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Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Seamless Texture Repeat
Photoshop Tutorial Create a Seamless Texture RepeatHow to create a seamless textured background. I often create a textured background for my patterns, but just like the repeat of the motifs, the textured background also needs to repeat. Just have a look at these two...
Enrich your Creativity with these tools I believe you’ll love
Do you feel like sometimes you’re going around in circles and not able to focus on something that is going to build your creative practice?
So for me, it’s all about checklists and having tools in place that can help me to focus more on art and less on the business and admin side of my business.
So I want to share with you 8 of my favourite tools that I use, both in my creative practice and my business practice.
Surface Pattern Designers: Are you creating Canvases in Procreate that are big enough?
The ultimate guide to creating the correct canvas size in Procreate for Surface Pattern Designer, ensuring you don’t have to go back and re-work your pattern.
Are you ready to stand out as an artist?
New Course Announcement Are you ready to stand out as an artist? Learn how to develop your signature style in just 2 weeks!Are you ready to stand out as an artist? Learn how to develop your signature style in just 2 weeks! Learn my secrets to developing your style and...
ArtWork Summit: Creative Productivity Unlocked. December 5–11
December 5–11I'm super excited and honoured to be a part of this year's ArtWork: Creative Productivity Unlocked interview series. I used to struggle to find the balance between creativity and productivity, especially at the beginning of my illustration career. I...
Create a Seamless Repeat in Procreate
Create a Seamless Pattern in Procreate Are you new to Procreate and wondered how to make repeating patterns? It’s actually way simpler than you might think. In the video below I will show you the simplest method for creating seamless patterns using Procreate on the...
Create a Half Drop Repeat in Photoshop
What Makes a Good Pattern A good pattern design will have a repeat that isn’t immediately noticeable. It should be hidden amongst the motifs to allow the eye to follow the flow of the pattern, rather than be jolted by an obvious repeat. So with that, I believe the...
BEWARE: Magic fairies, hungry bears, fire-breathing dragons, and warrior princesses inside.
I'm super honoured to have won Red Paper Kite's Illustrator's competition for November 2020. The brief was to illustrate their signature catchphrase … BEWARE Magic fairies, hungry bears, fire-breathing dragons, and warrior princesses inside. One day I was out on a...
Winner Children’s Category – 2020 International Rubery Book Award
I’m super excited to share the news that A Home for Luna has won the Children’s category in the 2020 International Rubery Book Award. Here’s what they had to say about A Home for Luna, written by Stef Gemmil and published by New Frontier Publishing.