Whether you work with real materials or prefer digital design, you can still experiment with materials and techniques just as you would if drawing or painting.
Graphic communication
Techniques
Create imagery using painting or drawing techniques.
Cut up drawings or paintings to create shapes or lettering.
Use cut paper collage to create simplified imagery and lettering.
Use photography to capture imagery.
Scan your images and use digital editing software to experiment with their scale, colour saturation and contrast.
Use drawing and painting software to add marks to scanned images
Import images onto the computer and use image editing software to add lettering in different fonts and layouts.
Repeat pattern design
Techniques
Create motifs using expressive art techniques, such as drawing, painting or printing.
Use cut paper collage to simplify and stylise the motifs.
Trace the motifs and transfer into different repeat formations.
Experiment with changing the scale of the motif.
Scan or import photographs of the motifs onto the computer and use a software package to experiment with different repeat patterns. You can easily change colours.
Create work on different digital layers and try combining different patterns and images.