Happy Halloween!

A year passed since I started blogging!  It only seemed like a few days ago...

This year I decided to challenge myself on making a full pattern since I've never done that.  I always get discouraged because I never knew how to go about it.
So I forced myself to go through it this time and I struggled but I had a lot of fun!

I started with traditional media for this one:

Inked on coldpress watercolor paper and water colored in each character.

I actually didn't have a specific pattern in mind when I drew these characters.  I just thought of anything Halloween and just drew them out.

Then I took a photo and erased each background for every character in photoshop

Then the hard part: arranging them on a canvas so they flow nicely as a pattern.  I'm glad I finally made myself do it because it was kinda fun and I'm so happy with the outcome.  I'm sure if I practice enough, I'll get better at it!

A few variations:

I made this one for fun earlier:

This is what I really enjoy about patterns -- That you can take each character and make a whole new pattern with it. :)

Overall, I'm pretty sure I'm going to make an entire portfolio with patterns.  This will be addicting.


I also started a spoonflower account! http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/2537972