Happy Friday! I’m sharing my latest quote postcard with you today to send you into the weekend with a bit of inspiration.
This quote is a great reminder to do what you love and don’t worry about what others are doing.
Hope you are inspired by something or someone this week. Enjoy your weekend!
Terri
Pattern created by me, inspired by my brick patio.
Font used: KG Les Bouquinistes de Paris
I’ve been trying hard lately to manage my time so I can keep sketching and drawing ideas in my sketchbook while keeping up with my licensed art projects and graphic design clients. Here are a couple recent illustrations from my sketchbook pages.
I finished a new page this week, inspired by the majestic dahlias that are blooming this time of year.
I also went back and finished this drawing which was in progress last week with the addition of a fancy scroll frame around the illustration of critters and cattails. That fancy frame was really fun to do so I’m hoping to try that on more illustrations.
And now they are ready to be inked, scanned and digitized. Wonder what they will turn into next.
I’m continuing my quest to Make More Work on advice from established designers and illustrators. Make so much work that you can’t be ignored. I love to draw so it’s a great challenge to draw more, to drawing all the time, to continue to develop my illustration style.
Hope you’re on the look–out for things that inspire you.
I’ve been trying hard lately to manage my time better so I can keep sketching and doodling random ideas in my sketchbook while keeping up with my licensed art projects and graphic design clients. Here are a couple of my sketchbook pages from the past week.
The first drawing of a bird in a tree is ready to be inked and scanned for digital fun. I still need to finish the second page by filling in a fancy scrolled frame around the illustration of critters and cattails.
I’m continuing my quest to Make More Work on advice from established designers and illustrators. Make so much work that you can’t be ignored. I love to draw so drawing more – drawing all the time – to continue to develop my illustration style is a great challenge to have.
Hope you’re on the look–out for things that inspire you.
I’ve been trying hard lately to manage my time better so I can keep sketching and doodling random ideas in my sketchbook while keeping up with my licensed art projects and graphic design clients. Here are a few of my sketchbook pages from the past week. Next up, I need to ink them so they are ready to be scanned for digital fun.
I recently read words of wisdom from established designers and illustrators to make more work. Make so much work that you can’t be ignored. So my goal is to draw more, to draw all the time, to continue to develop my illustration style.
Hope you’re on the look–out for things that inspire you.
I love going from one big licensed art project to the next, but it’s nice to be in between illustration projects for a few days. I’ve had the time and inspiration lately to work on some random doodles in my sketchbook.
Sometimes I leave the first page of my sketchbooks blank because it seems to give me a creative block, so I doodled the above random swirl and added a grid behind it, inspired by a guitar fret.
swirls and leaves inspired by wallpaper in the background of a music video
random swirl doodling during a movie
These two pages are inspired by shorelines where I love to sit and watch nature. For some reason I love drawing those little shoreline birds, beach grass and shells.
This next page is called Face Your Fears because I really hate flies so I drew one and then I got carried away and drew a bunch of other bugs too. Why not!
It’s a great feeling to have a variety of ideas to explore in my sketchbook, from abstract to realistic. The next challenge is to decide if I want to pursue any of these pages into something more, such as an illustration for stationery or maybe a surface pattern for fabric. Hope you’re on the look–out for inspiration these days.
Instead of sharing one of my latest art crushes on an inspiring artist, I decided to share some of my pictures of flowers that are inspiring me lately. This is the time of year when Mother Nature inspires me more than anything or anyone else, since everything is back in full bloom in this part of the world.
Some of my favorite things to draw are flowers and leaves, so this set of photos will provide reference for some great doodling and brainstorming future projects. Their petals all have similar shapes but their structures and centers are quite different.
What or who is inspiring you these days?
Since we passed the unofficial marker for the beginning of summer with Memorial Day weekend, and beautiful warm weather is here to stay, I am switching gears from looking for signs of spring to soaking up all the inspiration I can find this summer.
It’s wonderful to find so much inspiration this time of year at the garden centers, farmers markets, and right in my own backyard. Hope you’re out finding inspiration too.
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing my latest quote poster to send you into the weekend with inspiration.
I read this quote by Michelle Kohanzo, Managing Director the The Land of Nod, in this inspiring article on Design Sponge’s “We Want Your Job” series this week.
Other advice from Michelle that inspired me:
Enjoy your weekend and kick–off to summer!
Terri
Photo of my mom riding her bike off-road, taken by me in Door County, Wisconsin.
Font used: Candara
This week, I wanted to share with you Spoonflower Hacks. Have you seen them? They offer a clever variety of DIY inspiration, from home decor projects to making your own clothing to getting organized.
Here are a couple of my favorites, with screenshots from their blog for reference and links to instructions to make these fun DIY projects:
Book Binding – I do love making books.
Hope you find something or someone that inspires you this week! Thanks for stopping by!
