Producing

Ive been working with pattern lately and the thing is, there are so many tiny shifts you can make to completely change things up. I woke up this morning with a little extra pep in my step and went straight to the computer my bird cages were left open and they then sparked these. The last two are new for today, im thinking I will make a book of all my patterns.

Fall colors or maybe 70's shag carpet colors?My personal favorite.Its so nice when you can make something so simple and it just works. very simply birds turn into a nice paper or textile pattern.

Geo-abstracted super colorful flowers.

Lions, elephants and giraffes. Looks like it could be gift wrap, this one is still being developed I tend to sketch a lot of quick ideas on the computer and heres one it will be polished later.

Patterns and Peacocks!

Today I had some time to work on personal stuff. I got some advice that I should produce more patterns and surface design so heres my start. Its a fall paper pattern but can easily be turned into something else. When I get bored I sometimes break down organic forms into geometric color blocks and thats where this one came from. Short and sweet a digital doodle that sidetracked me for about 30 minutes.
Saving the best for last, another pattern. I have a pet parakeet and think birds are pretty cool creatures. I also love sports and thats where these little guys came from, im not sure what I will ever use it for but I like it a lot. I think it has a sumer kind of feel to it.

The King

Well being bored and thinking of what to digitally doodle Elvis popped into my head. Im a pretty big Elvis fan and after a while of thinking I became curious where the closest place he played to lawrence was. It turns out on may 21st 1956 he played at the Municipal Auditorium (now TPAC) in Topeka realizing the 44th anniversary of that date is only 10 days away I doodled this in about an hour or two. Please note he was actually billed as "The nations only atomic powered singer."

Alpha-betters!

I know the alphabet market is saturated with all kinds of stuff but this is what I used as motivation to set mine apart. These cards do stand out from the crowd of everyday alphabet stuff. The front of each card has the alphabet letter and an animal. Somewhere inside the animal is where the letter is placed to help with visualization and association, below this is the name and syllable spellings of the animal. On the back of the cards there is the Letter, the background color of the card starts with the letter of the card. So there is a color and an animal for each letter of the alphabet. I also tried to use less common animals and colors then kids see everyday, why not challenge them a little. Lastly yellow is the only color that starts with Y, besides yellow mixtures like yellow-green. So if there is anyone who wants to license these or buy and sell them they are available... at least until I do it myself if I find no other opportunities.