Who would have thought it could take so long to design this shape in Photoshop..
I knew that I wanted to use this shape within my patterns the moment I saw it in my photocopies of a Habitat catalogue from 1971. I discovered loads of backdated, vintage copies of Habitat and Clothkits catalogues from the 70s at the Research library within the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. I had originally gone to take some photos of 70s memorabilia but ended up with lots of photocopies from this library. Here's the link and details of a fantastic library .. National Museum of Scotland Research Library
It has not been easy creating this shape and I eventually discovered how to make it by playing with the shape tool options within Photoshop. It is basically 3 circle shapes in Photoshop but overlapped with a cutout on either side of the main circle. Looking good I think!
It is a great shape and so versatile, so I will be experimenting over the next few days to see what I can create with it. Really excited about the possibilities.
Great shape, really like the geometric design. Would this be the final colour? A muted orange is very nice!
ReplyDeleteThe colour in the wallpaper is much more subtle than this, it's difficult to show on the web. But of course it could be replicated in any combination of colours..
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