Analogous colors are any three colors which are side by side on a 12 part color wheel, such as yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange. Usually one of the three colors predominates.

Complementary colors are any two colors which are directly opposite each other, such as red and green and red-purple and yellow-green. In the illustration above, there are several variations of yellow-green in the leaves and several variations of red-purple in the orchid. These opposing colors create maximum contrast and maximum stability.

Colour Systems

Additive colour works with anything that emits or radiates light. The mixture of different wavelengths of light creates different colours, and the more light you add, the brighter and lighter the colour becomes.

Subtractive

Subtractive colour works on the basis of reflected light. Rather than pushing more light out, the way a particular pigment reflects different wavelengths of light determines its apparent colour to the human eye.

- Development -

After scanning in my experiments I then changed the colour of this design to white so it would contrast with this indigo coloured background. I also added a texture to the background and make it have more depth. The colours I think are successful because they reflect the whole glam rock era. The circle with the patterns inside could also signify many other things such as an iris of an eye, drugs or even a human body cell.

For this design I scanned it into Illustration where I used live trace on the patterns. This changed the whole look of the patterns and dots, after then scanning it into photoshop I played around with different effects and scales until I was happy with what I had created. Although I think it makes a bold impact on the page as the white really stands out I do not like the fact that Illustrator has took away a lot of the detail using live trace.

Here I positioned two the designs within one and another creating more of a psychedelic spiral effect. The background I thought worked really well as the colours are vibrant and appropriate to the image for glam rock. The pattern I overlayed on top creates more of a optical illusion contributing to that psychedelic effect I wanted to achieve.

This development is similar to the ones about however more largely scaled. I think because the pattern is so detailed and complex having it bigger show it off a bit more, however I do prefer it at a smaller scale as it draws more attention with the empty space surrounding it. 

This I think is one of my most successful developments, the purple background is visually pleasing and contrasts with the pattern in the centre making it the main focus point of the design. I would like to see how my interim crit goes to get a good idea of what colours and scale works best.

This is a completely different look to the rest of the designs. Scaling the patterns to a much larger scale enhances how much is going on in the design. Again it could represent how an eye looks when under the influence on recreational drugs, although I do like the colour scheme on this as theres a faint gradient to red on the outer corners of the design. I think it may be too in your face and busy to get a good understanding at what its trying to represent whilst the smaller scaled patterns make more of an impact on the page.

This was a completely different experiment with colours compared to the rest of the designs. I really like how the black and white create such a bolder impact, especially with the black border around the outside. I am considering on printing this off at the correct dimensions to get a better idea if it is appropriate for my brief.

Again this is in complete contrast to the development above however I think it does not have the same effect. Visually, I do not think it is as exciting as the other designs therefore I do not want to develop it further.

- Research -

Using a small 0.2 point pen I started by drawing a perfect circle and filling it with psychedelic influenced patterns, this could represent a cell, a drug or even the iris part of ones eye. This I thought could make it look a lot more interesting and have a bolder impact on the page.

This is a smaller version of the print that I scanned in to edit further on Photoshop. I think the patterns and dots create a psychedelic feel to the circle and with the white background it makes more of an interesting impact on the page.

This is a different design I tried using the same 0.2 micropen. I tried to make the pattern look like shattered glass or a mirror, this could signify a glitter or a disco ball as the band T. Rex were iconically known for their 'glam rock' appearance, Marc Bolan the lead singer even wore glitter on his face. The dots could also signify the use of drugs within the back as they are small enough to look like powder.

Here are two close ups of the designs I have created, I think these two are the most successful due to the messages they could signify to link to the song 'Get it on'. I want to now scan them into photoshop and develop them further, even play with colour to get more of that psychedelic feel the 60's70's was iconically known for.

- Design Ideas -

I started off my sketching the first ideas that came to my head from the research I had collected. I thought an eye would be a good idea to use to represent drugs as the eyes are one of the main things that change when under the influence of drugs. Filling it with dots could represent ones consciousness with the dilated pupils, also it could represent space which would reflect their altered state of mind and their awareness with reality.

Here is a few more ideas I came up with to reflect the song and band T. Rex, using Marc Bolan's hair, or female lips or maybe even an eye. Again from my research I wanted to use the drugs that look like some form of cell which could reflect how drugs change the chemical balance within our bodies.

These are more ideas I came up with for my design. I again worked on using different patterns and dots to replicate the images I had gotten from my research to do with drugs. I decided that I wanted to try the drug like patterns on their own to see if I could make a bolder eye catching impact.

Above I tried a more neater precise sketch of a drug which I thought looked a lot more successful and helped me develop my ideas further. The lines I thought made a bolder impact especially with them being black against the contrasting white paper.

Here I tried a neater sketch of an eye with the pattern in the inside. This could represent how a persons eyes change with a drug induced altered state of mind. I preferred this neater sketch to any others but again I want to try the pattern without the eye as I don't want it to look like the TV show Big Brother. 

Here I tried a cell on its own with the dot pattern on the inside, although I do like the effect it gave as it is quite eye catching I think that it looks too much like a white blood cell and not as much like how a drug under a microscope looks like.