Tag: painting

Oodles of doodles

One of the fun things about deciding to go try going down the stock image route is that I can get out all the old illustration experiments I did and then discarded on my previous attempts to make a signature style. One of the problems I’ve always had is settling on one way of doing creative stuff. Now I don’t need to.

Here’s a pattern I made from a loose doodle style using watercolour and fine liners. I like the light hearted brightness of this one.

Doodle pattern using watercolour and fine liner
Doodle pattern using watercolour and fine liner

This is now for sale as a stock seamless pattern and as fabric on Spoonflower , fingers crossed other folks like it too.

Separating styles?

One thing I’ve struggled with in recent years is the fact that I like working in different media and styles. I draw, paint, doodle, scan, retouch and vector away to my heart’s content but that doesn’t create a consistent style. Is this a problem I wonder?

I sometimes go fully old-school with acrylic paint on canvas.

Doughnut still life painting - acrylic on canvas
Doughnut still life painting – acrylic on canvas
Doughnut still life - mixed media gouache and pastel
Doughnut still life – mixed media gouache and pastel

One thing that has always been drummed into me is that it’s OK to have a versatility of styles as a graphic designer but not such a good idea as an illustrator. I’m considering stepping back from the process of finding a ‘signature’ style and allowing the natural variety back into my work. A lovely friend has suggest that becoming a stock illustrator / designer may be a way to accommodate this idea. The more I think about it, the more I like it. Hmmm…

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