The imagery in my personal folio ranges from fashion illustrations and photography to cards and home furnishing articles. I have always had a strong interest in fashion and fashion illustration, and these were defiantly the things I was most drawn to when putting my folio together. I buy new magazines on a weekly basis so there is always a new article or photo shoot to gain inspiration from and put into the folder.
Colour also plays a major part in this folio. I find my love for various colours change defending on the time of year and how I'm feeling. For example at the moment my favourite colour is a pastel coral pink. I have devoted a whole page to this colour just because I love it so much and also because of how happy it made me feel when I was mixing it and then painting the various shades on to the page.
I always find myself looking at the surface of things. Sometimes I even got to touch the page knowing full well that my fingertips will only find paper. Rapid brush marks, pleats on skirts, scrunched silk and raffia all feature in my folio, and the common link …. I want to touch them. As well as texture I look for pattern and design, whether it’s the weave or knit of a garment or the more obvious pattern in wallpaper it defiantly plays a large parting in deciding if I like something or not.
Overall my folio contains a range of sources that I love and draw inspiration from on a regular basis. I have really enjoyed filling this file with things that I have found and collected over time and I think it really represents who I am and my style of work.
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