Create Nature Inspired Original Print Motifs

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Get inspired by anything around you  to create new designs. In this article we will discuss how to get inspired and create new designs. Take any object around, a fruit, a vegetable, a flower, a leaf etc.  For example we have taken a capsicum and cut it into different shapes. Observe the shapes and make sketches of the capsicum from different angles.

Scroll down slowly to see the illustrations and the instructions in between below.

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Now select best of the sketches and create their stylized motifs version. By stylized we mean we to create forms similar to the selected sketches, which can be in form of lines, partial drawing or any kind of inspired drawing.

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Select one of the best motifs and play with it – rotate the motif in various angles, experiment on vertical & horizontal lines, scatter to form different designs, insert different shapes with the motifs. Create prints for textiles, dress materials, home furnishing, or paper prints.

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Select colour combinations for the designs. The motif or print can have one, two or more colour combinations. This motif can be transferred into silk screen printing  or block prints.

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