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Turn your Doodles into Cool Fabric Designs

I decided to take a break from home and work to enjoy the neighborhood. Leaving all the books behind I grabbed some scrap paper, my Faber Castell Brush tip artist pens and a circle drafting template. A stroll through the neighborhood lead me straight to the coffee shop and that is where the creativity exploded into full color.

After I finished my beverages and my doodles, I took a look at all the designs, some were great and some were not so great. At home I scanned in the good ones and cleaned up the files in Photoshop. I used Adobe Illustrator to create the patterns. After I was happy with the patterns, I exported the final files and went straight to Spoonflower to upload my designs.

Here are the final results!

Now I just need to order a couple of yards, pull out my sewing machine and make one-of-a-kind gifts for family and friends!

Paintings Inspired by Typography and a Good Book

Have you ever wondered where you get inspiration? What do you do with it? I get creative! Inspiration can come from anywhere, in this case, a good book. I always capture my inspirations on paper first, in my sketch book. I had several key words in mind, along with some imagery I’d imagined from the book.

First, I scanned in my new sketches, to prepare them to use for my paintings. After I saved the scans, I placed them in Illustrator, and chose a font closest to my drawings, kerned and set it at various point sizes.

Next, I printed the words on repositionable label material. I cut out each word with an X-acto to make a stencils. I placed each typographical element on the canvas. When I was happy with the layout I pulled out my acrylic paints.

Always start with your sketch book before you go to the computer and you will appreciate Typography, Design, and Art. In case your wanted to know, the paintings were inspired by Enders Game, and the font I chose was Anonymous Pro.