Happy 4th of July!!

Happy 4th of July to everyone!!

I took this picture the other day at Rowes Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. Another fantastic iPhone pic!

Pantone's Color of the Year

I had to use Pantone's "Color of the Year",  Tangerine Tango, (LOVE it) in a recent project. I took one of my existing patterns that I had previously done in 7 or 8 colors and made it into a two color design.

The comments from Flickr postings on this one boiled down to "vintage" styling. I used Tangerine Tango with a deep, rich, brown color.

This one uses the same Pantone Tangerine color, with a beige. I think that I like the effect of these two colors together better than the brown. What a difference a color makes, eh?

Oh, and if you want to Pinterest any of my artwork or photography from here, please attach a link to this blog and give me credit. If you don't, I will find you and hurt you ;)

Progressive Sketching

I've been really busy, I've just started Module 2 from "The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design", so not too many recent posts from me!

This is one of the first projects we had to do, kind of a warm-up exercise from our 3 week hiatus.
I took an object from my desk, and sketched, re-sketched, spastically sketched and sketched with my eyes closed to get it to an abstract stage. It was pretty fun. It almost looks like I did tequila shots in between sketches. Lol!

They were round glass pieces in a square vase. After I drew this, it reminded me of an overhead shot of roses in a vase, so I added some color, colors from "Design Seeds".

Sneak Peek Saturday

I'm not sure if I'll have the discipline to do this every week, but I'll try to post a little snippet as to what I'm working on. This week I'm kind of all over the place with projects, but I'm trying to finalize this one, I think I'll call it "Gypsy Soul". Turns out my glasses match it exactly! Lol.

The colors are a tad brighter here than actual because this is a photo from a page that I printed.

Happy Saturday!

Check it out!

Yay me! My design "Boho Carnival" is featured in Rachael Taylor's blog today, as a participant/student in "The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design".

Here's the link!
http://rachaeltaylordesigns.blogspot.com/2012/06/module-1-june-showcase-part-5.html

Happy Friday :))

Thanks for voting for my design!

I just wanted to say a big "thank you" for voting for my Spoonflower contest design. This was my first time entering, and I placed 28th out of 375. Not too shabby, folks! Again, thanks very much for taking the time out of your busy lives to do this :)

Here was my original post about it... 
http://groovity.blogspot.com/2012/06/my-spoonflower-contest-entry.html

My Gigantor Doodle Project

I'm starting a new module (2) of "The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design". A very unusual project was given out that we will be working on for the entire 5 weeks. We have to tack a giant piece of paper or board to the wall, and simply doodle on it for the next month. Kind of like a "walk by doodle-fest". At first I thought it would be a blast, then I sat there last night staring at this giant, blank, white board, with Sharpie in hand. I switched my internet music stream a few times to find SOMETHING to get me going, and I settled on Mozart. More specifically, "Mozart for your Mind".

I'll be posting progress pictures here as I go along.