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Process: Creating Motifs Part 2

From hardcopy to softcopy

So from the previous post, I printed out selected images from a source that has data on human microscopic anatomy, traced those images, and lastly scanned them in. Not really at random, but I selected those images based on the type of patterns that I planned to incorporate into the entire motif — bones, cells, and connective and supportive tissues.

Softcopy

I did a few trial and error to vectorize the images that I scanned, and tried on getting a few motifs as a start. First thing first, I started by using each microscopic anatomy into its own motif by repetition within its own elements. I might say these trial motifs were headed towards the direction of symmetrical and geometrical patterns.

(Majority of the motifs are similar to the previous ones. Basically it shows the variations if I’d rather choose those motifs with intersecting lines in the middle or minimal intersection?)

Motif #1: the microscopic structure of our bone #1.

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Source to be inserted ASAP

Motif #2: the microscopic structure of our bone #2.

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Motif #3: the microscopic structure of Connective and Supportive Tissue #1.

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Kuehnel, Wolfgang. Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology, and Microscopic Anatomy. 4th ed. Germany: Thieme, 2003. PDF. Connective and Supportive Tissue, pg 119

Motif #4: the microscopic structure of Connective and Supportive Tissue #2.

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Kuehnel, Wolfgang. Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology, and Microscopic Anatomy. 4th ed. Germany: Thieme, 2003. PDF. Connective and Supportive Tissue, pg 119

Motif #5: the microscopic structure of Connective and Supportive Tissue #3.

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Kuehnel, Wolfgang. Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology, and Microscopic Anatomy. 4th ed. Germany: Thieme, 2003. PDF. Connective and Supportive Tissue, pg 117

Motif #6: the microscopic structure of cells

 Kuehnel, Wolfgang. Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology, and Microscopic Anatomy. 4th ed. Germany: Thieme, 2003. PDF. Cells, pg 15

Kuehnel, Wolfgang. Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology, and Microscopic Anatomy. 4th ed. Germany: Thieme, 2003. PDF. Cells, pg 15

Process: Inspiration & Creating Motifs Part 1

HOW DO I CREATE MOTIFS?

I planned to use the raw imagery of the human microscopic anatomy from the lab, but with tight schedules, I resorted to an alternative: using resources from books and online articles.

I was inspired from watching Bonnie Christine’s method of transferring hand-drawn sketches to digital. Therefore, I gave it a go to create my motifs.

Firstly, I selected a few microscopic images (from the website, book, and article,), printed them out, traced them over and finally scanning them in to digitize them.

You can view the images below:

Human Cells

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Kuehnel, Wolfgang. Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology, and Microscopic Anatomy. 4th ed. Germany: Thieme, 2003. PDF. Cells, pg 15

Into digital

Connective and Supportive Tissue

Kuehnel, Wolfgang. Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology, and Microscopic Anatomy. 4th ed. Germany: Thieme, 2003. PDF. Connective and Supportive Tissue, pg 119
Connective Supportive Tissue 1
#1
Connective Supportive Tissue 2
#2
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Kuehnel, Wolfgang. Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology, and Microscopic Anatomy. 4th ed. Germany: Thieme, 2003. PDF. Connective and Supportive Tissue, pg 117
Nerve Tissue
#3

Bone

 

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Source to be inserted ASAP
Bone 1
#1
Bone 2
#2

With these bunch of scanned images, I would compose them to form one motif.

(Still progressing…)

On a side note, I find the pattern designs done by William Morris, from the Arts and Crafts Movement, pretty interesting. Arts and crafts movement is well known for its decorative art. From William Morris’ art, I like how the artboard/canvas are all filled up with patterns leaving minimal negative space.

All along I’ve been planning the outlook of how I want my pattern to turn out, how it will look from afar vs when zoomed in. Thus, these gave me more depth to the idea of how I want my motifs will look like.

You can check out the link on my Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/youmikaltsum/inspiration-art-craft-movement/
You can check out the link on my Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/youmikaltsum/inspiration-art-craft-movement/