I wanted to get a bit more of an understanding of the differences between 40's/50's props and furniture and futuristic designs - this will help me in creating designs that blend the two themes together well.
So using Pinterest I started by doing some observation sketches of furniture I saw from the 40's/50's as well as the colours used in these pieces.
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| 50's/40's furniture observation sketches |
Timelapse of the process
After finishing my sketches, I created a new layer and just drew out some of the basic shapes in the pieces of furniture, overall, there seems to be lots of squares and sharp edges/angles, as well as lots of circles especially on smaller details.
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| Outline of the basic shapes |
Next, I used Adobe Color to extract some themes from my sketches, what colours appear most consistently, while it's only a small selection it can still help give me an idea of what colour schemes and moods are most common in 40's/50's furniture. I have included the suggestions Adobe gave below, along with my own selections and a link to the site.
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| Bright |
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| Muted |
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| Deep |
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| Dark |
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| My selections |
Overall, it seems to vary across cool and warm colours, but generally, there does seem to be a lot of high saturation, bright colours. Which fits in with what I have seen through researching.
Continuing on with my observation studies, I did one leaning more into a futuristic feel, these where commonly 3D models created by artists rather than real life example (as of course, it is themed in the future). But I still felt it would give me some insight into what designs other artists create to fit a futuristic theme.
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| Futuristic designs observation sketches |
Timelapse of the process
Similar to the first set of sketches I did, I had a look at what shapes occurred most on this sheet. Sharp angles and edges seem to be really common here, which makes sense with the futuristic feel. A lot of designs designed to fit into that theme have lots of sharp shapes.
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| Outline of the basic shapes |
Once again as with before, I took the sketches I did into Adobe Color to see what themes are most consistent in these designs. As well as again getting my own selection.
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| Colourful |
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| Bright |
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| Muted |
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| Deep |
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Dark
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| My selections |
The futuristic designs are considerably more muted and use cool tones in comparison to the 40's/50's furniture. They use lots of greys, and a scale across blues to greens.
By using the shapes and colours from both of these studies, and blending them well, I should be able to create designs that while feeling 40's/50's inspired, they also will appear to fit into a futuristic setting. So the next steps in this process is essentially just for me to get started on sketching out some concepts, I want to really focus on exploring everything - even if an idea feels silly, I need to get better at exploring them regardless.
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