Trying new techniques

I discovered the 'image trace' feature on Illustrator and gave it a go with a few drawings/sketches I had done in my sketchbook. I really love this feature and hope to try and use it in my future designs for this project.

The first picture is the original drawing I did in my sketchbook (which was never intended to be anything, was a drawing I did when I was bored), which I then put into illustrator and used the image trace.

The other pictures are the result of the image trace, in a range of different colours, just to test it out.

I then put the designs onto phone cases and a laptop bag, just to see further what the design would look like on certain products.
I think because the design is so simple, it is very effecting when places on these products. Although I'm not sure if I'd rather push my designs further with this project or if it's best to have more 'simple but effective' designs.

I also wanted to try the same technique out but for typography/text I had drawn up for another module, just to see how it turned out. 

I again put it over a phone case, I do quite like them although if I used this technique for any future typography type art I'd have to take more care with writing out the text just to help make it even more precise and finished looking. Although I do quite enjoy the 'messy/handwritten' look to the text although I don't think it would fit into the rest of my designs I've so far come up with.