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All articles filed in Surface Pattern Design

Surface pattern design brightens up our lives. It adds art to our everyday surroundings and vibrant design to the objects and interiors we surround ourselves with.

Illustration Surface Pattern DesignWednesday 13 January 2021Wednesday 13 January 2021

Colour and Illustration

Colour – it’s a massive subject. Something that is incredibly beautiful and fundamental to art and illustration. Yet if you start getting into studying it formally, it can get very overwhelming. Complementary colours aren’t colours that sit well together, they’re colours that make each other stand out. Like red and green. Already it’s confusing! From…

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Illustration Surface Pattern Design TeachingFriday 8 January 2021Friday 8 January 2021

It’s all new

New Year The start of a new year immediately makes you look at the past one. It’s not very pretty this year though is it? Personally it was ok for us. Australia hasn’t been hard it by Covid 19 like other countries. But then we were in lockdown for what seemed like an eternity, so…

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Illustration Surface Pattern DesignWednesday 7 October 2020Tuesday 24 November 2020

Mock-up Love

I love creating mock-ups for patterns and prints. Here are some pointers on how to start creating mock-ups

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Children's Books Illustration Surface Pattern DesignWednesday 3 June 2020Thursday 4 June 2020

Black illustration

A blog post celebrating black illustrators and designers

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Craft Illustration Surface Pattern DesignMonday 25 May 2020Monday 25 May 2020

More sewing

Face masks with wire! So life is opening up again and it feels weird and worrying so this weekend I hid behind my sewing machine. That’s not strictly true, we did have drinks with a few friends and of course I ferried the kids around but I did spend a large amount of time sewing…

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Illustration Sketches Surface Pattern DesignSaturday 16 May 2020Saturday 16 May 2020

More and more animals in hats!

Day 40 and counting. 40 days ago I had the ridiculous notion to start The 100 Day Project. As I love creating characters I set myself the challenge to create 100 animals in hats. Why? I don’t really know…it’s fun and we all need more silly nonsense in our lives. I’m contributing to the greater…

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Art Illustration Surface Pattern DesignWednesday 13 May 2020Wednesday 13 May 2020

Getting Help…getting too much help

Karen Erasmus discusses guidance and advice for creative business.

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Illustration Surface Pattern DesignThursday 9 April 2020Thursday 9 April 2020

The 100 Days of Animals in Hats

It’s getting to us all Well of course, like everyone else on the planet, life is just not the same. We’re all working at home now. But it’s going just fine. There’s an endless list of things to be thankful and grateful for of course, and we’re all massively productive in pursuing our fabulous passion…

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Craft Illustration Surface Pattern DesignWednesday 1 April 2020Wednesday 1 April 2020

Getting by at home

Sew-Walk-Draw-Design-Repeat As for most people on planet earth at the moment life has changed dramatically around here during the past two weeks. But we’re lucky, we have space to walk the dogs and for each of us to hide away from each other when we need to. I’ve been enjoying starting some unusual projects. At…

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Children's Books Surface Pattern DesignFriday 20 March 2020Friday 20 March 2020

Flying Elephants from the Past

Many years ago when my parents lived in Australia (and the world wasn’t completely fxxxed…sorry, I’m trying to stay positive!) my daughter drew this marvellous elephant. Mum loved it so much she had it stuck on her laundry wall for ages. I managed to take a photo before it faded and the other day it…

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Hello! Thank you for visiting my website, I hope you enjoy exploring all the images. I am an illustrator. I have enjoyed illustrating books and patterns for many years. I am always on the look out for people and businesses to work with, and I would love to discuss your creative ideas with you. Please click on the picture to find out more.

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