โThe true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily lifeโ- William Morris
Pattern / Motifs
Fluo Flower
โNo pattern should be without some sort of meaningโ- William Morris
I created a modern naif pattern mixed with our favorite classical acanthus leaves ( blog article)
… always looking up to William Morris
Mix portrait – William & Jane Morris
and Rosseti
William Morris portrait decorated with istolar.art fluo flower pattern
Original photo by engraver and photographe Emery Walker
Jane Morris portrait decorated with istolar.art fluo flower pattern
An other kind of Frida Kahlo?
Original photo by John R. Parsons ยฉ National Portrait Gallery, London
Jane Morris (The Blue Silk Dress) โ a painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti of his lover. Illustration: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Jane Morris, pre-Raphaelite face of the Morris company brand, was essential to the creation and success of her husbandโs decorative arts firm, Morris & Co
” One of the first decorations that William Morris made was a daisy-patterned wall hanging for Red House, which has since cemented his reputation as a design pioneer. โJane later tells her daughter May, in a letter, that she chose the fabrics for that. And she and Morris sat down together, worked out what pattern was possible and then they stitched it together โ the guardian
Jane became Rossettiโs model and muse, featuring in hundreds of his pictures, defining the Pre-Raphaelite โlookโ. He challenged Victorian conceptions of ideal femininity by formulating an unconventional, โaestheticโ type of beauty characterized by a:
-columnar neck – thick waves of hair – well-defined brows – large expressive eyes- sensuous and long finger – massive limbs and large throat – exaggerated lips and eyes counterbalanced by a sense of remoteness
Did Jane Morrisโs and Dante Gabriel Rossettiโs affair have an influence on the Arts and Crafts Movement?
Istolar.art pattern on Spoon Flower
This summer I put together this spoon flower boutique.
I am very pleased because I ordered samples. The fabric range is large and beautiful and the prints iS of very high quality, I will show you on this blog soon ๐
https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/istolar_art
Fluorescent flowers palette
Sketch conical flower pattern
Cone-shaped flowers blooms that narrow evenly from the bottom to the apex of the flower to form a cone-shaped appearance .Many perennials develop cone-shapedย blossomsย during the spring and summer months. Typically, these flowers die out in the winter months and then come back to life in spring.
IMAGINE the conical flower pattern …
CONICAL FLOWER PATTERN sample
IMAGINE STONG FLOWER PATTERN
STRONG FLOWER PATTERN
IMAGINE: BIRDS IN FUCHSIA BUSH
BIRDS IN FUSHIA BUSH PATTERN
BIRD STAMPS
Tordylium apulum
Making symmetric diamond morning glory pattern
From making of …
Before starting any new pattern design, I like to explore my flowers and leaves mood. I am going for simplified realistic shapes or making my own imaginary mix? here used ny graphic exploration of Morning Glory lines. (in portfolio)
… to “show off” ๐ on mockups
The magic of seamless patterns …. on every surfaces (portfolio)
Symmetric pattern Skillshare course projectbu Di Udji
Create a Symmetric Diamond Pattern in Procreate: Patterns Are Forever
IMAGINE, THE MORNING GLORY PATTERN!
MORNING GLORY PATTERN
Baigneuse premiere version
Cette annรฉe, alors que je cherchais des cours de Qi Gong ou de Yoga, dans les faits, je me suis mise (en hobby light) au modelage avec un beau petit groupe de passionnรฉes et j’en suis trรจs contente. รa fait un bien fou de voir et penser volumes et … rencontrer de la terre plus ou moins chamottรฉe.
… et peut etre que รงa me donne envie de re-considerer le corps dans ses representations, dessiner en simplifiant les traits … ceci entre 2 motifs fleuris. ici, j’ai mรฉlangรฉ les deux..
Voir version mixรฉe aux motif dans la galerie
Imagine the symmetric flower pattern
COMMON (but charming) FIELD FLOWERS PATTERN
Morning glory
MORNING GLORY II
Avant de commencer ร construire un pattern j’apprรฉcie d’explorer un theme floral, de me questionner en croquis sur la maniรจre dont les feuilles varient d’une espรจce ร l’autre, comment reprรฉsenter et/ou transformer ces variations . Comment les feuilles se prรฉsentent d’une espรจce ร l’autre: la forme des leurs fleurs, de leur feuilles (dentรฉe, crรฉnelรฉe, lobรฉe, incisรฉe..etc), leurs perspectives imaginรฉes… รa me permet de trouver mes propres lignes, de me les approprier par rรฉpรฉtition. A ce stade je ne me projette pas sur les futurs agencements du motif . Lorsque le moment de construire la rรฉpรฉtition du motif arrive le design des fleurs est deja pensรฉ. il reste ร le positionner sans penser aux formes des fleurs
Parfois je me dis que je gagnerai du temps ร trouver intuitivement les formes du motif ร rรฉpรฉter en le rรฉalisant, d un seul geste mais le processus par รฉtape est satisfaisant. Il permet travailler les lignes plus en conscience et inclue un travail d’observation pour รฉventuellement s’en รฉloigner.
