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I found both of these patterns in my closet, one is a dress from Brandy Melville, and the other are yoga pants from LuluLemon. First, my geometric design (right), is the dress. This pattern is pretty random, and could almost be perceived as organic, however when you step away and take a larger look, the repeats, obvious lines, and repetition in a grid form make it clear that it is geometric. It pretty prevalently features both dots and lines, and many of the groups of dots form implied lines. The color interaction is very strong as well, and really makes it a beautiful pattern. It is mainly red, yellow, white and black, but shades of the colors that make them work in a harmonious way rather than the vibrations that complements give off. In many parts of the pattern the same objects repeat themselves, on a different foreground, which is another reason I specifically chose this pattern. It was really interesting to compare the red and white squiggly like pattern displayed on the black versus presented on the white, it looks entirely different and takes a moment to even realize that it is indeed the same object/shape.

The second pattern I chose is extremely organic, and was found on my favorite pair of yoga pants. It is clearly repeating shapes, but there is no sense of end or repeat. The space between the primary marks is filled with random line squiggles and doodles

that seem to seam the entire pattern together endlessly. It is solely two colors, a foreground and a background. The white on gray is intriguing because it encourages the negative space of the gray to be more noticeable than another color combination may do, and the fine details of the pattern are clearly distinguishable defining the intricate shapes.

GEOMETRIC PATTERN- http://bonner-design.com/index.php/islamic-ornamental-design/islamic-geometric-patterns/

After browsing through a large collection of widely varying patterns, I settled on one geometric pattern and one organic pattern that I thought successfully used a variety of design elements. First off, I found this blue and green geometric pattern which I thought did a great job of using lines and dots to form a grid. Each neutral colored line overlaps with another to create new points and an actual grid formation. The entire piece is composed of lines that change directions, coming in contact with one another and creating new designs. Some might call this an iconic pattern since the lines form green stars. Or, you could see the star as the center of a “flower” that has blue petals. I appreciate the use of blue and green because it is my favorite analogous color scheme. Both the blue and green are of a fairly high saturation and vibrancy which causes the colors to vibrate a bit more. I wonder if the pattern would be more visually pleasing if the colors were desaturated a bit or if they had a shade to them.

ORGANIC PATTERN- http://depositphotos.com/11960414/stock-illustration-abstract-paisley-background-fashion-seamless-pattern-monochrome-vector-wallpaper-indian-style-orange-white-fabric-vintage-wrapping-with-graphic-paisley-ornaments-summer-spring-theme-for-design.html

For my organic pattern, I chose this orange and white piece that uses repeated curvy, drop-like shapes, filled with detail. I found while looking through patterns that my favorites were ones that simply used one main color with white. I find the simplicity to be most captivating and white provides a nice contrast to any color. This pattern uses orange with different values of white. The larger shapes in the foreground are more of an opaque white while the ones in the background are more translucent. This adds a certain depth quality to the pattern which I enjoy. I admire how so much detail and interest is created with two simple colors. Although at first glance this pattern may not appear to be in grid formation, if you look closely at the alignment of shapes you can see the structure. The four outermost largest shapes line up to create a square and all other shapes fall under the same pattern.

“Leather Nunchuck” – Claudio Gugleiri http://thepatternlibrary.com/#leather-nunchuck

Geometric

This pattern is identifiable as geometric because you can identify that pattern that is being repeated throughout the picture. This one is a little tricky to identify whether it is a line, dot, or grid. But if you look closely, you can see that it represents  line. I find the color combination in the very intriguing. Not only did the artist use primary colors, but they also combined desaturated versions of these primary colors to go along with it. Because of this tactic, the colors are complementary. I want to say the value of composition is high due to the yellow, but when I look closer I find that the blues cool the pattern down a bit in which the value would be lowered as well. Therefore the image evens itself out a bit by combining warm and cool tones. I think the artist did a good job at considering what types of hues would come together to make an appealing illustration.

“Asteriods” – Sanja Kusturica
http://thepatternlibrary.com/#asteroids

 Organic

This image is organic because although you could say that it has dots in it, it’s harder to define and is less straightforward. The pattern seems to be more random and less straightforward compared to the Geometric pattern. By looking at this, I wouldn’t immediately realize that this is a pattern. But, when you look more closely you can see that the pattern can duplicate itself.

