06/10/21 | Digital Illustration, Surface Pattern Design
Another pattern sitting quietly on its own in my files. Be free, little pattern! This one is called ‘Seashore’ and is full of NZ shells, with a lovely green quartz backdrop. Shells you might find on NZ beaches are the Ostrich Foot shell, Cook’s turban, Paper...
29/09/21 | Digital Illustration, Surface Pattern Design
Here’s a recent standalone pattern I created – ‘Wander’. I’ve been wandering lately. Unsure of my path and also not having the time to invest in exploring. But even if we don’t know where we are going, at least we’re going somewhere! I...
29/07/21 | Digital Illustration, Pattern Collections, Surface Pattern Design
It’s been a while since I created a new pattern collection… this one is inspired by native forest lore and the guardians of the forest’s life principle, or mauri, which took the form of lizards and geckos. I think it’s a great match for a linen...
09/04/21 | Digital Illustration, Surface Pattern Design
The final prompt for my second 3×3 challenge was ‘Winter Woods’. I couldn’t create anything remotely passable for this until sketching the little squirrel on skis. I think it would make cute Christmas...
31/03/21 | Digital Illustration, Pattern Collections, Surface Pattern Design
This is a new collection called Bee-Lines. I had fun creating aimless marks and seeing where it took me. It reminded me of squadrons of bees in motion, or if you want to get philosophical about it, the busywork of our boxed-in, human lives. Head down, bum up, with...
27/03/21 | Digital Illustration, Pattern Collections, Surface Pattern Design
This was my take on the 3×3 challenge prompt, ‘Folksy Florals’. I love the look of both Mexican Otomi prints and Polish Wycinanki paper art and tried to create a bit of a mashup between the two with extinct animals as a theme. The third pattern uses...
