Friday, August 3, 2018

A New Way to Enjoy My Work: Society 6

https://society6.com/redpumpkinstudio




I feel like I'm a little late to this game, but I've finally started a Society 6 account. They do custom art prints on a wide variety of products, everything from prints to wood blocks to laptop sleeves to leggings. I haven't put a wide variety up yet, all patterns I've done that work nicely for things like duvet covers and shower curtains, but I'm planning a few things to create in the next few weeks that will print nicely. Check it out at Society 6.


I'm pretty excited because it's really cool to see designs on large-scale products and know people are enjoying them in their homes. I've bought a shower curtain from a difference artist, which should be here soon and then I can enjoy the same feeling with someone else's work!


They do sales and promotions regularly, so check out the website frequently because there's always a code for discounts at the top.

Thursday, July 19, 2018

Organic Chemisty - Fabric Design



It's crazy how long I've been away from blogging and, to be honest, even creating much. But I'm finally getting back into things and one of the things I am trying to do is fabric designs for Spoonflower's Design Challenges, as a good way to regularly create and practice.


This one is for the "Circles and the New Triangles" challenge, which is a strange name for a topic but opened a lot of possibilities for designs. I did some research and doodling and came up with this geometric design, meant to be made of hexagons and triangles but give the impression of circles (or at least roundness) because of the colouring and pattern. Plus there are little circles connecting all the lines. It took ages to make all the little lines since I was doing them at random, but I really love how the colour turned out on this and am very happy with it overall. I named it after the hexagon pattern and because the randomness of the lines feel more 'organic' than strictly computer-made geometric lines.


Head over to Spoonflower to vote in the contest or buy this pattern (it comes in wallpaper and giftwrap too!).