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| Silly Squid ©2015 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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| Silly Squid + Cephalopods ©2015 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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| Aspergillus Fumigatus ©2015 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
Showing posts with label spoonflower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spoonflower. Show all posts
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Silly Squid + Cephalopods
My first design entry in a few months after moving from Florida celebrates these fascinating undersea creatures. Cephalopods are the classification that includes the squid, nautilus, octopus and cuttlefish!
This week Spoonflower asked designer to create a pattern using microorganisms. This is my artistic interpretation of the fungi that causes an eye infection! Weird, but true!!
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
It's in my purse!
'You can tell a lot about a person by what's in their purse.' Spoonflower's prompt this week was to create a pattern using the items in your purse!
I don't know what story is told by the items in my purse, but here it is! Of course artistic license has been applied here with the artwork on the items like the notebook, makeup bag, phone case and purse. (I drew the items with the artwork that I wish I had!)
Voting will open Thursday, July 9th, 2015 and continue until Thursday, July 16th, 2015. VOTE HERE!
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| It's in my purse! ©2015 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
I don't know what story is told by the items in my purse, but here it is! Of course artistic license has been applied here with the artwork on the items like the notebook, makeup bag, phone case and purse. (I drew the items with the artwork that I wish I had!)
Voting will open Thursday, July 9th, 2015 and continue until Thursday, July 16th, 2015. VOTE HERE!
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Llama Llove!
Spoonflower's prompt this week… Llama's!
"It's time to travel to the South American Andes mountains to show your llama love! Give a go at creating a lovable llama themed design."
This pattern started like all of my designs with research on the prompt. I loved the pictures on Pinterest of the Peruvian Llama Glama. The people there adorn their pets with pompom's and decorative blankets and thought it would be fun to use some of their bright colors in this design.
Next came the drawings… I drew lots of llama's, pompom's, flowers, birds and cacti on my iPad, then imported them into photoshop. I developed the icons using my color palette and put together a repeat. Ta Dah!!
Voting will open Thursday, July 2nd, 2015. Vote Here!
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| 'Llama Llove' ©2015 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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| 'Llama Llove' repeat |
This pattern started like all of my designs with research on the prompt. I loved the pictures on Pinterest of the Peruvian Llama Glama. The people there adorn their pets with pompom's and decorative blankets and thought it would be fun to use some of their bright colors in this design.
Next came the drawings… I drew lots of llama's, pompom's, flowers, birds and cacti on my iPad, then imported them into photoshop. I developed the icons using my color palette and put together a repeat. Ta Dah!!
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Beach Brigade... Sandcastles for Spoonflower!
Sandcastles are the theme this week…
Voting will open Thursday, June 4th, 2015. Vote HERE!
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| 'Beach Brigade' ©2015 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Suzani by the Sea!
Coral, mint, black and white...
Spoonflower's challenge this week was to create a design using all four colors in this restricted palette,
no less, no more. The only restriction was the color, the design concept this week was left wide open, so I chose to make a Suzani* type print.
I had drawn hundreds of these elements for MATS 4A this fall and was looking for a way to make a design for Spoonflower using my sketches, so I opened my sketches in Photoshop and added my new palette. Then built my layered elements into designed motifs and created my pattern.
(*Suzani is an embroidered and decorative tribal textile made in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries. Popular design motifs can include the sun, flowers, leaves, vines and an occasional bird or two.)
Voting opens on Thursday, March 5th and continues until Thursday, March 12th, 2015. Click Here To Vote!
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| 'Suzani by the Sea' ©2015 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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I had drawn hundreds of these elements for MATS 4A this fall and was looking for a way to make a design for Spoonflower using my sketches, so I opened my sketches in Photoshop and added my new palette. Then built my layered elements into designed motifs and created my pattern.
(*Suzani is an embroidered and decorative tribal textile made in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries. Popular design motifs can include the sun, flowers, leaves, vines and an occasional bird or two.)
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Groundhog Day!
The Spoonflower Design Challenge of the week is a celebration of Punxsutawney Phil as he prepares for his moment in the sun (or not)!
