Prince | #illomusicfriday

I’ve been wanting to try my hand at a paisley pattern for some time. I finally decided to go for it with this #illomusicfriday. I’ve got pattern design and illustration all in one! I like the idea of my characters wearing my patterns. Music is by Prince, arranged by AJ in a princely court style.

2017-08-16T22:14:01-05:00June 8th, 2016|#illomusicfriday, Illustration, Illustration Friday, Illustrator, Pattern, Sketchblog, Surface Design|Comments Off on Prince | #illomusicfriday

Patterns again

Hello again, Blog. There I go making patterns again. I really love textile/surface design and want to incorporate more of that into my illustrations and fine art. One of my personal art goals for 2015 is to make a set of patterns. Soo…it’s time to learn how to do this. Today I made a few sketches, then arranged those doodles into this repeating pattern using instructions from a blog I found on pattern-making. It doesn’t feel like anything special, but it was fun and a great start!

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2015-04-09T22:10:13-05:00April 9th, 2015|Pattern, Sketchblog, Sketches, Studies, Surface Design|Comments Off on Patterns again

It’s been a long time

I’ve experienced a lot of change over the last year and a half. The blog has suffered for it, I’m afraid. But in the process of having a baby and moving to a new state, I’ve done a lot of “soul searching,” specifically “art-soul searching,” if one can really separate the two. That’s just it. I’ve found that I can’t separate soul from art, because they feel one in the same. I’ve learned that no matter what comes, I’ve got to do at least little art each day, even if that involves drawing a doodle and writing down a dream I had. By creating small things, I sense a new confidence surging, something that allows me to freely claim, “I am an artist.” It is a part of who I am.

I’ve created a new dream journal (on the right, the one on the left I made a couple of years ago):

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And tonight, I just learned how to craft a pattern in Photoshop! I’ve been interested in pattern design and want to pursue it further. Here’s the first step! And my first experiment:

First Pattern of Awesome

2013-10-03T19:25:55-05:00October 3rd, 2013|Book Arts, Pattern, Sketchblog, Surface Design|4 Comments
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