When considering the colors, the artist used a variety of different hues and saturations. My eye is drawn immediately to the yellow and then moves over to the red and blue. Therefore, this pattern uses the primary colors that are complementary. There is also desaturated reds and blues in the picture that makes the primary colors stand out even more. The temperature in this pattern is mainly cool due to the fact that most of the colors are blue and green. The value in this image is low because it does have a cooler tone and has a combination of red as well. I think the artist made an interesting move by creating a pattern this organic and colorful, but still maintaining the quality for it to repeat.

Neon Autumn by Dailey Crafton from The Amazing Pattern Library

Geometric

This pattern is geometric because there is a visible pattern of lines and dots that make up a grid. The tile is repeated in a diamond shape running vertically and horizontally. Each tile in this pattern can be seen as a dot, and is clearly separated by lines. These lines are made up of small dots in the shape of leaves.

It seems that the colors chosen for this pattern are all warmer super saturated colors. There is yellow, dark and light orange, brown, and pink. In terms of line, these colors help to accentuate it by having the small orange leaves contrasted against a dark brown background. Since the orange color is more intense than the brown it stands out and helps to create that line bordering all the dots that makes the grid. In the center of the tile there are two very saturated yellow bells that immediately draw the eye away from the lighter orange of the pattern. The pink that is also creating dots stands out because it too has a very high intensity and saturation. In this particular pattern the darkest color brown tends to recede and the yellow, pink, and then orange stand out more (in that order).

Special Delivery by Matt Delbridge from The Amazing Pattern Library

Organic

This second pattern can be considered organic because it is irregular and cannot easily be seen. There are so many stamps at varying sizes and colors that the eye becomes overwhelmed and trying to look at all the little details, missing the repeating pattern.

The pattern is made up of lots of small multiples in the form of stamps. They are all individual dots that can string together maybe four at a time to create a line/stripe. However, there are so many stamp sizes that the lines cannot continue for very long. There are also lines in the border of the stamps that really help separate them from the background as well as from the surrounding stamps. The tiles used seem rather large creating that sense of irregularity and the fact that it seems to overlap on the right side helps as well.

There are many colors in this pattern, but they all seem to be tertiary colors (red orange, yellow green, blue green, purple blue). The colors in most of the stamps seem to have a tint to them making their value lighter. The background is also a very light color (green? brown?) which allows the pattern to achieve a sense of harmony between the stamps and the color they are placed upon. This allows the eye to easily look upon the pattern and flow through it making it seem more organic.  Overall the temperature of this piece seems to be cooler because the colors are all tints.

Monika Strigel/ Art Print/ http://society6.com/product/flamingo-bingo_print?tag=pattern#1=45

The first pattern I chose was from society6.com called FLAMINGoS by Monika Strigel. This pattern is organic compared to geometric. The flamingos are separated at all different levels in the pattern, are tilted in different angles and are facing left and right but not in a particular order. The pattern does not have any form of grid or strips and looks pretty random making it an organic pattern. The pattern feels tiled even when it is an irregular form because there are the same flamingos spaced out in four parts of the pattern. The colors used to differentiate the flamingos are analogous with some with low values next to flamingos with high values alongside saturated colors. The background is white making the high saturation colors pop out more to be enhanced and the low pink values blend in more and be diminished.

Karel Martens/ Book Cover Design/ https://www.patternfoundry.com/patterns/duo

The second pattern I chose was from patternfoundry.com called Duo by Karel Martens. This pattern is a geometric black and white pattern. The geometric forms of rectangles and triangles in multiple even lines make up the geometric stripe pattern 3-d form. The alternating black and white geometric forms appear to be repeated because they are evenly spaced with hard lines and black and white contrasts distinguishing the separation of the geometric forms. As said from Lupton and Phillips, “ As a grid takes shape, it subverts the identity of the separate elements in favor of a larger texture.” This grid takes smaller elements and brings them together to make an overall 3-d texture because of the angles and color choice. Working with black and white can make the black stand out more or the white it depends how one looks at this texture because the way the geometric shapes are positioned.