Hi everyone, I'm Maggy, and Irish photographer with surface pattern design aspirations! I'm thoroughly enjoying every moment of this learning process. My drawing skills are dismal but hopefully they will improve with time and lots of practice.

My three prints are all floral and nature based. I have taken loads of photos over the years of florals and nature so it seemed the natural route to go as I have so many inspiration photos to pick from. Here are the first round of inspiration boards and initial sketches for 'Summer Meadow' 'The Teak House' and 'Irish Hedgerows'.

Three focal point prints workshop - image 1 - student project

Three focal point prints workshop - image 2 - student project

Three focal point prints workshop - image 3 - student project

Phase 3 - Digitised Sketches

Summer Meadow sketetches digitised

Three focal point prints workshop - image 4 - student project

Irish Hedgegrow Motifs.

I found the animals really hard to do. I went through several sacry looking rabbits before I got one that looked somewhat friendly. That fox still needs a bit of work, it still looks a bit cat like ...

Three focal point prints workshop - image 5 - student project

The Teak House Motifs

Three focal point prints workshop - image 6 - student project

Phase 4 - Focal Point Prints!

Three focal point prints workshop - image 7 - student project

Three focal point prints workshop - image 8 - student project

Three focal point prints workshop - image 9 - student project

Phase 5 - Rounding out the collection

I just did 6 patterns per collection in two different colours, although my colours are not always that different...

Three focal point prints workshop - image 10 - student project

Three focal point prints workshop - image 11 - student project

Three focal point prints workshop - image 12 - student project

Maggy Morrissey

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