I have a subscription to the very cool
Adobe Creative Cloud. For $50/month you get access to the entire suite of Adobe tools. I'm in love with Illustrator, Photoshop, and Ideas (an iPad app).
I have loads of ideas for surface pattern designs. I really love this sketch and would love to turn the idea of this into designs.
I'm experimenting with using Ideas to create the bones of the design. When I first started experimenting with design, I would draw on paper and scan the images in as a .jpg, then use Illustrator to Image Trace and take each image apart line by line. I found I used all pieces of the image, the outline, the insides and they created a consistent pattern style for me. My goal now is to become totally digital. I'm always go to love paper, pen, and pencils. I want to start with a detailed design on paper like the above. That way I can draw freely.
Now, to create a surface pattern design that I could use for fabric or house wares, I'm creating the components of the above design and will use the pieces to build a collection for a final design.
I started calling this a "Cherry Blossom" collection and did a typo and called it "Cheery Blossom." I rather liked it, so this has become the Cheery Blossom collection. Here are the sketches so far:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvL3vdnGd2CwLOiDsW4tQzRw5b1DiW7NDaF0vqQcz9rh2y2lBBKFcFJLWSuxhu6TNLG66IDiB9iKBC80nvVzkubicGnuFfilI4wDd3THP9Gdbbx2xo3PJ6jbCnfJ-ntUiF3H9DWTiVQtpW/s320/cheery+blossom+1.jpg) |
Cheery Blossom 1 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8c4-6z8OvSDI_XJB74uSm9BD278_hzI6qfTY2YEdIbgnr4CZ0gRzPMjULiqFc8aKQG25X8zoAZnLjOXGIrgPN_f1RhHmxPeZO9v688_SvihIHYGR3J05f3gnxoMxoezPcqNYcRdb2A2Y/s320/cheery+blossom+2.jpg) |
Cheery Blossom 2 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1lncd5njkYC0bSAca1RSBhZxoJ57j6QTgLk_yYpLXIkDJ2hGC4LgBAIq4Z100b-sTu6Lh6gW-kNNOWjVORPW9g6JB_X5EeyOLLdyhqIUO2bSCMQueih4WeJbjYp4Nc7QB4zr9874f2cP/s320/cheery+blossom+3.jpg) |
Cheery Blossom 3 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlfQavv4LNtvlH2LCCxXbzSBA8kQVKOhX8YSPV3SlR57EQcd7QjObbGyb67byY6VHMAylipEto3hsWSqLxoWgway7Pg-duSDq5VVR0lwxF1foMswnBDfngtv-0tTFFxk_0h5melQv4W7B/s320/cheery+blossom+4.jpg) |
Cheery Blossom 4 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0KkZGmthKFNR0SjcNfbWsRG2efCyp_lPQkntmFPGBPMsaQAymh8qFMq58O5I4wqN6io7oh8aDuxHKzLKOpZ7WZQ4aogswYq-02SOOyZR2vGDP7S6dxXyFd_V_oo9SIFRUqWYLMSBBPB-/s320/cheery+buds.jpg) |
Cheery Buds |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrfyqadPHzif37dXTJhLw35CmUT4vLaQDAMqybQfzRGajm0ige8o2nmdPInkR76n0CxhnpM2m4dKcS-6bdsgvi1cN-ILg3cNE5to_FeN7MZS56QKce5zAJk0vzYf4tROIzL7U2GDjzlbP/s320/cheery+grass.jpg) |
Cheery Grass Blades |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJyu8aH3VErcUGT4SClzFr-RIAUMH8rg5miFvxCFY1wf4FOkC4KUH21RJBp086u1arivfhhbk9N3VvD3wmrOK-2GfUtwrf5IaRJlzuIpt_DtyOIZ3TwSFenny2LoMYgzyPYg15ZlG6BVn/s320/cheery+leaves.jpg) |
Cheery Leaves |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUG5BIyO2GnAYfOmenYKt8tSss0u0ce18nmxwXxV0lq1nu51eIWQqOZAAJJ5kyE-_O0tbWCGEcISjZ4-4WERO_q12v-fiDG_C02TTBYq4x-YUPD8drSTAdiBAfE69lXuZ_dQXRMG4lDjXX/s320/cheery+vines.jpg) |
Cheery Branches |
This looks so much fun and I can see how your designs can just grow and grow!
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Thanks, Kristin! I'm having fun playing with the tools and taking sketches and doing patterns with them. It's fun to play and see where this path leads.
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