Micah shared some good points about my last post. And even though my instinct was to start over, I really need to stick with them until I"m happy with them. They did feel a bit like a cheap plaid. So I've simplified:

Here is a link to some incredible surface pattern designs that I have bookmarked for inspiration. My favorites are the illustrative ones. Not exactly my mother's quilt fabric. http://abduzeedo.com/10-great-surface-pattern-designers The surface patterns I'm posting would probably be best for the children's market, but like all of my surface designs so far, I don't have a specific end ...

Originally this octopus was the 'O' in my ABCreatures which was going to be a Kindle book for kids in black and white. I was going for a murky underwater look. I didn't get the book done, so this past week I finished up the color for several of the creatures and turned them into ...

I am on the home stretch with this first batch of wine label templates. There are 3 here that I don't mind too much. The final deliverable to the end user will be a Word document printed on their own printer, so there's only so much I can do. ; )  Most of the others ...

  So to be honest, I did this a couple of weeks ago, but it has a bike in it, so I thought I'd post it since it is very recent. It's a blog header for a good friend of mine who blogs about her travel adventures and other stories. It was super fun, probably because ...

Here are 2 bicycle themed images for the March challenge.

Happy Monday Everyone! I am working on a new set of surface patterns. This one started with a line drawing I did that was inspired by a self-portrait I did and what you see is just the hair. I liked the way it looked similar to the back of a person's head or a head without ...

Last week I submitted a wine glass pattern and a juice glass pattern. I wanted to keep going while they are still fun, so I did a tea cup pattern. This one needs a bit more work as the opacity of a cup doesn't lend itself to light shining through glass the way I thought ...

Hi Everyone! I'm glad I could join the coop. I'm an artist/designer in Seattle and am always on the lookout for honest critique and suggestions. I've been a graphic designer for 18 years and do mostly print and a little web. I've worked for boutiques, ad agencies, marketing firms and a national laboratory. In 2007 I ...