Today was an exciting day. After months of playing around in Illustrator, I decided on the colour combinations of my prints that I like the most and sent them to a local printer to digitally print on a number of fabrics. I wanted to see what the prints I designed look like in real life and how they appear on my fabric of choice. I felt like this was important as when I give my instructions to the factory, I want to be sure of what I’m asking for…and sure that I actually like it!
I also spent some time with some colour specialists so I could ensure where I have plain Pantone referenced fabrics, they complement my printed designs. This idea of mine was quite a random one, but a step I will always take moving forward and recommend to anyone designing on screen with paper based colour codes. When I went to match the plain colours I had chosen with my printed designs, my successful match rate was approx 60%. If I had given all my original Pantone codes to my factory, sone of the final products would not have come out how I wanted from a colour harmony perspective. There are many, many shades of dark blue, let me tell you…
It’s been so rewarding to see designs I’d spent months working on via a screen come to life. It makes me feel one step closer to having finished garments.
I don’t like mess, I don’t like untidy spaces, to be honest I don’t deal well with aesthetic chaos. However, you would never think this looking at my house because with two children under three, the house stays neat for approximately 30 minutes each week. These are the first 30 minutes after the (wonderful, sanity …
Hooray. I have samples. It’s been quite the process to get these made. I was initially in talks with a manufacturer I was interested in working with. We’d actually got quite far down the line talking, but we couldn’t go any further as I felt the MOQs (minimum order quantities) were just too high. I’m …
Two questions I’ve been grappling with of late are: What kind of brand am I going to be? When do I need to decide by? I’ve worked in communications for over 10 years but never explicitly in branding. I say this to highlight the fact that I’m no branding expert. I do know that when …
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From The Screen To Reality
Today was an exciting day. After months of playing around in Illustrator, I decided on the colour combinations of my prints that I like the most and sent them to a local printer to digitally print on a number of fabrics. I wanted to see what the prints I designed look like in real life and how they appear on my fabric of choice. I felt like this was important as when I give my instructions to the factory, I want to be sure of what I’m asking for…and sure that I actually like it!
I also spent some time with some colour specialists so I could ensure where I have plain Pantone referenced fabrics, they complement my printed designs. This idea of mine was quite a random one, but a step I will always take moving forward and recommend to anyone designing on screen with paper based colour codes. When I went to match the plain colours I had chosen with my printed designs, my successful match rate was approx 60%. If I had given all my original Pantone codes to my factory, sone of the final products would not have come out how I wanted from a colour harmony perspective. There are many, many shades of dark blue, let me tell you…
It’s been so rewarding to see designs I’d spent months working on via a screen come to life. It makes me feel one step closer to having finished garments.
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