Feature Friday - Natalie Alexander

Today I have a real treat for you! Our feature friday designer is Natalie Alexander.

Natalie Alexander is a graphic and surface designer and fellow ABSPD graduate. When I first saw Natalie's work I was instantly drawn to her gorgeous colour palettes, fun florals and delicious use of texture.

Natalie describes her style as contemporary with a raw element, she likes her designs to have a slightly unpolished appearance and really enjoys working with bold colour palettes.

The unpolished, raw feel to Natalie's designs is one of my favourite things about them, they feel so free and passionate but lighthearted and uplifting at the same time.

To find out more visit Natalie's website, or follow her on Twitter or Facebook

Images copyright Natalie Alexander 2013

Let's Fly Blog Hop

Today I am taking part in the fabulous 'Let's Fly' blog hop. More than 50 designers from across the world have come together to celebrate the start of 2013 by creating a mini design collections featuring Pantone Colour of the Year, Emerald, and based on the theme 'flying'.

If you're taking part in the blog hop you will have arrived here from the WONDERFUL Natalie Alexander's blog, isn't her work gorgeous?! If you've landed on my blog and want to take part in the blog hop you can start from the beginning of the hop here or hop back to Natalie's blog and do the whole thing backwards!

I'll take a second to introduce myself; I'm Rosie, a twenty-something graphic design graduate with a passion for both graphic and surface design, and a style that incorporates both these passions. I love to work with colour and texture and combine graphic illustrations and typography to make a real feast for the eyes!

Here is a sneak peek of my working, I was inspired by how a butterfly develops into a beautiful creature and spreads it wings and flies, hand drawing all my motifs and choosing a fresh colour palette featuring Emerald.

So without further ado, I present to you my Emerald Flying inspired designs, hope you like them!

This year I have some big goals for myself; first and foremost, I want to achieve my first licensing deal. Seeing my surface pattern designs on products has always been my dream and this year I hope to make it a reality!

Thanks for visiting, if you want to see more of my work please take a look around my blog or visit my website. You can also follow me on Twitter and Facebook. 

I will now pass you on to the wonderful Tiffany Designs, enjoy the rest of the hop!

Big thanks to Rosie from Believe Creative Studio for curating this wonderful blog hop.

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

I'm back!

I'm back from a super fantastic holiday!

Getting back to routine and beating the jet lag has been hard but it's great taking inspiration from my trip to create new designs! Updates with what I've been up to and new designs coming soon!

Below are a few snapshots from my trip.. there are thousands so choosing just a few was hard!

All images copyright Rosie Simons 2012