PP&M: Blog entry 20
I was thinking about the part of the text where he talks of finding meaning in the palms of your hands, looking for meaning where there is non. This made me think of the old fashioned palm reading imagery..then that lead to henna designs, and I though bout using the text to create patterns on images of hands…then after thinking about this some more, I decided first to just have a go at making patterns with the text, keeping in mind the henna designs (floral = flower of life = hexagonal).
So below is my first attempt at this, it is a little rough in places and needs some work (how do I make a full circle with out leaving a gap?..) but generally I really like the end result, and I'm going to have a crack at making a few more, also try to make some on a larger scale with lots more detail. After I've made a few more, I will also try this out with different fonts. So far i have ono been working with Time New Roman, as i find this to be the most commonly used font in books; however, using a different font may add something to the design..who knows.
| Experimentation in Illustrator; using text to create pattern |
Edit:
I was able to fix the problem of the gap with trusty Photoshop…I'm not sure yet if there is a way to get around this problem with illustrator, but until I figure it out this works well enough, and makes it look much better. Now to crank out a few more of these.
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