Discovering trends before anyone else. My final class art work on a mock up:

Trend Watch - image 1 - student project

My colour research took me to Shutterstock where I found this image listed for their Aqua Menthe colour trend:

Trend Watch - image 2 - student project

Other trend analysis revealed circles to be in demand, plain backgrounds and citrus/tropical fruits also featured:

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My preferred fonts from the trending styles were as follows:

Trend Watch - image 6 - student project

Using these themes I first completed a warm-up exercise for a fictional commission taking the colour scheme, flat background, fun fonts and tropical fruits:

Trend Watch - image 7 - student project

I then moved onto a citrus theme and created both a print/card series and a surface pattern:

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Finally, I returned to the circular/geometric motif to create a surface pattern using the trending colour combination:

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Victoria Teasdale

Digital illustrator, designer & blogger

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