For the last few months, I spend most—if not all—of my creative time finessing seamless repeating patterns. When I finish one up, all I see is digital proof of my vast limitations, but that just makes me make the next one better, I suppose.
Here’s a batch of Holiday-themed patterns. When I make some half-drops I’m satisfied with, they’ll make these look like a pile of puke!
These, or variations, are all on my Spoonflower page (under “designs not for sale.” Spoonflower is essentially vanity publishing, and I gotta save up my allowance to pay for the next batch of samples to upgrade to For Sale.)
This is an alternate version of my most recent holiday design. I think it’s better light and white, but this one’s for the vision-impaired.
This was my entry in the Spoonflower Fair Isle competition. Traditional Fair Isle patterns only have two colors per line. I was working with those parameters while trying for a sense of “thick wool.”
Earlier attempt at a puppy.
This was also entered in a Spoonflower competition, “Holidays Around the World.” Since there’d probably be so many Christmas-themed entries, I wanted to go with something a little non-denominational.
I should probably pick up a pencil and see if I still have the ability to write my name, much less a straight line. It’s been a while. Happy Holidays!