Newest Design Challenge Entry

Theme: "Bauhaus Movement"

at Spoonflower:

bauhaus goes electric

on a Roostery product:

And the source photo:  

Animals of the Ocean

Here's the "before and after" for my weekly design challenge entry to Spoonflower. This weeks theme is "Animals of the Ocean." This design is meant for young people to learn counting, color, and shapes. For the fish, I tried to use all basic shapes (except for some linear details) and only primary and secondary colors with a little white and grey.  Each fish type is grouped in a number from 1 to 12. There is also a subtle background of "sea plants." I think this may be my best entry yet. 😊

Completed Design

Fish for Counting, Shapes & Colors

Source Images

I made a few rough sketches. Here's one. (Please note: The "clown fish" was what is known by artists as a "happy accident.")

Fabric Design Challenge (Designs 31-40)

31. Lilypads

32. Starry Elegance

33. Simple Rotation

34. Sea

35. Intricate Hearts 2

36. Simple Oblongs

37. Crazy Mixed Up Oblongs

38. Thoughtful Birds

39. Field of Flowers 1

40. Field of Flowers 2

Fabric Design Challenge (Designs 21-30)

21. Darling Cupcake

22. Dotty

23. Squares

24. Alien Spacecraft

25. Meadow

26. Tree

27. Swirly Sky

28. Intricate Heart

29. Ras El Hanout Colored Sun Tiles

30. Silly Stripe

Weekly Design Challenge Before and After

My entry for the Animals By Land design challenge at Spoonflower:

Gallery of Animals and Plants by lalaLaMonique

For this design I used several old drawings of mine of whimsical creatures. Some are shown below. I also used two watercolor backgrounds - one for the whole piece and the second just under some of the animals and plants. 

Design Contest Before and After

This is my entry for this week's Spoonflower (Fabric) Design Challenge with a picture of the original drawing I used as my guide. 

(By the way, my tentative plan at this point is to post my work on weekends and use the 5 weekdays to post tutorials/ideas/projects for others to try as well as inspiration for living a creative life.) 

"thoughtful birds"

original drawing