Doodle envelope

Sometimes I just really feel like scribbling away.. I'm working on a very hand drawn collection right now and have been drawing the motifs directly onto the computer using my wacom. So last night I did something rather backwards.. I drew the motifs I had been drawing on the screen, onto paper! A yummy brown paper envelope to be exact, and I was so amazed with the result!

I love the way the sketchy black lines look on the striped brown paper! I'm going to try and work this into a design somehow. It's amazing how something so simple can be so satisfying!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2012

Creative Fluidity

Yesterday I was struggling with creative block working on a current brief. I decided to have a rest from the project and doodle a with my Wacom tablet.

I found it very relaxing to draw fluidly and within an hour produced a motif, repeat tile and mocked up the design as wallpaper. It felt great to achieve something in such a short time and it is a really adaptable pattern so can be used at different scales and in different colours for different products.

It also helped me to get back into my creative flow and go back to the project I was struggling with with more ideas and flow.

Below is a little sneak peek of the design, more to come soon!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2012

Creating fabric from drawings

Yesterday I found this wonderful Spoonflower blog tutorial by Anda Corrie and it looked fabulous so today I decided I would give it a go and I am so pleased with the result!

The step by step instructions show you how to create hand drawn patterns using a black marker and some crayons (or other colouring instruments, I used Promarkers) and then turn them into clear images to upload to Spoonflower to print as fabric!

I had two goes, it's such a satisfying process and I love how they have turned out! You can see the designs in my Spoonflower shop, I'm planning to order some so they will hopefully be for sale in the not too distant future!

Layered sketch doodle

Layered sketch floral