Pattern Design

For this pattern design, I imagined that I was creating work for a small stationary shop owner. She requested a floral design for her spring collection of prints. 

For this design, I was inspired by retro patterns as well as risograph prints. While risographs often feature overlapping colors, I was more interested in the bold, saturated colors that often feature in risograph prints. Risographs can also make use of simple lines because the colors are typically more limited.

I made a few floral sketches to use within the design. I originally thought of a rectangular pattern but decided to use a diamond shape instead. While I created three different floral sketches, I narrowed the final design down to only use two. The shapes worked better within the diamonds and the lines read clearly in both color and black.

Design mockup by eightonesix on Freepik.