Party Leopard

Meet "Party Leopard" my newest print-from-a-class-demo artwork:

I didn't think I'd come up with anything exotic this week, I surprised myself!

At the end of class, I took a photo of the classroom's Cintiq monitor and posted it to Instagram, as a joke.
Lo and behold, a Facebook Friend loved it and wanted yardage!
I then had the task of putting it into repeat, because it was an unplanned combination of 3 different repeats.

Here are the elements:
Leopard forms the topmost layer of lavender ground and transparent leopard motifs.
It came from this demo file:

Next are the purple dots, from this file (in class, we all created a dot 1/2 drop from scratch):

And, at the bottom layer, is a lovely print that I've been using to demo Photoshop's Offset Filter.
I call it The Tie Dye Eggs:

I found this dumpster diving at the Otis Fashion Campus in the early 00s,
when they were situated at the Cal Mart in downtown LA.

IT EVEN HAS COLORWAYS!!!!

Recently, while doing a Google Image "tie dye" search, I discovered it online!
Had to "Pin" it! [Alas, the Pin link is not good. Boohoo]

So yes, the Party Leopard can [soon] be found on Spoonflower* if you want yardage.

And Redbubble* for most of the Redbubble things:

* I get a small commission from Spoonflower and Redbubble on purchased items.

Party on, Leopard People!

Did someone say Conga Line? Taking this party to Shelbee's #SpreadTheKindness and Catherine's #SaturdayShare
Catherine introduced me to Redbubble, and I'm forever grateful!

The Lake Plaids

I have a Facebook friend who posts photos of a lake near her home every morning.
It struck me, with a recent shot that was a snowy scene of grey bands, that it would make an interesting plaid.

The same day, I was planning to teach my Digital Surface Design class my method of creating plaids (which normally I make with solid bands of color) and I thought, "Why not add something a bit crazy at the end of the demo?"

So cool, right?

Now every morning, I'm making Lake Plaids!

Maybe I should try it with my own Good Morning shots of Mar Vista?

I think the answer is YES!

#COTDstyle Tuesday Takeover: FUCHSIA and PAISLEY

Mercedes and Andy, of Colors of the Day [or #COTDstyle], invited me to be today's Tuesday Takeover color picker! My directive: pick two colors/patterns, or textures. WooHoo!

I decree today is FUCHSIA and PAISLEY day!

[Scrambles to find fuscia in closet. WHY did I pick Fuscia??????]

The color way that I came up with reminded me of my Pantone Tropical Preppy collection.
I decided to put my muse Cameron in a new outfit and add him to the day's festivities.
(If any gent can pull off a fuchsia paisley ensemble, it's Cameron Silver!)

COTD is a fun group, both on Instagram (deploying the #COTDstyle hashtag) and in a closed group on Facebook (COTD Style). Come join in the fun! And for you Surface Designers, a great way to get quick color/ pattern inspo!