Spoonflower competition, 90's nostalgia

This week has been a busy one for all things non art related. I'm itching to get back to designing some new illustrations and prints, so to start off i did a quick design for the new Spoonflower comp. This only took me half a day of designing, planning and finishing the design but I'm so happy with it! Inspired the the original Tamagotchis, released in the 90's.

New branding!

                                                                 Headers for online shops

For a while I've really wanted to design some business cards but it's been so difficult to think of a design! With this thought being at the back of my mind for months, an idea eventually popped into my head....... at 7am whilst getting ready for work, ha ha. So my buisness cards were designed and to give my business a more professional feel i also made matching headers for my blog and online shops. I'm so pleased with how these came out, it makes me feel more professional and positive about my work!

                                                                Buisness card details

Business card design

Spoonflower competition- After school snacks

It's been awhile since I've entered a Spoonflower competition, the last one i entered was around 6 months ago, ops! I hope to enter at least 1-2 a month as the Illustrator practise is good and hopefully i can make a small amount of money from it whilst having fun. I loved the brief for this one 'After school snacks' and instantly had fun ideas for it! I had fun with the character design and colouring of the design. Had quite a few problems when it came to repeating the pattern, i literally spent hours trying to fix it! I'm glad i kept going though and already have a couple of 'likes' on Spoonflower and lot's on Instagram!

Biscuits and Milk

Honey lemon bag- control panel to download

As part of my Honeylemon cosplay for Mcm Manchester, I made her amazing bag complete with chemical control panel! It was one of my favourite things to make, it was so much fun. I used screenshots and pic's from the internet to reproduce the panel in Illustrator.  I've made this PDF file for you to download to make your own Honeylemon bag!

 *** This control panel is free to download but is intended for personal use only and may not be re-sold or re-distributed commercially. ***

Fox pattern continued......

I really enjoyed designing the fox pattern but as i spent so much time on the computer i was ready for a hand drawn project. I had intended to complete the final piece by hand so i thought why not just extend the project and complete both computer and hand draw design. I really enjoyed completing this and zoning out for a few hours drawing the small lined detail, its really therapeutic. I used only 5 coloured pencils for the leaf work and this was all drawn by hand, as well as the fox. I decided to complete the frame with plain cut out paper as i liked the contrast of the detailed linework vs plain flat coloured paper. I think this will make a nice print if I scanned in at better quality, which will hopefully be soon. I have plans to buy a new shiny A3 printer/scanner sometime soon........ hurry up pay day!

I'm having a break from this project for the time being, but i do have more plans for it! I already have a walrus repeated pattern sketch (he's so cute!!) and ideas for other characters. Im also think I could use this pattern for a cushion or necklace design and make a whole collection from it.

Fox pattern

I've had this pattern idea in my head for months now and finally got round to adding it to paper. I was inspired by the painted patterns inside the temples I visited in Thailand and wanted to make a more modern pattern with a cute style. This was the first time I've ever tried to design my own pattern and it wasn't easy! It took me way longer than expected  but I struggled through until I was happy with the design.

I started the designing in my sketchbook, with the idea my final piece would be hand drawn. After going round in circles and not getting anywhere I decided to complete the design in Photoshop and Illustrator. Here is the pattern repeated, very pleased with how this came out :)

I have realised that every design and drawing I have done is really taking a long time to complete. I feel so out of practise and really regretting the fact I haven't done much creatively in the last few years. But, I can change that now..........to more work!