Design Principle – Regularity

The second design principle I wanted to make was the regularity principle. The regularity principle was a method i figured out i wanted to use early on because i’m really fond of patterns and how they look. This made me really excited, but coming up with the design I wanted to make wasn’t that easy in the beginning.The second design principle I wanted to make was the regularity principle.

I had different concept and ideas going on in my brainstorming period. I was thinking about the possibilities of making a leaf pattern representing that autumn is coming soon, something i love. I really liked the nature aspect of the designs so i was also considering my possibilities when it came to an ocean design. The design i ended up with represents the ocean as well but not in the literal sense that i was thinking in the beginning.

My two earlier designs have a connection to nature and earth, so i thought it would be nice to have a little red line through them all. With that in mind i started thinking about different ideas involving nature in some kind. I really like watching documentaries about the ocean and all the wonders it contains. Whales especially fascinate me so much. So I chose whales as my subject in this piece and wanted to create a design with them in it. Having this as my fondation I looked at different whales and focused on how i wanted the design to flow in the piece.

The illustration of the big whale shark with the diver really caught my attention. Whale sharks are very beautiful with their dark color and all the white lines and circles on their back. They also move very gracefully in the water so i wanted them to flow through the piece in a smooth motion. This is what i used my sketching session to do before starting on the main design.

In this design i also decided to keep the colors to a minimum making the whales stand out and balancing the design out since there’s a lot going on in this piece as well. I also think it makes all of my pieces stand together very well and it makes that red line connecting them even stronger.