creative influences

For my recent screen printing project, there has been three influences that helped me fully develop my idea. My idea started with a collage of guns to create something that represented the complete opposite of what guns represent.

Jill Gallenstein influenced the first idea. I was inspired by her drawings and how she places her circular forms. Her drawings are so delicate and intricate. More about Jill Gallenstein

 

Here is my design...

Her work is more complex than mine but after discussing my idea with my teacher, I found that my design resembles snowflakes. 

Another artist that I found using stumbleupon.com is Mike Mitchell. He works with making patterns and other illustrations. Most of his work is ironic and some made me think how I could change my design. More about Mike Mitchell

 

Here is my design...

Like Mike Mitchell's work I tried to be ironic. The olive branch represents peace and my design is filled with guns and grenades.. However I was unhappy with the end and the colors... too christmas-y

My last influence was from going to DAAP's library and checking out the book Wallpaper Patterns. This was very helpful! There were so many different designs in that book and many of them extremely creative!!

 

Here is my final design....

There were a couple of circular designs that helped me come up with this idea but not overlapping like mine.

Finally after coming up with many options I decided on my design to print... Now hopefully everything goes well printing!