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.

My neighbor Totoro inspired prints

Just for fun I designed some simple Totoro cards to screen print. I love how they turned out! I have a few for sale in my Etsy and Folksy shop....... I may have to keep one for myself.

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

Halloween print

Sample halloween fabric designed by me, which can be bought from spoonflower.com.

Halloween card design from red bubble which came out really well, very happy with them both!

Illustration challenge

Things have been a bit quiet just lately for me, I've been struggling with being productive and as a result it's making me feel very down in the dumps! But the last few day's I'm beginning to pull back to my normal self and realising I'll never get anywhere with sulking. So..... I've set myself a challenge to get more work done and enjoy the process again.

Other projects I'm working on at the moment are Halloween ideas. I'm designing some characters at the moment and have plans for screenprinted plush, cards and cushions! 

I'm also attending a Comic convention in a few weeks so I'm in the process of making a costume. I'll be going as Astrid from how to train your dragon! This is the first time I've been to a convention whole dressed up so I'm really looking forward to it.