Well, hello. Wow – first post of the year. I know you’ve been wondering where I’ve been. I’ve been here, thinking and contemplating. There’s been so much to contemplate lately. I made these little mushroom motifs because I thought it would be fun to practice my drawing skills in Illustrator after being away from itContinue reading “Monday Mood Board”
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Wednesday Work in Progress
Just working on some little icons and brushes. When I draw in Illustrator, I tend to do it the hard way. I’d much rather use my pencil tool and draw with my mouse. I have a long desk mat, that’s essentially a giant mouse pad. This allows me to continue with a long steady lineContinue reading “Wednesday Work in Progress”
Create a Color Palette With the Mosaic Tool in Illustrator
One of my favorite things to do in Illustrator is to make color palettes, usually from photos I take or photos I access through a site like Unsplash. Using “Create Object Mosaic” makes this an easy and oddly satisfying task. Color is actually a complicated subject and there is a very scietific way to chooseContinue reading “Create a Color Palette With the Mosaic Tool in Illustrator”
A Thoughtful Gift
As a special graduation gift for completing Immersion 23 with Bonnie Christine, all students were gifted the opportunity to create their own personalized notebooks by Denik! What a great way to put all the skills we’ve learned in Adobe Illustrator to the test. As usual, I waited til the last minute to finally get myContinue reading “A Thoughtful Gift”
Happy National Pink Day!
A pretty pink Grammia arge moth, or Arge Tiger Moth, for National Pink Day! Pink is one of my favorite colors though it can easily become one of my least favorites. It really just depends on the shade and how it is applied. I’ve been working on a little collection of months in Illustrator thatContinue reading “Happy National Pink Day!”
Rain or Shine Collection Part 2
An interesting thing happened as I was working on this collection. All the focus was on the whippets (as it should be), but as I pulled the collection apart I discovered I could do some fun things with only a few key patterns from the collection and I think these prints may have more appealContinue reading “Rain or Shine Collection Part 2”
Rain or Shine Collection Part 1
I’m super excited this collection “Rain or Shine” is now available on Spoonflower for purchase! This is a collection that was created with my adventurous whippets in mind. I initially had created many of the motifs for other collections but decided to change them up a bit by using pop art and Memphis design as inspirationContinue reading “Rain or Shine Collection Part 1”
Monday Mood Board
So, continuing from where I left off last week; We have motifs, we have texture and color. Possibly a title. I’ve made quite a lot of progress, though it may not look like it here. Thought I’d show you seven of the colors and a few of the Illustrator doodles I’ve done. Have a greatContinue reading “Monday Mood Board”
Marie Friddle 