Texture Creation

After we had decided on the illustrations, textures needed to be create that reflected the items on the page. So the details and shapes cut out from the designs are filled with a texture behind them that is relevant.

We wanted these to be very experimental yet quite objective in the sense that the objects themselves should be used to create the textures. This was fairly simple for most of the objects, toilet roll for example, but for objects like the condom we had to find ways of making textures using the item. To do this we used printing ink and a roller to transfer the ink to the condom which was then pressed onto the paper.

Not only are these applicable but they will also inspire experimentation, especially with their minimalist style.

A similar approach was taken to create the egg texture by smashing the egg and rolling out this effect with ink and a roller; which created quite a fluid, mottled effect, perfect to represent the insides of an egg.

All of these textures were scanned in and then edited to improve their appearance. Some of the textures were even modified to have a red hue in order for them to be consistent with the book's colour scheme. The texture below was create by applying bleach onto coloured card which dyed some of its pigment. This process was applicable to the hair dye cartoon and again shows an experimental approach which uses the content of the illustrations to create the texture.