What 30 days of daily pattern making has taught me
Thirty days ago, I started a challenge to create one pattern a day for 100 days. At the time, the goal was fairly simple. I wanted to stop overthinking. I’d spent plenty of time learning, watching tutorials, collecting inspiration, creating motifs and moving things around in Illustrator. What I hadn’t done was build a substantial…
Day 21: trees, texture and a detour through prehistory
One of the unexpected benefits of this challenge is that it has made me pay closer attention to the world around me. I’m fortunate to have a beautiful garden outside my apartment window. Over the past few weeks, I’ve found myself looking at it differently—not just as scenery, but as a source of ideas. There’s…
Sometimes you just need a kick up the bum
There’s nothing quite like the possibility of redundancy to make you get off your bum and get moving. A couple of weeks ago, we were facing a restructure at work. I was fairly sure I’d be ok, but there was still that little voice in the back of my mind asking, “What if?” I was…
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