I decided to create my own patterns after reading an article about textile design in the current issue of Uppercase magazine. One of my favourite is Cloud 9 Fabrics. Their collections of fabrics are so wonderful!
This pattern is my first trial of making a pattern in Illustrator. It turned out to be not too bad! Hopefully I can come up with a series, or something I can sell on Spoonflower or Bon Bon Kakku.
❋ If you would like the pattern file for Illustrator, let me know!
Pattern lovers, attention please!
I’ve created a new page called wallpapers, where you can download wallpapers for your desktop! I’m hoping to create them on a regular basis, say monthly, so you can renew your desktop frequently. The calendar expires in a month anyways! Unless I put all 12 months on the same wallpaper…haha.
Please note that the wallpapers are for personal use only. I created them using the patterns from a book I bought: Repro Depot Pattern Book by Djerba Goldfinger. If you like to create your own, you can get one as well. It’s gonna be fun!
Random Art
I was going to use my recently designed pattern to print some cards, but I accidentally set the paper orientation in the wrong direction, ending up with the design cropped.
Oh well, I thought, at least I could make it into a smaller, square card. But it just doesn’t look that nice anymore…
And then, I remember seeing some collages of patterns and photographs somewhere. Maybe I could try that too! So I found a photograph I took in Paris 2 years ago, did some photoshopping and printed it on top of the pattern, intentionally in the same way that I printed the pattern.
And…voilà! Just like when I first saw the photos developed from my toy cameras, I was quite surprised that the result turned out to be great! I absolutely love this kind of “accidental beauty!”
Next time I gotta make this bigger and hang it on my wall :D