My friend in Seattle said my color choices were too safe for streetwear

She looked at my last five designs and said, 'You keep using black, gray, and olive. It's like you're scared of color.' I swapped the main fabric for a bright cobalt blue on a new hoodie sketch and it looks WAY more interesting. Anyone else get stuck in a color rut and find a way out?

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thomas.cameron19d ago

Scared of color" is such a perfect way to put it. I used to do the same thing with navy and charcoal until a friend asked if I was designing uniforms for a sad army. Try picking one wild color you'd never normally use and make it the main thing, like you did with the cobalt. It forces you out of that safe zone. What other colors are you thinking about trying now?

cora17719d ago

Maybe burnt orange next, @thomas.cameron, that cobalt move was a game changer.