In honor of National Cookie Day, a color palette taken from a photo of Macarons picked up at a small shop in Paris.
Read MoreDay One Designing a New Collection of Prints and Patterns for Baby Boy Nursery Bedding
After a day working on my new print collection I thought I'd share what my Adobe Illustrator workspace looks like. This one is going to be a collection of fabrics for a baby boy's nursery with a desert theme. I started by researching Navajo textile traditions.
Read MoreIn Honor of National Mutt Day, a Color Palette Inspired by Mao Mao
In honor of National Mutt Day I created a color palette inspired by the world's all-time best mutt, Mao Mao.
Read MoreShadows in the Sand Color Palette
A color palette taken from a photo of sand and a stick in Joshua Tree, California,
Read MoreIt's Raining!!! and that made me want to create a new color palette
A palette derived from a photo taken of my front yard during the first rainfall in months.
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A Simple, Graphic Christmas Tree Pattern
A new pattern celebrating the holidays with a Christmas Tree pattern in traditional Christmas colors red, green and gold.
Read MoreColor Palette Inspired by a Pilosocereus Azureus Cactus
Thinking about a new collection of prints around a desert theme I snapped a photo of this cactus while out walking. I googled images to see what the name of the cactus is, and hopefully I picked the correct one (though I'm confident I can count on quickly being corrected on social media if I'm not!) I love all the subtle pink, purple and orange tones, but that will have to go into a different palette. This one needs to be predominantly neutral colors with a bit of green for accent.
Color Tricks the Eye
One motif is colored using the same palette in six different ways which create strikingly different effects.
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