Building work

Since my last post, lots of things have happened. 

I have been to Bournemouth to see Russell Howard with brother, which was hilarious and great fun. I just wish I had my Nikon camera as the beach was beautiful especially with the waves crashing and the surfers in the distance. However I did get a few pictures with my phone which I might use them for future work.

I also got to catch with my friend N, it was great to see her and her baby bump. I always enjoy seeing her, she makes me smile a lot and a great friend to talk to. I can always rely on her to give a better prospective on things.

As well as this I have been constantly looking for work, I signed up to a few recruitment agencies, so hopefully will get somewhere soon. I hoping to get into the creative industry so I can use my talents and also grow within the industry. I have started another series of designs for my next competition, which very excited about. The brief is right up my street and I feel that I can really show off my talents. I can't wait to show you my designs.

Finally the last thing that is currently happening in my life at the moment is that my home is currently having some building work done. There is lots of noise, mess, dust and furniture everywhere its quite hard work trying to concentrate on applications or designs. So I've been trying to escape as much as I can, taking my dog out for extra long walks and going to Weston Super Mare. Trying out my Nikon camera and developing my skills with it.

Surface design competition 2014

It has been a busy week, but I can now tell you about the competition that I recently entered was for Tiger print.

The Surface design competition was the first of the year, and will be followed by many more.

The brief was to design a pattern that would be used for gift bags, cards, stationary, which included pencils and pencil cases, as well as wrapping paper. I needed to consider the audience my design was for, and where it would fit in the industry today.

So I chose to do some research into upcoming trends for 2014. Where I noticed that flowers were going to be big thing this year. As well as colour which seemed a big influence in upcoming trends and the specified surfaces that my pattern would be applied to.

With my designs I chose to do a modern take of the classic polka dot design that has been used on gift items for many years. My twist was to have the entire surface covered with pattern, instead of the classic block colours. I chose to have a leaf background as it felt it made more sense to have my flowers sit on top of them. As you would imagine them in a natural environment. The 'dots' were represented by my flowers in this classic design. I chose to make them more of an exotic nature as the influences from India have become a prominent feature in fashion, and I found the vibrant colours worked better.

The images above and below are my entry designs that I submitted for the competition, to represent a card format and the surface pattern. Sadly I was not selected to be shortlisted for this competition but I personally did enjoy designing work with a brief again. I found it interesting to work in colour instead of my signature black and white. I sometimes found it difficult to make the patterns flow as well as they usually do. Usually growing as a group but instead it was more independent seeds of designs.

What do you think of the designs? and what do you think of the colours? Any comments will be gratefully received.

New year

It's been a busy new year already, I been looking for work on constant basis. To hopefully boast my funds and get me back to routine.

As well as this I have been looking at competitions and recently just finished one. Which I'm quite excited about. I will talk about as soon as I can. Hopefully it will be good news. However I van already say it has giving me the encouragement I needed to start drawing again.

I've already thought of new designs I want to follow up. Being inspired by many things, and artists. I have some really talented friends and looking at their work always makes me want to do more.

The image I have show is some adorable booties my friend made for her baby, shes expecting soon, but don't you think they would sell well. I'm looking forward to seeing them on the baby and potentially on others. Where me and N have set up a stall with our new work.

So watch this space, there will be designs soon and hopefully lots of good news.

Season Greetings

Its drawing nearer and nearer  to Christmas every day. Luckily I am ready with only a few gifts to wrap.

With the Christmas spirit in full flow with Christmas songs on every radio and in every shop I visit. I can't help but feel in the Christmas spirit.

So I thought I would do some quick designs of Christmas cards I may develop for a future show. I particularly like the card I have shown as it interprets my style in a different way. However I am unsure about the text, but thought I would try this as an example.
I would love some feed back if anyone would like to leave a comment.


I will continue to do designs now and may have a nice collection of new cards for the New year. 

For now I will wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.