current observations

Category: design

  • Pattern in progress :: rain

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    I’ve been doing lots of doodling on my iPad and experimenting with transferring those doodles into Illustrator. Once in Illustrator I use the Image Trace and Expand to turn it into a vector. This seems to work well and I’m sure over time I will work out how to reduce the number of anchor points…

  • Working on :: a treasure hunt

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    The instruction from our lecturer was this – ‘Find/glean/imagine/gather/scavenge/ locate/borrow/steal/ download these images as you wish from ANY source’. The images had to number 30 and we were given a list 50 things/objects to choose from e.g. a dog. Then we had to assemble it into a book made from 6 large sheets of glasseine…

  • Simplified WordPress Theme from Crimson Pear

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    Clearly I’m very bad at self-promotion because I haven’t shared this with you yet. This is my latest WordPress theme called ‘Simplified’ and is available for sale on the Crimson Pear web shop and on my Crimson Pear Etsy store. It’s a little change in direction from my previous themes, and it seems to reflect…

  • From the archives :: chandelier pattern

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    I designed this pattern, Chandelier, about 18 months ago when I was going through a thing for chandeliers (I still love them). This is one of the first patterns I made using ColourLovers Seamless Studio and to be honest it was put together without much thought since I was more focused on the technology than…

  • Kuro Premium WordPress theme from Crimson Pear

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    I can’t believe I haven’t shared this with you yet! This is my latest premium WordPress theme from Crimson Pear. It’s called Kuro (means black in Japanese) and the original inspiration came from a ribbon I had seen and wanted to incorporate into a design somehow. I scoured so many image sources for the perfect…

  • Just lauched :: Haberdashery Fun blog

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    I’m so pleased to show you what else I’ve been working on over the last few weeks. This is the blog of Haberdashery Fun and this time I can claim responsibility for the design. Marni is a girl with a passion for sewing combined with the ability to explain how and she has some wonderful…

  • Fabric print sequel and fail

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    So I’ve been working towards some Christmas presents for my 3 best girlfriends. I thought I would make use of the fabric I printed earlier this year if you remember… and make a complimentary fabric that I would print at Spoonflower. Well this is a case of best laid plans and diminishing time frames and…

  • Creating a zine

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    Do you remember way back when I was talking of creating a ‘zine’? I really didn’t know what they were but the brief for this assignment was to create a zine around something you’re interested in that could be used as one is a series. My idea was to create a zine called Surface, that…

  • Finishing up :: a redesign

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    Did you notice? Current Observations has undergone a little facelift. It happens about once a year – the inspiration starts slowly and then bubbles along for a few weeks until I finally give in to the endless stream of ideas in my head and commit something to code. This time around has been a little…

  • Midori Premium WordPress Theme from Crimson Pear

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    I want to share with you my latest theme. It’s called Midori (means green in Japanese) and it was inspired by both this gorgeous photo called ‘love to you all’ by kellijhoskins and also by a barcode. Who knew a barcode could be so inspiring? I created the barcode stripes months ago but I really…