Ohh Deer Competition

The lovely people over at OHH DEER are running a competition to design some new Pillows (see Below for more information):

Here are my two entries, I created two contrasting designs, one less suitable for the competition than the other, but I wanted to add my own style to the design: 

Tigerprint Designer Spotlight

So excited to be featured today over at Tigerprint, on their designer spotlight.

Thank you ever so much :-)

Tigerprint Open Day

Okay, So I have been an admirer of the company Tigerprint since early 2009, when my course at University were set a live brief to create a collection of Mothers day or Valentines cards. Looking back, I'm slightly aghast as to how bad they were, but at the time, they were amazing to me.

Regardless of not winning the brief, I have been entering their online competitions regularly since then, and came top 10 on one occasion (Whoop).

They receive requests for work placements so regularly, its slightly overwhelming to see, so I have never taken it upon myself to apply, family and health aside, it was an opportunity I would have loved to take.

Well now I have!!

A few weeks back, while browsing their site (nothing unusual there), I came across an open call for applications to attend an open day. Excitedly I checked out the details to find a mere 10 places would be available. Thats a lot of submissions for so few places.

Just to see the inside of the company, whose morals lie on allowing quality take over quantity and speed, it would be unbelievable. So I thought why not? I'm in a position now where looking for the right career is within my grasp, and where better than the one company I have admired afar for years.

Here are some of the submissions I sent in to them:

Retro Toys Collection

Rain Collection

Valentines Collection

Christmas Collection

Tigerprint Carousel

Last week I found out via Twitter that Tigerprint were accepting designs to be shown on their homepage on a 'carousel'. I took the opportunity for some free publicity and got to work straight away.

You can see my design, alongside many other beautiful designs from my fellow ABSPD mod 2 friends.

here it is:

ABSPD Showcase and Magazine

The end of Module 2 of 'The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design' has come. Once again, I have absorbed an amazing amount of information, and become overwhelmed with the amazing work of   my fellow course mates. You guys are amazing, thank you for allowing me to share in your Journey.

The course is having a Showcase to share with the world a snippet of what we have created during the course, its always fantastic so see my work amongst that of other inspiring people. Another reason to be thankful to Rachael and Beth.

Rachael is also starting an online Magazine, based around the SPD course, featuring past and present students and lots of other exciting information that I dare no share just yet. so Shhhhh!

Here is the collection that I Submitted for both the Showcase and the Magazine.

Greeting card Collection

I have actually sent 12 designs to the printers to be made into Greeting Cards, its Crazy!!

I'm rather excited, and I'm not even sure they will sell, but I'm excited regardless.

:-)

Greeting Card Range

Good morning,

 

This is a short, but sweet post, to showcase a range of Greeting Cards that I will be launching shortly. They will be blank inside, and suitable for many occasions. 

This is my first venture under J.L.W Illustration, so I hope it is a success.

If they sell well, I will be creating a male range within the next month or two. 

****** EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT ******

So Today I found out some amazing information, that could potentially change my life (potentially).

Last month I submitted 6 designs to be considered for a new book called Patternbase . I never dreamed of being chosen, because such a thing doesn't happen to the little people, right?

Wrong!

2 of my designs were selected, alongside several other of my Surface PatternD classmates, Dawn Clarkson, MajoBV, @KathrynPledger, just to name but a few.

A massive thank you goes out to @rachtdesign and Beth at dowhatyoulove for bringing the book submission to our attention, and to Kristie for selecting 2 of my designs.

I look forward to purchasing a copy of the book in the near future.

Blog Feature

Its always nice to see my word showcased anywhere, and today I discovered I was featured over at 'Do What You Love'  a few days back.

Many thanks to Beth and Rachael. x 

Trends and Forcasting

This week and last week we have been looking into and practicing 'Trend Forcasting'. This has opened my eyes massively. Prior to the small amount of insight that I have received, I tended not to follow any trend in-particular. I just drew what I wanted, when I wanted using the colours I wanted (mainly Pinks).

Here's a snippet of some Trend Forcasting that I have attempted over the last week or so:

Modern Chic S/S 2013

1950's Forcasting for S/S 2013

Design Concepts and Product Placements

Print and Pattern Feature

Today I am pleased to let you all know, that I have been showcased on the amazing Print and Pattern blog. *insert girly scream*

I scour through Print and Pattern daily, its my 'go to' blog on a morning. With a cuppa in one hand, browsing the daily posts and reading past blogs, its one of my guilty pleasures. So this means a lot to me.

Many thanks

ABSPD Mod 2 - Thrown in at the deep end!

So I'm back on The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design course (module 2), and after several weeks away from the classroom, I feel like I've been thrown right back into the water, feet first, in the deep end!

The pace has sped up ten fold, and I'm loving it. I missed the daily exersises, even if they didn't involve drawing or designing of any sort. I enjoyed the research, the education and the interviews.

And now they are all back, and I feel like i am home again.

Heaven.

This is what I have created last WEEK:

Product Placement - Stationery 

Blog Features.

Today I woke to Find that not only had my 'Tweety birds' design been featured on the delightful Rachael Taylors blog, but also over at Tigerprint (see below). Its very humbling to see you work being showcased by such inspiring figures in the design industry. 

Many thank you to both Rachael and Beth, for such an amazing course, and to Tigerprint for featuring our work. 

Jennie 

Spoonflower 'Extinct Animals' Competition

This is 'Dinosaur ROAR', which is my entry into this weeks Spoonflower Competition. 

Fingers Crossed.

Jennie

Spoonflower 'Geometrics' (Colour Limited palette)

Happy Sunday everyone. 

Here Is my entry for the Spoonflower Competition ' Geometrics', which was colour limited to green and purple with the added option of white. I took the opportunity to incorporate the white in the design as 2 colours is just not enough for me. 

Fingers Crossed for everyone on ABSPD Mod 1 who entered this week. 

Have a fabulous weekend.

Post Module 1 of ABSPD

I have had a week off from ABSPD and I'll be the first to admit I just want to keep designing, even if just for the fun of it. I adore it. 

Here is what I have come up with over the last 10 or so days.