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HUEsday

Here's just a quick color inspiration Pallette for you :)

colors of paradise

Trying out a new color generator app... ;)

mondayMAKINGS #5 ~3D Chair design & rendering~

Maybe you didn't notice it, but last week the mondayMAKINGS had to be skipped. =/
Having some exams in college next week, I'm kinda busy I have to admit...

But today I'll give out a quick post nonetheless. The following picture is a simple rendering exercise I did for a Cinema4D course about 2 years ago. It was all 3d-built, formed, textured, lighted and rendered with Cinema4D R11.
Hardest part was forming the cushions, so they look as if someone sat on the chair before... but it was fun!
I love working with C4D. Visualizations are my favourite part of working on an architecture design. ^^

qick HUEsday ...sketching CI colors

aaaannnd. . . it's tueHUEsday again!
Man, how fast this week faded away. So much do-tos for college.
But . . . take this quick titbit of palette making from today's REviving my Colourlovers.com account

Started a tumblr microblog last week. . .
rather a personal virtual refugium for visualizing my dream of a life (to be) . . .
Maybe the universe will start turning spirits towards removing the barriers on my path to reach that dream. . .if only I visualize it often and stern enough ;b

Anyways: these were my color choices for the layout. Liked them enough to make a palette. . .

What do you think of it?! =)

SketchingADream2 via Tiki-Tiki's pallettes

another version of the above

Colors of the palette ...more colors here

rainy HUEsday ...need Coloooor!

. . .Bwah! . . .

That was not so nice of Mrs.Weather today. >.<''
Some mean windy fizzy raindrops falling and flying around. . . Not even the biggest Leaf Umbrella could keep you dry.
That kind of climate calls for some cheering up!!

And what could help better than a biiiig worshipping shout out to all the
GREEEEEENS of the world!? =D

via Flickr

via ellabellafloral.blogspot.com

via HawaiiPictures.com

via Love & Olive Oil

via itKuPiLLi

via Ideas To Steal

Bistro chair of the CALYPSO Series by Butlers.de

neon Brio tote by FreePeople.com

It's HUEsday again!

According to the TinkerBar blogging plan . . .it's time for some color splashing!

I picked two of my favourite SHAG illustrations, and made a pallette . . .

. . .#1. . .

ShagTikiMagazineCover by TikiTiki on Coloulovers.com

via Tiki Magazine.com

and here's another one. . .

. . .#2. . .

ShagTikiGirlyPoster by TikiTiki on Colourlovers.com

by the splendid SHAG

What's your favourite?!

...the crown of Motivation

Just a qick sharing in the morning. =)
Been dizzy with creative dreamy energy in my head the last few days.

This captures the essence of the spirit best:

Happy Color HUEsday

Gave the posting schedule a further thought...
From now on, forget about Tuesdays...let's make it HUEsday!

Color inspiration galore!!!

Today I was sneaking about the web agein scouting some layout inspirations for portfolios.
(I'm hoping to have my portfolio and  application done soon, so I can go out and find a place to do an internship or jobbing.)
I'm still not totally sure about which colors I want to use for the layout theme.
I was shoving around some colored and textured paper bits to try finding a match.
Going to show you when I'm closer to a decision. ;)

Here are some finished and well worked out graphic designs by other artists and designers, which I immediately attract my attention. Wha do you think? lime? aqua? lemon? ^^

by Georgia Smith Textile Design; found via printpattern.blogspot.de

by Emma Dime

this on and following by PAM&JENNY

Today's Palette / CaipiStraws +PatternSeries

After long time without any post (I'm really busy with college tasks, work and family issues lately...=/) here's at least a quick new Colour Inspiration for you. ^^ This time the trigger was cleaning up after a nice TV-night at home to which we treated ourselves with a glass of self-made Caipirinha. ;) When I threw the rests of lime bits and colorful straws out of the glass into the sink the other day, it looked so nice, I had to do some Copaso ;).

view Palette / CaipiStraws on COLORlovers

 

Vector Patterns by COLOURlovers

Vector Patterns by COLOURlovers

Vector Patterns by COLOURlovers

Vector Patterns by COLOURlovers

Vector Patterns by COLOURlovers

Today's Palette - NeonMonday

view Palette / NeonMonday on COLORlovers

Vector Patterns by COLOURlovers

Grand opening of Tiki's DIYary!!! ^-^...today : ~~ Hand-painting a color lined Shirt ~~

So here's the first CRAFTY POST I'm sending out. =D
I'm really excited to publish this! ^-^