Groundhogs are such funny little animals, and they were fun to draw. I started with some research online, mostly photos, to understand the details and of these creatures. They have smallish ears, finger-like hands that are darker than their coarse fur and their tails are smaller than a beaver. (I took creative license with the top hats and bow ties.) I drew my groundhogs in the Adobe Ideas App on my iPad and then opened it in Photoshop where I chose my color palette and assembled my characters. When the icons were 'built' I copied and pasted them into a new file for my Spoonflower pattern. I added the flowers and veggies at this stage as well as the background texture, vines and hand drawn type!
Happy Groundhog Day on February 2nd!!
Voting will open on Thursday, January 22nd. Please Vote!
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| Groundhog Day. ©2015 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
Groundhogs are such funny little animals, and they were fun to draw. I started with some research online, mostly photos, to understand the details and of these creatures. They have smallish ears, finger-like hands that are darker than their coarse fur and their tails are smaller than a beaver. (I took creative license with the top hats and bow ties.) I drew my groundhogs in the Adobe Ideas App on my iPad and then opened it in Photoshop where I chose my color palette and assembled my characters. When the icons were 'built' I copied and pasted them into a new file for my Spoonflower pattern. I added the flowers and veggies at this stage as well as the background texture, vines and hand drawn type!
Happy Groundhog Day on February 2nd!!
Voting will open on Thursday, January 22nd. Please Vote!
Friday, January 2, 2015
Under the Sea 1-2-3... Counting for Spoonflower!
Happy New Year!
The first design post of the new year is all about celebrating Mathematics!
I toyed with trying to use my daughter's calculus homework as a base for a typographical solution to this week's challenge, but then I started drawing. Picture books for counting came to mind and I decided to change gears and go with an under the sea theme.
I drew tons of sea creatures and numbers in my sketchbook and took pictures of them with my iPad. I opened the pictures in the Adobe Ideas app on my iPad and drew better versions of my illustrations to import into photoshop (where I assembled my icons in color.)
My favorite part of this process is adding simple details to each and every icon. The textures, shapes and colors bring each character to life and give them a personality! The last step is the hardest part for me… the repeat. Putting my artwork into a technical repeat is my nemesis and I vow to master it in 2015!
Voting started on Wednesday, December 31st and continues until January 8th, 2015! Please Vote!
2015 Goals…
With one design now completed for 2015 I'm hoping to continue with at least 3 designs per month using the Spoonflower prompts as well as Lilla Rogers Assignment Bootcamp projects. I'm setting goals to finish my website and submit my art to some new companies to build my business. Let's just see what happens, the worst they can say is no. Wish me luck!
Happy New Year!
The first design post of the new year is all about celebrating Mathematics!
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| Under the Sea 1-2-3! ©2015 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
I drew tons of sea creatures and numbers in my sketchbook and took pictures of them with my iPad. I opened the pictures in the Adobe Ideas app on my iPad and drew better versions of my illustrations to import into photoshop (where I assembled my icons in color.)
My favorite part of this process is adding simple details to each and every icon. The textures, shapes and colors bring each character to life and give them a personality! The last step is the hardest part for me… the repeat. Putting my artwork into a technical repeat is my nemesis and I vow to master it in 2015!
Voting started on Wednesday, December 31st and continues until January 8th, 2015! Please Vote!
2015 Goals…
With one design now completed for 2015 I'm hoping to continue with at least 3 designs per month using the Spoonflower prompts as well as Lilla Rogers Assignment Bootcamp projects. I'm setting goals to finish my website and submit my art to some new companies to build my business. Let's just see what happens, the worst they can say is no. Wish me luck!
Happy New Year!
Sunday, December 28, 2014
The Nutcracker for Spoonflower!
Tchaikovsky's most famous ballet was overdue for its own fabric contest so Spoonflower asked it's designers to create a fabric inspired by The Nutcracker for last week's challenge!
Voting will close on December 30th, 2014. Happy New Year! Vote Here!
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| A Nutcracker Christmas! © 2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
Voting will close on December 30th, 2014. Happy New Year! Vote Here!
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Gingerbread Village Toile!
