I've been looking at Aztec Prints for what seems like forever now….when did they become popular again? I always liked the strong colours and geometric patterns of Aztec art, so I decided to spend a lovely Monday/Tuesday afternoon making one of my own :) You can tell I've looked at a lot of Mary Blair :)
I decided to make a series based on a colour palette inspired by their indigenous art and the natural landscape (or what I imagine it might be, at least. Trip to South America, anyone?). When I was working on this, I discovered two things: firstly, I love patterns! The riot of repeating colour and form, that is. Not so much on the match-matchy. Secondly, experimenting with colour is a lot of fun. It kind of makes me want to do another one, and another one, and another one…For now, I stopped at four (ten, but who's counting?!) that I'm going to share here. Sunrise, Day, Sunset, Night…and some extra bits and pieces for fun.
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| Original |
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| Night |
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| Some experimenting with colour palettes |
And…another one. These are way too much fun to make!
After all of my experimenting, I couldn't resist making a vector mask. Who cares that my pattern is weird and only repeats every 15-20 images? Or that it won't fit neatly (symmetrically) into my lovely symmetrical heart? I still like it. Maybe I'll design the next one to fit. That would be ace.
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I love the idea of having Aztec border trims. Or just border trims. They make everything look so much more interesting, don't they? |
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