Kris Ruff

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I think this is super fun, Brenda. You’ve got lots of variation, which hides the repeat well, and the varied line thickness gives it a handmade feel. With a little modification, I could see this working as a blender print in a collection with a wave theme — sailing, fish, or lake life.But I feel like you might be holding back a bit. I’d love to see you loosen up and get more playful. Right now your elements are all floating on their own without touching. One of the things I wanted to demonstrate in this class is how different a pattern feels when the motifs overlap and merge into a larger texture. So try letting them bump into each other and interact more, and see how that changes the look of your pattern.Thanks for posting your project!

Thanks so much for the feedback. I think you may be right about holding back. It was really hard to overlap the motifs, so I guess I took the 'easy' way out. But it is also hard for me to appreciate the overlapping. It feels to messy for me. I will play around with it a little bit more to see if I can get something 'messy' that still appeals to me. :)

Aah, I see what you mean. Since your marks are pretty flat, they probably look messy when they overlap.  What if you made them bump into each horizontally which would create loose horizontal stripes?  Or maybe try rotating some of them 90 degrees like I did in one of the examples, to create a loose cross-hatch pattern.

<img width="285" height="289" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/1f6f3d1e6484c9bad7b6e1f2f197221f/e546dce7.png 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/1f6f3d1e6484c9bad7b6e1f2f197221f/e546dce7.png 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/1f6f3d1e6484c9bad7b6e1f2f197221f/e546dce7.png" loading="lazy" alt="Scribbles - image 1 - student project"><img width="285" height="290" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/1f6f3d1e6484c9bad7b6e1f2f197221f/2dc17fe2.png 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/1f6f3d1e6484c9bad7b6e1f2f197221f/2dc17fe2.png 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/1f6f3d1e6484c9bad7b6e1f2f197221f/2dc17fe2.png" loading="lazy" alt="Scribbles - image 2 - student project">I am on the fence about scribbles, but it was a fun excercise.<img srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/1f6f3d1e6484c9bad7b6e1f2f197221f/023aee65.png 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/1f6f3d1e6484c9bad7b6e1f2f197221f/023aee65.png 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/1f6f3d1e6484c9bad7b6e1f2f197221f/023aee65.png" loading="lazy" alt="Scribbles - image 3 - student project">

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