The design theme this week… 'Create a toile de Jouy - style fabric design using a single color on the theme of winter.'
The first part of my research was to look up the definition of Toile de Jouy. These fabrics are described as a 'repeated pattern of a complex pastoral scene', usually printed in red, black or blue.
The concept for this design came from my daughters. They spent an evening with their friends decorating gingerbread houses over Thanksgiving break from university and I used their creations as my inspiration.
I researched and drew sketches of gingerbread houses, trees, deer, etc. When I had my rough sketches I took a picture of them with my iPad and opened them in the Adobe Ideas app and drew cleaner versions of my sketches in black and white. I opened the PDF in Photoshop where I 'built' my icons in layers and in color. I know there has to be an easier way to do this but I like the hand drawn look that I get from doing it this way.
This design required loads of details in order to give it the traditional Toile feel. Details like the roof tiles, icicles, trees, fences, the deer and their blankets, window details, the bicycle, sleigh and the two fancy ladies, took a lot of extra time. I think I spent about 25+ hours from start to finish on this print!
Previews will be sized as quarter yards (21" x 18"). Voting starts today, December 11th, 2014 and continues until December 18th. Please Vote!!
The first part of my research was to look up the definition of Toile de Jouy. These fabrics are described as a 'repeated pattern of a complex pastoral scene', usually printed in red, black or blue.
The concept for this design came from my daughters. They spent an evening with their friends decorating gingerbread houses over Thanksgiving break from university and I used their creations as my inspiration.
I researched and drew sketches of gingerbread houses, trees, deer, etc. When I had my rough sketches I took a picture of them with my iPad and opened them in the Adobe Ideas app and drew cleaner versions of my sketches in black and white. I opened the PDF in Photoshop where I 'built' my icons in layers and in color. I know there has to be an easier way to do this but I like the hand drawn look that I get from doing it this way.
This design required loads of details in order to give it the traditional Toile feel. Details like the roof tiles, icicles, trees, fences, the deer and their blankets, window details, the bicycle, sleigh and the two fancy ladies, took a lot of extra time. I think I spent about 25+ hours from start to finish on this print!
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| Gingerbread Village Toile! ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
Previews will be sized as quarter yards (21" x 18"). Voting starts today, December 11th, 2014 and continues until December 18th. Please Vote!!
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Kittens in mittens
Spoonflower's design this week is cat-themed, again.
I'm more of a dog person myself, but here it is…
'Kittens in Mittens' is the theme provided so I put my kittens in mittens on skates then put them on a pond in a forrest. I don't know, where would you put them?
Voting starts on Thursday, December 4th, 2014. Please Vote!
I'm more of a dog person myself, but here it is…
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| Kittens in mittens on ice! ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. |
'Kittens in Mittens' is the theme provided so I put my kittens in mittens on skates then put them on a pond in a forrest. I don't know, where would you put them?
Voting starts on Thursday, December 4th, 2014. Please Vote!
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Marching Band for Spoonflower!
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| Marching Band for Spoonflower! ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
I started this design as I normally would, with research on the internet and Pinterest. The most interesting bits that I found were vintage ads for band uniform catalogues. I took note of the details on the vintage uniforms and decided to incorporate them into my design. I wanted to use certain instruments associated with a marching band and drew them and my marchers in my usual loose fashion on my iPad.
Next, I opened the Adobe Ideas file in Photoshop and chose my color palette. Most of the band images online were using the same theme of red and black uniforms, so I chose a palette that was a little different. The blue and yellow worked well together and the green was a natural for the background.
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| ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
I wanted the colors of the marchers to reflect a real marching band, so diversity was important. I built the characters in Photoshop and then placed each one in proper marching position on a new 4.5x10.5" file, the idea is to set up for a 1/2 brick layout. I added my green in the background and a dot texture for interest. Finally adding the notes to help with the overall pattern design!
Preview on the 1/2 brick pattern is a quarter yards (21" x 18"). Voting starts on Thursday, September 11th, 2014. Please Vote!
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Getting Buggy for Spoonflower!
