For this summer brief I have been requested to produce my own camouflage design based on personal objects that represent my identity. The camouflage doesn’t have to be neccessarily be like the army/military style so to speak. Alternatively, you can freely design it however you feel. Innovation is the key.
The five objects I chose that represent my identity are the images you see below;
Just to clarify why I have chosen these specific things, I have briefly explained below;
Superman - I chose this because it’s a visual resource I tend to gather my inspiration and motivation from just by simply watching and admiring the level of skill DC Comics
incorporate into making these cartoons/movies. It is definitely a field of work I definitely would want to be apart of.
Batman – Same as the above really. Also, he’s my favourite superhero!... Yes I am a big kid.
Vans – For most people that know me very well, I tend to wear Vans a lot as I am not a big fan of trainers as much these days. But my trainer collection will soon stock up. So you can consider Vans apart of my identity.
Apple – I have an iPhone4. This is my new identity. Enough said.
New Era Fitted Caps – I’ve always been a hat person ever since I was a nipper. I would even try on my granma's favourite hats and they'd suit me too! So yes, this is also apart of my identity.
Anyways...
Concept
With the logos you seen above, I had an idea to hand draw them and then merge them together to perhaps create a more effective camouflage. Seeing as camouflage is about blending and contrasting, I thought I will do something such as a contineous line style of drawing.
The image below is a rough draft of what I hand drawn and then scanned to be digitally illustrated;
In the process of actually drawing the background I found myself slightly clueless because I wasn't sure how to do the camouflage patterns so I looked on Google images and found some visual resources. Here we have is a variety of different camouflage patterns;
The camouflage patterns I found immensely influenced me on how I approach my own style. I made random shapes using the khaki colours as the background and made the logo’s contrast with it.
However! Initially, I was going to outline and fill in the original camouflage patterns I drawn but I wasn't really satisfied with it. I felt it was too busy and detailed. So I decided to do something a little bit more different and simple.
6 simple steps...
- Use Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator
- Use Pen Tool to trace the logos on the original image.
- 5px brush stroke to outline the logos.
- Use Polygonal Lasso Tool to create the abstract shapes you'll see in the background. Click, hold and move around the tool to make a shape.
- Once the abstract shapes are selected, use the fill bucket to make the khaki colours.
- For the grunge effect, I used a texture as a overlay and adjusted the layer to Multiply above the layers section in the drop down box.
Moving on...
Change of Plan...
I also decided to make a slight adjustment by cropping the image and showing only parts of the logos as I thought it looked better that way which you’ll see in the final piece.
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For the record. As you have proberly noticed... I don't have any visual resources from any artists. Reasons being is because I wasn't influenced by any artist to create my final piece. This was simply an idea thought of on my own.
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