New Surface Pattern Designs and Products!
It’s been a while since I’ve drawn for fun. Since I work as an illustrator full time, I am usually only drawing for commissions — which is the dream of course. It’s the dream, but it does mean that I don’t often have the time or interest in drawing just for indulgence. Most people have their go-to subject for “fun drawing” - doodling cats, eyes, flowers, squiggle animals etc. When I was little I always drew shoes. I probably had a drawing eyes and faces phase too.
Nowadays I love creating patterns. There is something so satisfying about a successful repeat design. The Edit Colour > Recolour Artwork panel in Adobe Illustrator is one of my favourite things to play with. You can just shuffle through colour schemes in different placements until it feels right.
Websites like Redbubble and Society6 make it so EASY to upload designs and see how they might look in real life. Spoonflower gives designers the option of printing their own fabric or selling it to the unique fabric loving community worldwide. It’s certainly not about making money, it’s about seeing something you had a hand in the creation of existing in the world. Maybe even someone out there will love it!
Here are some recent favourites uploaded to Redbubble —
Click through each image to see it available on over 40 products:
And for those of you who love to SEW:
You can click through below to see repeat fabrics of mine available for purchase with Spoonflower:
Hang in there, everyone! Keep creating.