Designer love – Elizabeth Olwen
A review of designer Elizabeth Olwen’s fabulous designs.
5 reasons to design with Procreate
10 reasons to draw with Procreate, useful tips for drawing on the iPad with Procreate.
Don’t give up on your dreams!
Don’t give up on your dreams, realise that limiting beliefs and procrastination hold you back! Stick to your plan.
How to create a simple greeting card mockup
Learn how to use photoshop to create fretting card mockups.
Creating mockups
How to use mockups for pattern designs.
Surface pattern designing
Here is a quick look at my latest pattern build process. I’m currently stalking Bonnie Christine on Skillshare! 😆 Sketches Colour palette Colour motifs Pattern build What’s your process for creating? Share a picture or tell me about it in the comments below! Take care, Michelle
Creating pattern motifs
SKETCH, SKETCH, SKETCH! Draw, doodle, play with lines and shapes. I need to do lots of drawing before I start with a pattern build! Creating 20-30 sketches produces a good size library to choose from. A valuable bit of learning so far in my pattern design journey is to ensure there is a variety of… Continue reading Creating pattern motifs
Creating colour palettes in Illustrator PART 2
How to create colour palettes in Adobe Illustrator when designing surface patterns.
Photography
A brief look at my fine art photography collections. My photography work is often conceptual, with surrealist influences. There is always a narrative woven into each image and a narrative which links a series of images. If you would to find out more about each photographic series, click on the links in the menu. If… Continue reading Photography
