My design was inspired by card and board games. I really liked the idea of the cards making layers on a tiered skirt so I designed it around that. I tried to keep it within the same color scheme so that it would look cohesive even though board games have many more cards than this. I added x’s and o’s on the bodice to represent tic tac toe and added game pieces on squares on the fronts of the sleeves to represent a game board. I added the red and yellow checker pattern as it reminded me of Connect 4, Chess and Checkers. I did not want to keep my look only red and black as I didn’t want to appear too similar a Queen of Hearts dress. I also added game pieces to both the headpiece and made them into earrings to match. This is probably one of my art pieces that went through the most revisions or changes before the final piece. I really liked the way it turned out and was happily surprised with the results, as drawing anatomy is difficult for me. The target audience was for some elaborate gala or costume party as the design is not at all practical for everyday use. One thing I really liked that I did in this project is that there is some asymmetry which I don’t use often as I like things to match. Overall I think this was a good project and that I got out of my comfort zone and created a product I liked.
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