Kraftwerk Inspired T-Shirt Design
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I’ve always been a little obsessed with the polygonal mesh heads on Kraftwerk’s 1986 album cover for Musique Non Stop. The anticipation of their October, Kraftwerk 3D show in Detroit really ramped up that obsession into “I must design a Kraftwerk inspired t-shirt!”
The idea of creating snowmen out of polygonal mesh, and calling the design Kraftmen - Chillin Non Stop seemed like the most fun and challenging, so I got to work on that. It took a week of failed attempts to design and work with a polygonal mesh in Illustrator before I decided, as usual, that an old-school method, would yield the best results.
So, I made a snowman model out of some paper, Scotch Tape, a styrofoam ball, a container and an old scarf. I used the album cover as a guide for posing and photographing the new model, and imported those photos into Adobe Illustrator to “draw” over.
There I clicked and dragged, line by line, for just over a month until I was happy with the results. Honestly, it was hella frustrating at first, but I eventually got the hang of it, and found a sort of rhythm. I also bugged several friends and family members for their opinions along the way, so thank you, friends and family!
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