Thursday, March 30, 2023

Spoonflower x East Fork Challenge

Time for another Spoonflower popularity contest.

For this challenge, we were told to be inspired by the glaze colors of these dishes from East Fork:


I took the actual pottery (and other East Fork items) as my inspiration!

Traced them in Procreate...

Worked some Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop magic, and, voila!
I call it "The Dish Ran Away With the Spoon"

There are 2158 entries in this contest (yikes... it gets worse every time)
  • 03/28/2023: Submissions close at 3pm EDT
  • 03/30/2023: Public voting opens
  • 04/04/2023: Public voting ends at 3pm EDT
  • 04/06/2023: Spoonflower will announce the winner
I wasn't even close. I gave up looking to see how many votes I got. WAY too many entries.

The rules: Artists must use both East Fork glaze colors, Butter (#F4EDBA) and Piglet (#F2DDDD) as the main colors. Additional colors can be incorporated, but we recommend only adding neutrals and keeping it simple with no more than 4 colors total (not including black and white) to ensure your design coordinates well with East Fork products. Honoring the glaze colors is key!

Sunday, March 26, 2023

A to Z Fluevogs Return in April

This year I'll be "Blogging from A to Z" with my annual (going on six years) challenge of drawing Fluevog Shoes and creating repeating patterns with them. Eventually, these designs wind up on Redbubble and Spoonflower.

Link to a spreadsheet with specific links for each shoe 

From Arbus (2017)


to Zewde (2022)
Ready for an exotic shoe adventure?


What the heck IS the A to Z Blogging Challenge? you ask.

The A to Z Challenge is held every April. The challenge is to blog through the alphabet every Monday through Saturday. The “A” theme is blogged on April 1st, “B” April 2nd, etc.
More about the challenge can be found on the official Blogging from A to Z Challenge Blog.
It's a lot of fun! Give it a try!

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