I spent the last few days redesigning my notebooks which feature artworks (rather than repeat patterns) on Redbubble. I wasn't very happy with the hardcover journals in particular, I wasted so much time uploading and tweaking the old designs over and over each time with no success, I decided a radical rethink was required for them which would also work for future designs from the off when uploaded. I also wanted the back covers to be more intrinsic to the design, so I made the decision to free the artworks from the frames I had created previously which were an absolute nightmare to line up on the products on Redbubble, and which I found a bit uptight anyway. Luckily I keep all my psd files, so it was possible to simply remake the artwork to spread across the spine and flow. I am now very happy with the hardcover journals - they are a lot of fun made this way! I haven't yet changed the spiral notebooks in all cases, but I'll get there in time; it's the kind of work I really have to be in the mood to do. It occurred to me during the notebooks process that I was able to get artworks onto throw pillows, so I worked a few of those with complementary cushions designed with the brocade border. I visualised a sofa with a coordinated mixture of both.
However, the larger sized documents required for the products began to prove a bit heavy going on my now ageing iPad Air. Procreate constantly crashed, in spite of offloading all other works to storage files got wearisome, so I have only made about three of these artworks available on cushions so far. I do think they look pretty, though, so it is something I will continue during odd moments. I just feel it's time to move onto something else now before I go crazy! Thanks for visiting, see you next time ... Comments are closed.
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Welcome to my illustration and patterns blog.
I illustrate under the pen-name of Binky McKee, McKee being my mother's maiden name. Binky was the name of every single cat my great-grandmother kept - allegedly about 40 of them during her 94 years of life. I changed the website address a few months ago, so some older links on previous posts are broken. If you click one of those and it takes you to a strange page, simply replace the .co.uk after the binkymckee. with weebly.com and it will work again. I hope you enjoy your visit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I keep lots of scrapbooks and sketchbooks where I develop ideas and design little creatures. Here's a peek inside one ...
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As you may know, I am also known as Heather Eliza Walker.
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April 2024
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This time, take a peek into my ceramic design sketchbook. I actually made some of the mugs, but I kind of prefer the drawings! The plate designs are painted on paper plates, a most liberating process.
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These watercolours are from my pattern sketchbook. I used coloured wax crayons to resist the washes of watercolour, also home-made rubber stamps dipped in bleach then printed on crêpe paper - the bleach takes out the paper dyes.
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A sketchbook I used for mark-making with unusual objects - corks, seed-heads, feathers, home-made rubber stamps, my fingers and lots of flicky things ...
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