Year of Eccentricity.

Ok so 2011 wasn't the best year for me.. had a lot of "stuff" to contend with (don't we all), but it's a New Year now and i have an amazing future ahead... i mean... i have so much to be positive about:

1. i have been blessed with a fabulous and stable relationship with an amazing guy.
2. i have a supportive and extremely talented family, whom i love dearly.
3. i have assessed all of my friendships and acquaintances and filtered out the negative influences
4. i am sitting in the worlds comfiest position with a large cup of tea ( minus a packet of biscuits though)
   
5. and i have finally stopped dwelling on what has been... and have successfully started focusing my mind on the things to come...
   

so yes.. one of my new habits will be to update my blog every day (if not every other day)with illustrations, thoughts, my motivations and inspirations.With hope that it helps me to get into a routine of designing something; no matter how big or small, every day.

Ultimately my intention is to make the important people in my life proud, and hope to finally quit my current erroneous retail job.... i want to feel the conviction in my heart and the passion running through my veins... something that only raw design will make me feel. So stay around, i hope you have a good look at the stuff i have done in the past... and i dare you to check up on what i get up to in the future... i promise there will be something in there for you.

this is the competition... this photo doesn't show the size or scale of the whole exhibition, but gives an insight into what to expect... lots of people, lots of great work, and lots of opportunities.

New Designers 2011

I am lucky to be one of the selected graduates to attend this event, I'm extremely excited.

pattern detail of "medical" motif

pattern detail for the "mechanical" motif

*BRAND NEW!* motif design range

black with white or is it white with black~?

and she will be called Lauren.

a cheeky update...

I am so pleased I managed to get some of the women's "digital" range of t-shirts screen printed today.

I chose very muted colours, as monochrome suits the style of the motifs. I feel that these samples were successful, so now I can start to build up the range of the limited edition designs.

I have been working on the other two themes for the motifs, mechanical and medical, they are taking longer to develop than the digital design, but I put that down to practice and knowledge of the drawing subject.

I like to learn my subject, like a visual language, I practice drawing each component so many times that i can start to draw from memory accurately to form complex designs and surface patterns.

I am so excited to see what they all look like together, when they are all complete.

*photos to follow*

A range of digitally printed satin cushions...

sample motif idea for digital range of prints

hand drawn in black fine liner.