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| 'Buggy' ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
Just a simple design last week… I took the week off to take our eldest to college in Boston and this is what I came up with on the road. Beatles, ladybugs and roaches inked with a spot of watercolor! All done on my iPad using the Waterlogue and Adobe Ideas Apps!!
Now available as fabric, wallpaper and gift wrap at Spoonflower.com!
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| 'Buggy' ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Herbs for Spoonflower!
This week on Spoonflower... Herbs!
Concept…
The idea for this design came from looking at Pinterest and all of the illustrated recipes that I admire on my food illustration board. I wanted to try one. Seeing as it was herb week I thought a nice Caprese Salad would be fun. A Caprese Salad consists of buffalo mozzarella, fresh tomato and fresh basil. I thought I would add a few other herbs as well seeing as it is herb week… rosemary, thyme + parsley. A loaf of fresh bread, olives and olive oil were also added to complete the menu! Once I had the concept together I started on the execution of the design.
Execution…
I tend to go at these designs in the same way.
1. I start with reference material, looking at herbs and tomatoes and bottles etc.
2. Sketch the items in my moleskin sketchbook.
3. Photograph my rough sketches with my iPad.
4. Open the photos in my Adobe Ideas App and do cleaner sketches over the roughs. (With my finger). This app allows you to draw freeform vector illustrations virtually anywhere!
5. Send the clean drawings to my desktop computer and open them in Photoshop. (I put them in 'the cloud'.)
6. Choose a color palette and color the drawings in layers.
7. Open a new file in the size that I want my final pattern to be and build layers of colors to make my images.
8. Burn and dodge to add depth if needed.
9. Adjust the individual images to make a good composition for a repeat pattern.
I don't know if this is the right way to do this, but it works for me. I like drawing by hand and this method allows me to keep a hand drawn look to my illustrations.
Voting started on Thursday, July 24th, 2014. Vote here!
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| Herb's Herbs! ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
The idea for this design came from looking at Pinterest and all of the illustrated recipes that I admire on my food illustration board. I wanted to try one. Seeing as it was herb week I thought a nice Caprese Salad would be fun. A Caprese Salad consists of buffalo mozzarella, fresh tomato and fresh basil. I thought I would add a few other herbs as well seeing as it is herb week… rosemary, thyme + parsley. A loaf of fresh bread, olives and olive oil were also added to complete the menu! Once I had the concept together I started on the execution of the design.
Execution…
I tend to go at these designs in the same way.
1. I start with reference material, looking at herbs and tomatoes and bottles etc.
2. Sketch the items in my moleskin sketchbook.
3. Photograph my rough sketches with my iPad.
4. Open the photos in my Adobe Ideas App and do cleaner sketches over the roughs. (With my finger). This app allows you to draw freeform vector illustrations virtually anywhere!
5. Send the clean drawings to my desktop computer and open them in Photoshop. (I put them in 'the cloud'.)
6. Choose a color palette and color the drawings in layers.
7. Open a new file in the size that I want my final pattern to be and build layers of colors to make my images.
8. Burn and dodge to add depth if needed.
9. Adjust the individual images to make a good composition for a repeat pattern.
I don't know if this is the right way to do this, but it works for me. I like drawing by hand and this method allows me to keep a hand drawn look to my illustrations.
Voting started on Thursday, July 24th, 2014. Vote here!
Friday, July 11, 2014
A Rhino for Spoonflower!
This week, I've created a fabric design that celebrates rhinos!
My inspiration for this assignment comes from these photo's that I took at our local zoo… Lion Country Safari. It is a drive through zoo so you can get up-close and personal with the animals in their own environment. The rhino area is large and they have many white rhino's of all different sizes including some of the babies pictured here.
More about the Rhino's from the Lion Country Safari website…
"White Rhinoceros are located in Hwange National Park which is a famous reserve located in western Zimbabwe.
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| 'Rhino + Friends' ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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| 'Rhino + Friends' (1/2 brick repeat) ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
My inspiration for this assignment comes from these photo's that I took at our local zoo… Lion Country Safari. It is a drive through zoo so you can get up-close and personal with the animals in their own environment. The rhino area is large and they have many white rhino's of all different sizes including some of the babies pictured here.
