Tuesday 31 July 2012

competition entry

scarf mock up we are all made of stars

I’ve entered my first competition with some of my pattern designs! The competition theme is ‘Heaven’s Door’ with an emphasise on skulls and the winners get their designs printed onto silk scarves which will be sold at Topshop. It’s possibly not a subject I would have ever chosen to explore if it wasn’t for the competition but I had a lot of fun with it. I’ve noticed there are a lot of skull patterns appearing in the new Autumn collections on the high street. Above is a photoshop mock up of one of my 3 designs.

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This is the full square above and details below. I called the design ‘We are all made of stars”, you can see it here and vote if you like although the winners are decided tomorrow I think.

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I went a bit crazy and entered 3 designs because once I started I just had so many ideas.

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‘Memento Mori’ – this one might be a bit macabre for the mainstream, here’s the full design. I was inspired by tattoo culture and also the saying ‘memento mori’ meaning don’t forget your mortality, make the most of life, see the beauty in everyday things and don’t waste time on things that don’t matter.

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This is my last design called ‘Sweet skulls’ based on Mexican sugar skulls. I wanted to do something a bit more uplifting. See more of this one here.

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scarf mock up sweet skulls

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I did get a bit carried away! I would really love to win this but the other entries really are amazing and there are quite a few that I would love to buy if they get printed so we shall see tomorrow who wins! Can’t wait!

Which one do you like the best?

6 comments:

Magic Bean said...

OMG I lovelovelove these scarves. I have a little thing for skulls and feel the need to have one of your gorgeous designs. Amazing. Love the birdie one. And the moment mori one.
Much luck to you and I hope I will be able to buy one of yours in TopShop soon!!!
Ax

Anonymous said...

This is fun and I so hope you win! i like the bird one too, although I also like the unlikely pairing of fruit and skulls too as it's really quirky. Good luck and don't forget to let us know, Kx

Anonymous said...

Oh so nice! I love the first one. Did you post these? I keep missing things. I heard the votes were in. Hope yours did well! julie

Anonymous said...

Oh so nice! I love the first one. Did you post these? I keep missing things. I heard the votes were in. Hope yours did well! julie

Anonymous said...

great designs and fab mockups! Like you say tricky subject, but you have done a fantastic job!

Lesley Todd said...

Thanks muchly everyone! I must do another post about this and the designs that won. x