The image above is a simple dress illustration taken from HTTP://www.wgsn.com/en/, I chose this dress as I believe it will be quite easy to change and develop. For this dress I have decided to add colour and a design element, by doing this I believe a whole new perspective will be given to the dress. I will do this using Photoshop and illustrator this is due to the easy nature of the programs and I feel it will allow me to develop this design quite quickly.    

Above shows the illustration I chose, I have added colour to it to bring boldness to the design and have outlined the garment which will give it definition. I love how bright the colours are and I love the contrast of the red and black, I feel it gives the garment detail and texture.   

I then chose to reduce the opacity of the colours I added to the garment. I did this with the opacity scroll on the right hand side of the program, I reduced the opacity as to allow the original  textures of the design to come through. The opacity reduction has also given the garment more definition as my outline are more visible.      

I decided to use the same design for all my experiments, as I wanted to show how different colours effected the design. For this experiment I chose a light pink colour, I did this because I wanted to see how the design looked in a light colour. I feel like the colour is unique and bold, however it is to bright and distracting.     

Again I reduced the opacity to 69% this made the colour less overpowering and allowed the texture to come through. Again the outline comes trough giving the garment definition which added a stronger sense of realism and texture.   

I added a small image of flowers to the waistband to give the garment more detail, this was done by shrinking and cropping the floral image. I had to shrink the image so it was proportionally correct and cropped the white background out so it looks like its attached to the garment. I feel like adding the flowers has given the dress more detail and allowed me to make the dress interesting, however I think the colour is too light and prefer the black. 

For this garment I chose the black colour as I feel the floral element will pop more, also I think the dark colour reflects the design better. I also feel the dark colour adds detail without overpowering the whole garment. 

I then reduced the opacity again as I love the texture and detail it provides, I also love how it brings forth the detail I added by outlining the garment. I also used a blending tool to make the detail seem more natural and understated. 

This time I added the flowers to the neck line as well as the waistline, I debated adding flowers to the hem line but thought that it may be too much. I am happy with this garment however I would of loved to experiment with it a little more, I love all the texture I could capture in the garment and love the detail I was able to add.  

I chose a plain pastel green colour for the background as I wanted my background to be simplistic as to not distract from the designs. I thought of exploring and adding a more detailed background but decided against it, i do however feel that a different colour would of allowed the designs to stand out more. 

I added all the garments to the final page and am very pleased with the outcome I feel the designs do stand out and reflect my experiment well, I like how each garment has developed further than the last giving a story to my final board. I love the finished board yet feel like the colours could of stood out more if they were brighter, as the pink dress really is the focal point of the page which is really not what I wanted.