The Design… Started with sketches of my inspiration photo's on my iPad (Adobe Ideas App). My family was on vacation and I did all of my sketches this week while on or waiting for airplanes. When I got home I opened the illustrations in Photoshop and colored and arranged the elements into a simple layout. The 1/2 brick repeat is sized as a fat quarter (21" x 18"). Voting began on Thursday, July 10th, 2014. Vote Here!
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| Mature White Rhino. |
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| Rhino baby! |
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| Baby White Rhino. |
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| Sleepy |
"White Rhinoceros are located in Hwange National Park which is a famous reserve located in western Zimbabwe.
Friday, June 6, 2014
'Tiki Surf Club' for Spoonflower!
This week at Spoonflower… Surf's up!
'School is out, summer has begun, and it's time to head to the beach.'
What better way to spend the day than catching waves on your surf board?
The design…
The concept for this assignment was in my head for days. I knew that I wanted my surf design to include Hawaiian tiki's, surf boards, and sharks combined with some kind of type treatment. I researched hawaiian patterns, Samoan tattoo design, Hawaiian art, flowers, patterns and even Ngatu (Tongan) art. After researching I drew basic outlines of surfboards, sharks, fish, paddles, a canoe and some tiki carvings on my iPad in my AdobeIdeas App. Then separately drew details like the hibiscus flower, leaf, the turtle and some traditional Ngatu symbols used in their art. The designs were opened in Photoshop where they were colored and layered to assemble the individual elements. When the images were complete I lined them all up to be the same height added the type 'Tiki Surf Club', then repeated the design in a 1/2 brick layout!
All designs submitted were required to use the restricted palette and designed to fit a fat quarter (21" x 18"). Voting started Thursday, June 5th, 2014, and continues until Thursday morning June 12th, 2014! Please vote!
'School is out, summer has begun, and it's time to head to the beach.'
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| 'Tiki Surf Club' ©Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
The design…
The concept for this assignment was in my head for days. I knew that I wanted my surf design to include Hawaiian tiki's, surf boards, and sharks combined with some kind of type treatment. I researched hawaiian patterns, Samoan tattoo design, Hawaiian art, flowers, patterns and even Ngatu (Tongan) art. After researching I drew basic outlines of surfboards, sharks, fish, paddles, a canoe and some tiki carvings on my iPad in my AdobeIdeas App. Then separately drew details like the hibiscus flower, leaf, the turtle and some traditional Ngatu symbols used in their art. The designs were opened in Photoshop where they were colored and layered to assemble the individual elements. When the images were complete I lined them all up to be the same height added the type 'Tiki Surf Club', then repeated the design in a 1/2 brick layout!
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Crayon Monsters + Mosquitos for Spoonflower!
Spoonflower went 'old school' and asked their designers to dust off the crayons for this week's contest, 'create a monster design using crayons!'
This design was done by sketching many monsters in pencil. When I had creatures that I liked I drew them with crayons. I couldn't get the color intensity needed to use as a fabric design so I remembered an old trick from elementary school… color over a hot surface.
Sister Madeline Carrabino was my art teacher from At. Augustines School from 1st grade until 8th grade. She was amazing. She did incredible things with crayons, but my favorite was when she would iron our paper and then have us draw on it when the paper was still warm. It was beautiful the way the colors would intensify, merge and smell. So I did as I learned from Sr. Madeline and ironed my paper first then drew with crayons over the warm paper until the crayon had a smooth and more solid appearance. Next I scanned all of my monsters and the mosquitos and made an appealing pattern in Photoshop. I adjusted the color levels to bring the intensity up a bit more, then made a background design. I like the paper that kids use to practice their spelling homework, so I drew straight lines in blue and red to mimic that look. Last I added the type in a bubble using the 'Monstro' font. Done. Ta DaH!!
Previews are viewed as a quarter yard (21" x 18"). Voting starts on Thursday, May 15th, 2014, and continues until Thursday morning, May 22, 2014!
Please Vote!!
