My first coloring book is nearly ready...YAY! It's taken longer than I thought to create it. Right now I'm working on the cover and back cover. Below is a neato video that I made in Photoshop of my color progression on one of the design pages. [wpvideo ZNno4kFb]...
Inking!
I've been so busy lately....Inking! Well, not really inking, but it feels like it when you draw on a Wacom Cintiq. Below is a sample of one of my coloring book pages. I'm going to publish it in an 8 1/2 x 11 size book. As you can imagine, it's taking a long time to...
Advent Challenge 2014-Part 4
Part 4 of my Advent Challenge! Here are the first sixteen! I've been posting these on Instagram. I LOVE Instagram! Find me by clicking HERE. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Advent Challenge 2014-Part 2
I've kind of forgotten to keep up with my Advent blog postings! I'll post a few illustrations every day, because it's almost Christmas! Yikes, where did the year go? Here are 8 days in block format. I think they look really cool together! any ideas what I can do with...
Coloring Books?
I've had lots of people tell me that I should make coloring books. Coloring books for adults. Last weekend I had lunch with my longtime friends Louise and her husband, Bruce. Bruce has been really successful doing this, and he shared some tips. They pretty much...
Skully!
A few years ago I entered a contest for a scarf design. The theme was "Skulls". I'm really not into skulls and any kind of "dark" theme, but I always have loved those Sugar Skulls from the Mexican Dia de los Muertos tradition. I ended up being one of the winners! Yay!...
Where did Summer go? Part 3
The last of my summer school projects from The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design was by far my favorite! Intricate Chaos! Stylesight/WGSN trend agency provided the trend reports that we used as inspiration for our designs. I did a lot of drawings for this...
Folky~Dokey
Just wanted to give you a peek into what I'm working on now for Modern Yardage. Well, ONE of the things that I'm working on now, hehe! This collection is called "Folky-Dokey". Below are the colorways for the main pattern, "Boho". I usually make the first pattern in...
Pin-Hop goes LIVE!
Hello! I would like to invite you to an exciting PIN-HOP! What’s that, you ask? Let me explain it to you! Recently my fabulous design group got together and discussed how to keep the idea of a blog hop, but make it easier and quicker to find your favorite designers....