And I colored leaves and bubs like below.

(Sorry I only have monocolor picture...)

Anyway,This coloring is for the basement.

 

 

I finished coloring till the end of May.

So next my task was "BOOK BINDING"!

 

It was very hard work than I thought, actually.

And I also realized that the world of book binding is very very deep.

I'll write about how I binded my pop-up art works.

 

 

Have a nice weekend,

Hiromi Takeda

 

 

 

And I colored leaves like below.

 

 

As you can see, art work became somehow kind of Japanese taste.

So about next motief - Fuchsia, I should tried coloring it to match this taste.

 

I'll write about Fuchsia coloring soon.

 

Have a nice day,

Hiromi Takeda

 

May: Start coloring a Rhododendron pop-up by useing a Japanese painting"gansai".

 

Before started coloring, I had decided to use "gansai" which is paint used in Japanese paintings.

This is my first challenge to use it so that it took a time till I could be accustomed to.

And this is main parts of Rhododendron pop-up.

 

 

What do you think about it?

 

I colored white and pink as petals and blu-green as leaves.

And putted some tiny gold on the edge of stamen.

It's a delicate expressions, actually, but I love this way. 

 

Anyway, I finished coloring Rhododendron about 1 week.

And next motif was "Iris ensata".

 

I'll write about it soon.

 

 

Have a nice weekend, everyone.

 

 

Kind Regards,

Hiromi Takeda

 

May: Start making a 3work's die-line data by illustrator

After finish designing patterns for 3 works: Iris, Fuchsia and Rhododendron,

I started making their die-line data by using an illustrator.

That process isn't so hard for me that I could make it done sooner than I thought.

 

However, I repeated lots of fine adjustment not only on degital but also by hand.

Then I could finish making all die-line data for them in the middle of May.

 

So next step is coloring.

It is one of the most important process because it determinewhether my works are attractive or not.

 

I needed much more concentration.

 

 

To be continued...

 

 

Hiromi Takeda

April: Start designing a Rhododendron's pattern

 

In the begining of April, I was about to design a new pattern.

And I selected "Rhododendron" as a motif.

So at that moment, I had been making three works at the same time

:"Iris ensata", "Fuchsia" and "Rhododendron".

 

Anyway, I had started making a mock-up as a first step!

 

 

 

Endless trial and error!

 

 

 

close to catch a proper pattern...

 

 

put a small tree frog on ...

 

 

This pattern needed about one month to be finished.

I think it's not too long for me. What do you think?

 

Anyway, I did next stage(scan and making a die-line) in next month-May.

I'll write about it soon.

 

 

Hiromi Takeda