wrapping paper design (g)

Wrapping paper is frequently discarded as has a very short shelf life once the product has been bought. As a result of this it is important that the wrapping paper is fun, impactive and bold. These elements being important as they are the main attractions of the paper. When thinking about the design of the paper it became evident that to make the design as part of the set I should implement some design features in which have already been expressed throughout the set. 

As a result of this multiple drawings were developed in which focus upon very different aspects of design. The idea of the previously developed balloons being incorporated into the design was highlighted, alongside the streamers and flowers. When discussing this with my peers they suggested that the streamer approach would be most effective as it has already been previously explored within two different aspects of the design. 

As I did not previously know how to develop a repeated pattern, I searched for online tutorials. I felt this somewhat difficult as most of the designs were developed to fit the pattern, but mine had already been developed. After attempting to complete a repeated pattern on numerous occasions, I asked a friend for illustration to guide me upon how you complete a repeated pattern. This was very helpful, as illustration had previously completed a workshop on repeated patterns. From the advice in which she gave, I then went about creating my own pattern. 

I firstly cut all the individual streamers out in order to explore with composition and layout. From this I had to conjoin the pattern at both the top and bottom of the original square. 

In order to promote a pattern other key elements were included into the design. 

When placing all the squares together it was evident that this did not form a repeat patten but rather developed a design in which appeared very naive, did not sufficiently work, and had unlinked paths. 

Multiple failed patterns were developed, all in which gave myself a greater insight into how to develop a repeat patten.

One of the limiting factors was that once you had completed a pattern, white space often remained as a result of the design being developed from a pre-existing drawing. As a result of this many attempts had to be labelled as void, and the process has to be again repeated. 

Links were successfully made, in turn promoting a fully working pattern. Around 20 links had to be made for the entire piece.

Swatch sample 

After spending around 7 hours upon the wrapping paper, the pattern was finally developed. As I did not estimate how long this would take, it somewhat limited the following design stages. The final sample is very effective and appears to be very eye catching.