It's nice to look at this part of my work again! It's been quite a while … The reason for revisiting pattern design is another contest, the
Minted "Fabric Frenzy" challenge. Minted is looking for a wide range of
designs for homedecor (both kids and adult) and kid's clothing.
I'll
be featuring a small selection of my submissions here in this blogpost.
If you'd like to see all of them, feel free to look at my
"Voting now!" page, I've listed everything over there (18 patterns in the whole).
Like always with Minted competitions, the selection of designs goes by public votes or by editor picks. So if you
see something you like, please just quickly click on
the image! That'll lead you
directly to my submissions on the Minted page. Thank you so much! Voting
is extended until Monday, October 2! (Please note: If you are
not a Minted customer already, you'd need to set up an account on Minted
to be able to vote.)
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| "Ocean Garden" |
As I love anything that has to do with the sea, and especially the
amazing beauty of underwater flora and fauna, designing these two
patterns was very much my cup of tea. Both pattern were done for
homedecor. "Ocean Garden" above is a handpainted watercolour pattern, whereas
the elements of "Ocean life" below were done with papercuts. Both patterns
would work especially well in maritime/ beach house style homes.
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| "Ocean Life" |
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| "Soul Food" |
My "Soul Food" pattern inspired by all kinds of root vegetables is pretty much mixed media: papercut, monotype printing and crayon textures are all in the mix, and finally I edited everything digitally. A fab pattern for for the kitchen or for table linens.
And here's some designs for children!
The first design up features a classic, the fairytale of "Little Red
Riding Hood". I had lots of fun drawing the characters and all the lush
nature elements. This pattern is aimed mainly at children's homedecor, but would work for kid's clothing as well.
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| "Submarines Ahoy!" |
Same goes for the two boy's patterns above, they work for kid's home
decor as well as for kid's apparel. Both are quirky and handdrawn and
had lots of fun doing them. I especially like my busy little submarine rescue boats, I hope kids will love them too!
That's my selection for today. To see more of my patterns, please hop over to my
"Voting now" page!
To see all of the submissions to this compettition (4541!),
click here!