Ici, qu’est-ce qu’un liseron?
“le bleu des choses”
Titre d ‘un chapitre du livre” le dรฉtail du monde: l’art perdu de la description de la nature “
The master
My pattern design very humbly take their inspiration from the atmosphere of the infinite beauty of William Morris & co. , or let’s say W.Moriss universe is my favorite graphic meditation and esthetic emotion
Within his bold two dimensional pattern Morris crafted a visceral response to the curves and waves of nature
I love the the way he reject simple replication of the past but capture its spirit, and seek the sense of depth and light:
How ever original a man may be he can not afford to disregard the work of art that have been produced in time past when design was flourishing, he is bound to study old exemples but he is also bound to supplement that by a careful study of nature because if he does not he will certainly fall into a sort of cut and dried conventional method of designing
William Morris artist craftman pioneer by R.Ormisyon & N.M Wells
Mock up hommage ร William! ( I realise I dysothographied his name on the mock up)
Color exploration – pattern making
Before designing new pattern tiles, I took this habit of making time for exploring color sets I might not have chosen if relying only on my taste or intuition. So I had a look at my favorite pattern designer palettes.
it is good exercice for self challenging our mental color scheme.
Des points qui m’inspirent
Meadow pattern making of
1500 patterns – BOOK
Pattern design with over 1500 pattern edisted by Elisabeth Wilhide
When I received this book i was enthralled…
Pattern on leaflets
HONEY SUCKLE MANIA
Chacun son chรจvrefeuille!
WHY DO WE LOVE HONEY SUCKLE?
A GRAPHIC TREASURE
Honeysuckle is a fascinating subject for graphic design and art in general, providing endless possibilities for creating visually engaging and meaningful works.
Honeysuckle plants are climbers and often have long, entwining vines that create complex and dynamic shapes. These twisting and turning vines can form intricate patterns that are visually captivating.The way the vines wrap around structures or other plants can create interesting visual compositions and a sense of movement.
The leaves of honeysuckle are typically arranged in opposite pairs along the stems. This regular pattern can create a pleasing and harmonious visual rhythm.The leaves themselves are often simple and oval-shaped, providing a contrasting backdrop to the more complex flowers and vines.
A force parcourir les livres de patterns tels que : William Morris , artist craftsman Pioneer , j avais plein de chรจvrefeuilles parmi mes images mentales. Il fallait que รงa sorte en motif. Voila!
Aucun intรฉrรชt ร le faire mais c’ est un excellent bouquin, un bon รฉquilibre entre contexte gรฉographico-historique et collections des patterns des plus illustres aux moins familiers. On se rend aussi compte que dans la firme Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co, la company est importante ร dรฉcouvrir … J’en parlerai un de ces jours…
Le genre de bouquin vers lequel on revient trรจs souvent: un livre de table de salon ou de table de chevet. II passe peu de temps sur des รฉtagรจres
Test pattern swatch procreate
The first doodle- sketches – on paper
…CAN NOT GO ROUND THE ACANTHUS !
Des poster en fleurs (mix pattern design)
Format A4 (30 – 40 cm)
Two colors berry pattern – making of
At the very begining I transformed a “tree of life” tile design non repeat pattern) into a full drop repeat pattern
Then I intended to use the same pattern swatch structure to create an other pattern design. I wanted to create one more bushy motif with branches rather than thin flowers. I thought it would be a way to make an other pattern following the same tracks of a previous one. As a matter of fact I encountered lots of unexpected difficulties on the way: It was not that easy to make it even with the imbricated leaves and fruits. I might as well have started it from scratch. Eventually it worked out so all is well ! ๐ .
I guess i learned a lesson : the structure of the repeat is one thing but the style of the flowers and leave make the identity and fluidity of the pattern even more strongly. It was not a short cut at all
Here is the timelapse process
IMAGINE THE BERRY BUSH PATTERN (two colors version)
Combination de couleurs de 100 ans d’age!
Dans la bibliothรจque du MAD, j ai “trouvรฉ” ces deux petits livres bijoux.
Le format, le papier, la prรฉsentation des combinaisons de couleurs tout est juste parfait
Adaptรฉs de volumes publiรฉs initialement entre 1933 et 1937, ces dictionnaires de combinaisons de couleurs ont รฉtรฉ mis au point ร l’รฉpoque par le peintre japonais SANZO Wada [1883-1967], lequel contribua notamment ร crรฉer la Japan Standard Color Association (devenue Color Research Institute).