Actually it's nothing special for you Readers, but since I'm new to the Blogworld, and still got a lot to learn, this Project - or more precisely: its documentation - took me a lot of work and time.
The making of the shirt itself, took only a few hours (plus drying time), but it was a long road to the point I'm writing this. Exams in college and the start of a new semester afterwards kinda got me stuck in a whole lot of other things to do than blogging. :/
But as I tried to introduce in the latest post on the whole idea of that DIYary section here, I'm gonna just try to go through the making of that crafty stuff here, documenting what happened, and maybe shouldn't have happened. You can re-craft this, or improve the idea for your own needs, learn from my mistakes, or just scroll through the pictures and think what a fool I am thinking this would be interesting at all...
whatever you like - hope you enjoy it.
And please feel free to leave critical comments...;)

BEFORE         -            AFTER

For the design I roughly played around on Photoshop to get an idea.
I saved pics of basic shirts from the H&M online shop before, so I can
digitally paint over them to try out how designs will look in the end  and how big I should make them.
This was the 5-minutes messy sketch I made for this graphical top.

Here's the raw materials I used. 

• a plain white cotton shirt from our favourite swedish fashion empire;)  
  (I love these, because they're incredibly cheap (about 5€), available in various colors and - which is crucial for me personally - long enough!)

Of course every other shirt will do. But be sure it is 100% cotton or linen or other natural fabric. I experienced that the paint doesn't stay well on synthetic fiber like polyester or something like that. That is true even for mixed textiles, that contain just about 5% spandex, like a lot of basic shirts unfortunately do. Another point is, that you need to iron the fabric with maximum heat to fixate. Some materials get ruined by that.
 So just check the label before you start.

• self-adhesive book foil        (it's my first try working with this foil as stencil material. It's simply that transparent stuff you can wrap around your study books or something, to protect them from dirt, liquid, scratches and co. You'll find it in any stationary store or supermarket)
• textile paint (I like Javana Tex or Marabu, which are both similar in prices and I never made bad experience with those. They're available in almost every arts or hobby supplies shop)
• two simple brushes - 1 bristle brush (for tapping the paint onto the stencil) and 1 thin brush (for the manual corrections afterwards)
• scissors & cutting knife (crafting scalpel)
• cutting mat
• triangle ruler (suggesting a big one - 30cm)
• big sheet of cardboard (cut to size, that fits inside the shirt - covering all the area you want to paint)
• ball-pen or pencil
• a sheet of backing paper
• flat iron

Leaf Umbrellas

Leaf from below...as seen on Indiana Public Media

Orang-Utan in the rain - found on Mongabay.com

In this ever more futuristic, technical-based and digitally controlled world we live in, isn't it revitalizing
to discover some more nature inspired design, that speaks to our archaic instincts and comforts some
of our deeply rooted needs...?
Like taking shelter.
In fact this might be one of THE most natural and basic instincts, that applies to all sentient beings!
Be it for rain or sun or to hide from predators, even animals use tools for taking shelter.

And humans surely did that since their earliest states of appearance on this earth.

Found on dftvpress.org

taken from dailypicksandflicks.com

 

 

 

 

So how about some Leaf-like designed Umbrellas today?! =)

The first one you might already know.
Droog Design presented the Shadylace Parasol, designed by Dutch Designer Chris Kabel a few years ago. On the big Interior Fair "immCologne" 2010 I had the pleasure to stand under it and enjoy the wonderful shadow plays it produces around you.
It's among the Top Sellers on Droog's site, still costs 235€.
One day I'll purchase one of these...hopefully. ;)
Oh, don't overlook the sweet birdie figure attached on top! =D

SHADYLACE PARASOL

This next one here - shared by my favourite painter artist JOSH KEYES on his Facebook page - is responsible for this post in the first place.
Oh, that reminds me on how urgently I need to write apost about Josh's work!!!
Stay tuned for that, or go find out yourself - that man's got a wicked talent!

from Third Drawer Down

I bid on this here on ebay.de, but unfortunately didn't win the auction =,( *snif*

from The Sign Maker

designed by Shinmura DesignOffice

I think this one's my favourite! Not just printed, but sewed on leaves!

Galleria Palm Tree Folding Umbrella by Outblush

found on Polyvore

sold out they say...what a pity! =/ - from Shade USA

by Ella Doran - Kensington Umbrella

these are only shaped as one leaf, but still nice! ^^ - found on Rakutan Global Market

this here goes even more natural:

the Banana Leaf Umbrella