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| 'Monsters + Mosquitos' (crayon) ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
This design was done by sketching many monsters in pencil. When I had creatures that I liked I drew them with crayons. I couldn't get the color intensity needed to use as a fabric design so I remembered an old trick from elementary school… color over a hot surface.
Sister Madeline Carrabino was my art teacher from At. Augustines School from 1st grade until 8th grade. She was amazing. She did incredible things with crayons, but my favorite was when she would iron our paper and then have us draw on it when the paper was still warm. It was beautiful the way the colors would intensify, merge and smell. So I did as I learned from Sr. Madeline and ironed my paper first then drew with crayons over the warm paper until the crayon had a smooth and more solid appearance. Next I scanned all of my monsters and the mosquitos and made an appealing pattern in Photoshop. I adjusted the color levels to bring the intensity up a bit more, then made a background design. I like the paper that kids use to practice their spelling homework, so I drew straight lines in blue and red to mimic that look. Last I added the type in a bubble using the 'Monstro' font. Done. Ta DaH!!
Previews are viewed as a quarter yard (21" x 18"). Voting starts on Thursday, May 15th, 2014, and continues until Thursday morning, May 22, 2014!
Please Vote!!
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
The Earth Day 'Everyday' Tote
The Earth Day 'cut & sew' bag...
Spoonflower started their challenge this week with this statement… 'Did you know that the United States alone uses approximately 100 billion new plastic bags every single year?'
To honor Earth Day 2014, Spoonflower asked their army of artists to create a cut & sew pattern for a reusable shopping bag.
The first decision that I made was to pick the fabric that I wanted to use. Fabric strength for a bag is important so I chose Heavy Cotton Twill fabric. My 1-yard pattern is 58" x 36".
Next, I wanted to design a large useful bag, one that I would use when my girls and I go to the farmers market on Sunday. I like the hobo style and first designed an outline of the shape that I wanted to use, then copied it and pasted it on my 58" x 36" Photoshop file.
The fabric design is a simple pattern taken from my india ink paintings of dots and pine branch bits that were scanned and manipulated in Photoshop. The 'thin plus' pattern was designed in the same way.
The layout of the logo was designed and placed, and finally the directions for assembling the bag.
I can't wait to get my sample pattern for this one, I will post the process and final bag here when it arrives!!
Voting starts on Thursday, April 17th, 2014. Please Vote!
Spoonflower started their challenge this week with this statement… 'Did you know that the United States alone uses approximately 100 billion new plastic bags every single year?'
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| The Earth Day 'Everyday' Tote ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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| thin plus (deep sea) ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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| dotty dot natural (deep sea) ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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| dotty dot natural (lt. aqua, deep sea + leaf) ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
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| thin plus (guacamole) ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
The first decision that I made was to pick the fabric that I wanted to use. Fabric strength for a bag is important so I chose Heavy Cotton Twill fabric. My 1-yard pattern is 58" x 36".
Next, I wanted to design a large useful bag, one that I would use when my girls and I go to the farmers market on Sunday. I like the hobo style and first designed an outline of the shape that I wanted to use, then copied it and pasted it on my 58" x 36" Photoshop file.
The fabric design is a simple pattern taken from my india ink paintings of dots and pine branch bits that were scanned and manipulated in Photoshop. The 'thin plus' pattern was designed in the same way.
The layout of the logo was designed and placed, and finally the directions for assembling the bag.
I can't wait to get my sample pattern for this one, I will post the process and final bag here when it arrives!!
Voting starts on Thursday, April 17th, 2014. Please Vote!
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Whales!
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| 'Baby Beluga's Birthday' ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. All Rights Reserved. |
This week in the Spoonflower design contest… whales!
The restricted palette this week helped to determine the direction of this assignment. The colors felt like a baby palette, so I kept that in mind when I drew my whales.
I researched the subject matter and looked for references and then drew a ton of whales and other sea creatures. I had in mind that my whales would be white (baby Beluga, Moby Dick, etc.) and I would use the blue to be the background. The tan color was to give detail in the pattern background (the seaweed/coral shapes), and I wanted to use the dusty pink color as a pop element (the octopus and starfish). I chose to eliminate the bright pink because it didn't go with the feeling of the other colors provided.
