Tropical Fusion Bloghop

On Saturday I will be taking part in a bloghop with a group of super talented designers. We have all created designs for a "tropical fusion" theme featuring Pantone Colour of the Year, Radiant Orchid, so hop back here on Saturday to see the designs and escape this winter weather for a few minutes!

Colour of the Year 2014 - Radiant Orchid

It's official! Pantone's Colour of the Year 2014 is.. Radiant Orchid.

What do you think? I really adore this colour! To me it's the perfect blend of pink and purple and is energetic but calming at the same time, I really can't wait to work it into some designs!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Colour of the Year 2014

As 2013 draws to a close we start to look at the colour of the year for 2014.. I've loved Emerald Green this year and am excited to see what Pantone choose for next years colour. The infographic below shows what some creatives think it will be and why.. what do you think it will be?

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

Hello 2013!

Hello everyone! Happy New Year! I hope 2013 has been good to you all so far..

Sorry for the lack of posting recently, I can now assure you I am back and intend for 2013 to be the best year yet!

I must say I am really enjoying the fresh feeling of a new year.. after a lovely break I am feeling ready to get back to work and set goals for the year, in my freshly cleaned and tidied study.. ahh.

There is so much to share, inspiration from my recent trips, new designs, exciting features and collaborations, great new featured designers on Fridays and more!

2013 is already looking like it's going to be a great year, I love Pantone's Colour of the year - Emerald

Talking of colour of the year Emerald, this Thursday I am taking part in a worldwide Surface Pattern Design Bloghop inspired by and using Pantone of the year, Emerald! There are more than 50 designers taking part and it's going to be a fantastic event, so don't forget to come back on Thursday and check out my post! You can reach the start of the bloghop at 14:00 GMT Thursday (9:00 EST)

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013 // Bloghop flyer by Believe Creative Studio // Bloghop logo by MaJoBV