Slow & Steady

Finished the drawings for a new pattern. Working on the color as we speak.

Mini Notebooks

Here are a couple of photos of some mini sketchbooks a few weeks ago.

From The Depths

As of late I have been making a lot of different things, but of course I get so excited that I start a new project before posting about the one I just finished. I guess I shall begin at the most recent project and work my way back. I just finished this new (and rather tedious) pattern. My hand will be cramped up for the next few days, but it's completely worth it.

Happy Birthday to Me :)

Today's my birthday and i spent it making a cool drawstring back pack. I used a bit of the two yards that I ordered of the Open UP pattern I created. I got really into it, so there aren't any process photos. I will be making more bags though. Very excited.

You Can Dream

I was craving those orange Popsicles with the vanilla ice cream in the middle (i know them as Dreamsicles...but i could have just made that up), which then turned into a new pattern..I never did satisfy my craving. Oh well...maybe next time.

(^random scribbles..trying to figure things out. Couldn't get this picture to stay rotated for anything. Ugh.^)

(^finished drawing on the right^)

Fabric Fun

A few weeks ago I ordered fat quarter fabric samples of my two most recent pattern designs (which i uploaded to Spoonflower.com). They came in this past week and I'm soooo happy with how they printed. The colors look great!

^Open Up! fabric sample^

^Gone Fishing sample^

^Gone Fishing close up^

Open Up! (vote for this pattern in the Imaginary Animals spoonflower contest)

Just finished a new pattern it started off as a random doodle on a long drive to Rochester, Ny.

^first few drawings in my sketchbook^

^beginnings of the final drawing^

After i drew the main piece, i scanned it in, split it up in photoshop, printed it out, and then drew some more to fill in the middle.

^Here is a small square of the finished pattern :)^

I posted this pattern in this week's spoonflower contest for imaginary animals...vote for me!
The pattern is called Open Up by call_me_chartreuse.
(they should be posted today or tomorrow).

Gone Fishing

I've been obsessed with drawing fish lately...which spilled over into a new pattern.

^close up before color^

^color version^

^white on black version with a few slight color changes^

Hello

Just finished another pattern. It started as a doodle and I liked it so much that I turned it into a bigger drawing.

^Here it is in progress^

^close up^

^The finished main square^

After I finished the main square I split it up in photoshop, printed it out, and filled in the remaining parts to make it repeat seamlessly. Then I scanned it in again and lined up that part to the main square.

It wasn't looking right with full blown color so I decided just to color the lines.

New Pattern

Doughnuts!!

Here's a new promotional piece i'm working on. even if doughnuts aren't good for you in large quantities, they sure are a lot of fun to paint!

pattern part 2

Here's another pattern I created...gotta love pattern:) I want to look into getting some of my patterns printed on fabric. That would be sooooooo AWESOME!

pattern

I completely forgot to post a pattern I created a few weeks ago. I heart it with my life. It's inspired by my honey jar self-portrait (my profile picture). I LOVE HONEY...not so much bees, just honey.

I love pattern

This past Monday during the personal viewpoints class we all got to watch Jessica work on her daily drop cap while we made our own. How awesome is that!? The letter of the day was "R." I started out doing a bunch of small sketches and came up with this one. I love drawing curly cues. I also had to do an end page pattern for the Wizard of Oz cover I created... I really love how it came out. I've always wanted to get into patterns, but i've never known how to go about it. It's surprisingly really easy. I just needed to dive int it.