designs, from here we used the paint bucket tool to fill in the sections colouring in the tonal differences, we started off using a quite realistic colour scheme making sure all the colours were global so that we could easily experiment with the colour scheme.

Here are the designs I digitized.

 

Upside down cake didn't seem to work very well and looked unrecognizable. The colours didn't work very well here as there wasn't enough tonal differences.

Cherry Bakewell

 

 Chelsea Buns

Carrot Cake

 

Victorian Sponge

 

Scones

 

Vintage Butter and Knife

 

 Rolling Pin

 

 Jam

 

Pot of Utensils

 

Flour Pot Development

 

 Vanilla Slice

Digitized Versions

Pattern Composition Idea

 

Here is an idea of how the pattern might be laid out, arranging the elements in this diagonal cross like grid makes the arrangement much more interesting and helps to let the elements flow as one. A square grid format would make the pattern look too structured. This way the pattern is more irregular. I think we should link the gaps with with a flour pattern which inter links all the different 'scenes' creating the effect of a busy table covered in making equipment linked in by the flour. I definitely think a blue background worked well to compliment the other colours.