The restricted palette this week helped to determine the direction of this assignment. The colors felt like a baby palette, so I kept that in mind when I drew my whales.
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I drew elements in my sketchbook and on my iPad in the Adobe Ideas App, and opened the images in Photoshop. I colored and arranged the elements into a pattern of whales. Added the octopus characters, then the wave shapes, anchors, seaweed and the starfish. Finally, I added the party hats and birthday cake.
All designs submitted had to use this restricted palette (21" x 18"). Voting starts on Thursday, April 3rd, 2014, and continues until Thursday, April 10th, 2014. Please Vote!
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
'Wellies and Umbrellies' for Spoonflower!
April showers bring May flowers! This week's challenge was to design a fabric to celebrate the trusty rubber boot!
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| 'Wellies and Umbrellies' ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs. |
This concept came easy to me this week. I live in beautiful south Florida and am surrounded by amazing birds year round. I am constantly photographing, drawing and watching birds. (I took the photo's below).
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| Two sandhill cranes - backyard |
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| An egret with rosette spoonbills - local pond |
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| Flamingo - Palm Beach Zoo |
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| Ibis - pond |
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| rainy season rainbow - backyard |
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| Egret - backyard photo |
I decided to incorporate the boots and birds with rain and some fun umbrellas. I was excited to use some of my sketches from my iPad's Adobe Ideas App. I drew some wellies, umbrellas, rain, clouds, flowers and accessories for my characters like the bathing cap, glasses, and hats to give them personality.
When the drawings were done I imported them Photoshop on my main computer and assembled them with color and pattern in layers, almost like a collage. When my characters were complete I made a repeat of the rain and clouds and added my characters!
Previews will be sized as a fat quarter (21" x 18"). Voting starts Thursday, March 27th, 2014 and continues until Thursday, April 4th, 2014. Please vote!
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
'Bedtime Magic' at Spoonflower!
Spoonflower's design challenge this week is all about bedtime! The routines we go through to put the little ones to bed are full of 'ritual, song, story, special objects and spaces'.
When our girls were little they loved the reading portion of their bedtime routine the best. We started with picture books then moved onto 'The Big Red Kite', and other Berenstain Bear books.
'Arthur' books by Mark Brown were huge and as they got a little older my husband read the 'Kit' books to them from American Girl.
I always thought this time with the girls was magical. Good stories could take you wherever you wanted to go.
My first thought on a design for this theme was of magic carpets, so I went with it. I started like I usually do, by researching online and in catalogues. Checked out the kids beds and bedding and started drawing. I wanted to put a bed on a magic carpet and include side tables, and accesories needed for bedtime like lamps, drinks of water or milk, slippers and a pet. I know bedtime stories didn't happen without our black lab Midnight by the bed.
Most drawings were done in my sketchbook and on my iPad and opened in photoshop where I layered the images in the color palette that was required. I designed 3 bed vignettes and thought that they worked best in a half drop layout. When the pattern was complete I added the slippers, books and animals to complete the warm bedtime feel. The stars and moon shapes were added to finish the pattern repeat!
All designs submitted had to use the restricted 'bedtime' palette, and previews were shown at half quarter size (21" x 18"). Deadline for entry was March 4th, 2014.
Voting starts on Thursday, March 6th 2014 and will go through Thursday, March 13th 2014. Please vote!
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| 'Bedtime Magic' ©2014 Patty Rybolt Designs |
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| Stan & Jan Berenstain! |
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| Mark Brown! |
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| American Girl - Kit! |
Most drawings were done in my sketchbook and on my iPad and opened in photoshop where I layered the images in the color palette that was required. I designed 3 bed vignettes and thought that they worked best in a half drop layout. When the pattern was complete I added the slippers, books and animals to complete the warm bedtime feel. The stars and moon shapes were added to finish the pattern repeat!
All designs submitted had to use the restricted 'bedtime' palette, and previews were shown at half quarter size (21" x 18"). Deadline for entry was March 4th, 2014.
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| Spoonflower's restricted palette for the bedtime challenge. |
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