Fancy/Funky Friday: Patterns Cosette & Jennifer

Here's today's Fancy/Funky Friday post!

First, the "fancy": Pattern Cosette

Made almost entirely of circles and loops, one of the best things about Pattern Cosette is how versatile it can be. From a distance, it definitely looks like rows of two kinds of lace - one that's more elegant and detailed, and one that's larger - or even like a crocheted blanket. But if you use only one row, or if you zoom in and focus on just the larger circular forms, it feels much more bold and modern, like it does in the stationery design I created below.

If that pattern were a darker or brighter color it would be even bolder, but even as just a pastel green, the large circles (which take up almost half of the save-the-date) really command attention.


And now, the "funky": Pattern Jennifer

Pattern Jennifer is definitely bold. The pen strokes are very thick and dense (except for just a couple of key spots, where the lines grow significantly and abruptly skinnier). To make the pattern even funkier, I repeated the units along diagonals rather than straight lines. With all of its curves and twists, the pattern would be very dynamic - if it wasn't so dense. From a distance, all of the craziness almost looks like just a solid block of color, and it's that quality, plus the few choice large white spaces, that calm the otherwise too-intense pattern.

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