“DICTIONARY OF COLOR COMBINATIONS” vol. 1 et 2
Le premier volume prรฉsente 348 associations de couleurs diffรฉrentes, comme autant de propositions et de rรฉflexions sur les possibilitรฉs offertes. Divisรฉ en 3 sections qui rรฉparties selon le nombre de couleurs associรฉes – 2 puis 3 et enfin 4 – le livre dispose en derniรจre partie d’un index colorimรฉtrique qui permette de l’utiliser comme un vรฉritable outil. Ainsi l’on peut se laisser aller ร feuilleter les pages en guise d’inspiration, ou bien dรฉcider de repรฉrer et travailler ร partir d’une couleur prรฉcise dont on consultera ensuite les diffรฉrentes planches oรน elle figure.
Le deuxiรจme volume reprend la mรชme formule mais en multipliant encore davantage les combinaisons (jusqu’ร 7 couleurs associรฉes ensemble), et en divisant l’ouvrage par domaines de travail : kimono, accessoires, tapis, book design, poterie etc.
C’est une meditation graphique ๐
TILE DESIGN
BON APรTIT
PLAISIR D OFFRIR DES FLEURS
LUCKY CHARM
DECORATIVE TILES
IMAGINE A MIX OF PATTERN PRESENTATION II
IMAGINE A MIX OF PATTERN PRESENTATION I
by istolar
THE BERRY BUSH PATTERN (two colors version)
IMAGINE : ” THE BERRY BUSH ” pattern
IMAGINE : “THE HONEY SUCKLE ” pattern
IMAGINE: LE MOTIF DU CHรVREFEUILLE !
istolar patterns / mockup
Letโs visualise / visualisons โฆ
THE HONEYSUCKLE PATTERN
HONEYSUCKLE print
IMAGINE: ” THE BOURRACHE pattern “
istolar patterns on mockup.
Letโs visualise / visualisons โฆ
THE BOURRACHE PATTERN
Je voulais dessiner un pattern avec une fleur que l’on trouve partout autour de nous et dont la couleur et la la forme n’ont rien ร envier au fleurs plus rares ou plus exotiques… LA BOURRACHE !!!
https://www.lapousseverte.fr/2022/03/10/bourrache-conseils-jardinage-plante-annuelle-comestible/
I wanted to design a pattern based on a flower we can find everywhere around while it has nothing to envy of much scarcer or exotic flowers. THE BORAGE !!!
elements of making of
IMAGINE : “THE TREE OF LIFE” pattern
IMAGINE: LE MOTIF ARBRE DE VIE!
or … rather a bush of life / ou plutรดt un buisson de vie
istolar pattern on mockup. Let’s visualise / visualisons …
TREE OF LIFE pattern
Un motif aux tiges robustes. Au lieu de dessiner, comme ร mon habitude, des tiges souples et des fleurs des champs lรฉgรจres, j’ai crรฉรฉ ici une sรฉrie de motifs inspirรฉs de buissons de baies et de fleurs clochettes ร graines qui vont etre dispersรฉes bientรดt pour attendre que des oiseaux les emmรจnent un peu plus loin.
J’ai aussi pensรฉ ร un arbre de vie sur les branches duquel on aurait zoomรฉ ๐
A pattern with sturdy stems in place of supple stems and light field flowers I usually draw. I designed a series of patterns inspired by berry bushes and bell flowers containing seeds that will soon be scattered for birds to scatter them all over.
I also thought of the pattern as a zoom on the branches the tree of life.
See the berry pattern timelapse / making of in Blog
IMAGINE: “THE CHERRY TREE” pattern
THE CHERRY TREE PATTERN
Pour rรฉaliser ce motif je me suis inspirรฉe des arbres en fleur… qui se trouveraient du cotรฉ des cerisiers ou des pรชchers…
To design this pattern I got my inspiration from a mix cherry and peach blossom tree.
THE ROUND FLOWERS PATTERN
Des fleurs pour une tapisserie …
Pour ce pattern, je me suis inspirรฉe du travail de Delphine Doreau , une artiste numรฉrique et traditionnelle et directrice artistique… (son travail pรฉtille sur son blog). Elle explorait alors le gรฉnรฉrateur d’images mid journey. J’ai vu des fleurs avec des tons sepia, une sorte de nostalgie esthรฉtique, ร dominante orangรฉe, bleu marine et lavande, dans son “musรฉe imaginaire”sur instagram , et รงa m’a donnรฉ envie de crรฉer d autres fleurs, ces fleurs et ce motif-ci.
For this pattern I got my ideas from Delphine Doreau (an amazing digital and traditional artist and art director…/ check her bubbly blog). She was, at the time, exploring Midjourney images generator. I saw flowers on her instagram in her “imaginary museum” that inspired me for this seamless pattern flowers.
See pattern presentation sheet – in Blog
IMAGINE : ” THE ROUND FLOWERS ” pattern
IMAGINE: THE MEADOW PATTERN
THE MEADOW PATTERN
PATTERN PRESENTATION
I made random professional cards with those tile designed patten