So....I've decided to participate in The Advent Challenge 2014, organized by Faye Brown of Faye Brown Designs. I wasn't sure if I could keep up with it, but I decided to try. And it turns out I'm having such a fun time creating these daily holiday illustrations! First...
Yep, I'm participating in yet another course. Make Art that Sells. I took Part A last year. This year is Part B. Last year Part A was wonderfully draining and exhausting. I did so much great work in 5 weeks! And I met some really fabulous people along the way that...
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!...
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...
I am really trying to be more consistent as a blogger. And I thought, what better way to do this...post pictures (in a somewhat organized manner) that I love. Right! Well, I already have a Pinterest category called "My Visual Nirvana", so I thought I would possibly do...
Really nice of Patternbank to have our little "Pin-Hop" story on their blog yesterday. What a wonderful surprise! Check it out by clicking HERE. My design group, which is made up of people from all over the world, participated in this Pin Hop. What's a Pin Hop, you...
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....
826 "Followers" on Pinterest..and counting! Not sure if you've noticed the little Pinterest icon on the right column of my blog...but if you want, join me on Pinterest! I usually Pin things each day, I love using it as a digital folder to collect creative ideas that...
Over 4000 Pins, and 500 followers, I'm still "hooked" on using Pinterest! Follow me at http://pinterest.com/groovity/ Pinterest page for Mary Tanana/Groovity I really do love Pinterest. Last year I moved cross-country after over 10 years in the same house. That had...