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.

The Next Step

After I'd done all that work, and more which ended up in the rubbish bin, I started wondering how I could have it printed on to fabric.
That's when I came across Spoonflower.They are in the United States and I'm here in Australia, each of us just sitting behind our computers.
But look at the results, blooming marvelous.

Work done in Gimp 2010

Simple repeats

The birds in my garden

More garden scenes

A New Beginning

I graduated in Fine Arts from Lisbon University in 1975.
This is all new to me as I didn't grow up with computers. In  January 2010 I came across a book online, called Gimp for Textile Design by Frederick L. Chipkin.

I bought it there and then, and after it arrived in the post I just sat at my computer every day and practiced the lessons again and again.
This wonderful book opened a new door for me. I discovered computer generated Art.

This little rooster is my first ever attempt at drawing in Gimp. It is a little bit crude, but then I only had the mouse as a tool.