Collections

This is the latest thing I've learned from Spoonflower.
How to design and organize my patterns into Collections.

Ditsy Prints

Ditsy prints are by definition tiny patterns scattered randomly.
Spoonflower run a contest for ditsy prints titled Ditsy Sea Creatures.
I entered this pattern of Ditsy Fish.

Ditsy Fish

I didn't win, but got some very nice comments. Since I started entering some of their contests, more and more people have started looking at my work on the Spoonflower website.
Sadly I still don't know how to interact with those people using social media like twitter or facebook.
I guess I'll have to learn.

Beautiful fabrics

My fabric samples from Spoonflower have arrived.
They are beautifully printed, but one of the designs just doesn't have the right background colour.
I have had a bit of trouble with reds and pinks. What I see on my computer screen does not print the same.
I'm learning how to overcome that problem, but Roman is going to try and match the computer colours to the printed ones.
Overall the results are fantastic.

Fantastic results

More Inkscape Work 2011

I've put my 2011 Christmas card pattern in repeat, and ordered a fabric sample from Spoonflower.

Silvereye and Grevillea Robyn Gordon

I love putting patterns in repeat. It can be hard and fiddly but it is very exciting.

A tiled drawing and in repeat

And another one

I've also ordered these as fabric samples. Stay tuned for when they arrive.

Bitmap and Vector

Gimp is a bitmap program and Inkscape is a vector program.One is about pixels and the other is about mathematical formulae.
For someone who didn't grow up with computers as I've said before, computer language very often seems like gobbledegook.
To make matters worse, English is not my first language.
It took me ages to understand what it all meant and how to use it.
So, thanks to Roman who taught me, here is my first vector drawing.

Maleleuca Nesophyla and New Holland Honey Eater

I have ordered a fabric sample from Spoonflower, but it hasn't arrived yet.

Work done in Gimp 2011

Pretty Blue

I have used "Pretty Blue" as the background to this Blog.

Woman and Peacocks

A design for a cushion cover

Pigeons

I've entered this design in a Spoonflower contest. I didn't win, but got some very nice comments.

Christmas Cards

In 2010 I designed my first Christmas card in Gimp, a bitmap program.

Boobook and Hakea Laurina

This year 2011 I've learned how to use Inkscape, a vector program.

Silvereye and Grevillea Robyn Gordon

For both cards I've used the plants and birds in my garden as my models.
Merry Christmas everybody.