Sheffield Art Museum

Over the February break, I heard of a collection that was showing at the sheffield art museum that could be of great help to my research, so I went to have a look. The collection was the called the Ruskin Collection, and was the work of John Ruskin, a Victorian writer who searched for natural beauty in the world around him, documented his finds and that was what was previewing in the museum.

There were lots of natural creations and that included crystals and minerals. The work was marvelous and the colours and textures of the crystals were perfect for my research. I also came across some beetles which were amazing and the colours were beautiful. Here are some pictures of what I saw of the collection.

Cystals

As I have gone forward into my research, I have really taken a liking to crystals. The colours of the natural minerals and crystals really relate back to my research, greens purples and blues, and crystals are also very iridescent and I really like the texture and surfaces of them.

I also very much like the angled strong shapes crystals have and I would really like to echo that in some of the silhouettes of my garments.

Subteranean

I have decided to base my new collection on the trend Subteranean. I found this trend in a View magazine and it is a predicted trend of 14/15. I really enjoyed looking through the View predicted trend magazines as they had some brilliant imagery in them and it was a really interesting insight into some trends that may occur in the future.

This trend caught my eye almost instantly, as the colours and images were very powerful and interesting. I really like the midnight blue's and deep purples, and I'm really interested in the green and iridescent colours.

One image really caught my eye on the trend as well, and that was one of a star. I think the blend of colours is amazing and I would really like to find some galactic material to create one of my garments in.

New brief

We have just started our new brief, which i leading us to our final collection which is really exciting. We have started off by researching into any ideas we have, any future trends or things that in general interest us. I looked a couple of Vue magazines and saw a lot of inspirations I think that I would like to take further into my research.

For a future trend predicted in 14/15, I found some really interesting photos of planets and stars. I instantly liked the colours, and also the texture of the stars and flecks of light. I also admire the way that the colours blend together, and I would really like to find some material like this and I would like to take these images on with me when I start my thread of research.

Sara Singh illustration board 2

This is my second Sara Singh illustration board. I definitely preferred this one, I liked the pose more on my first board but I think the overall look of this board looks a lot better. I like the proportions of the model. Sara Singh usually proportions her models relatively accurately, but I like the elongate the lower half of the body so did so on this board.

I really like my use of ink on this board. I like the fact that although there are so many different colours running through the garments, the overall look of the entire outfit still looks dark, which is the effect that I wanted. I really like using ink and fine liner, so I really enjoyed doing this board.

I took inspiration for the hair from sara singhs work as she does this style hair a lot and I really like it, I struggle with drawing out hairstyles and I think this one fits a lot of different era's and target markets.

The quote I have placed on this board reads ''clean lines, slender silhouettes, feminine mystique and power'' which again I made up of different words and quotes relating to noir.

Sara Singh illustration board 1

This is my first Sara Singh illustration board. I got the inspiration from this pose from a few different close ups of the top half of the body in some of Sara Singhs illustrations. I really admire the style that she illustrates in and I love the media she uses. I have illustrated my leather gilet on this and I think the pose really reflects Noir and what the brand is about.

The pose shows attitude and confidence, which a lot of the Noir models portray in their catwalk and fashion photos. I chose to use a few different colours that werent added into my design, as I think in Sara Singhs illustrations, sometimes you can tell she is illustrating a black dress, but she adds different tones and colours into the mix like blues and greens.

On my illustration I have added blue. I think it gives the black added textures and means that you don't just have to create a block black colour but you can add different tones and colours to create more colour and texture.

I also added a quote onto my board, as thats another trait of sara singh. The quote reads ''presenting graceful sophistication with a contemporary edge, a unique sense of quality''

I made up the quote with different words and quotes i found that are associated with Noir.

Erte illustration board 2

This is my second board I did that was inspired by Ertes style of illustration, I like this board a lot better than the first one, as i like the close up and pose more. The hand and body shape on this board was definitely inspired by Ertes style of model. I like the contrast between the black dress and white jacket, and I like that I can draw my own designs how I like them to be drawn with Ertes style, quite flat but detailed solid thin black outlines.

Again the movement swirls on the black dress were inspired by how Ertes styles his black garments,

In the background I added a triangular border on the right side of my illustration. I got inspired by another of ertes illustrations for this and the reason I used triangles is to reflect the tribal trend that inspired me when creating my capsule collection.

I like this illustration board a lot better than the first one, and I am glad I used Erte's style of illustration as I think it reflects Noir well, there is a very strong presence and poise about Ertes illustrations and the strong style and glamour of noir matches this perfectly.