Project Process - Shelves

I'm really very nearly almost there with my final project with this being design 9 out of 10. Lately I've been inspired by a lot of interior blogs, specifically Finnish ones like Weekday Carnival, Varpunen and Neovia House so I've tried to incorporate that somehow into this design! For the most part, the items on the shelves were inspired by suggestions from my Twitter friends. I've placed the design in stages just so you can see how the shelves fill up!








As you can see it's intended for placement print but I think it works just as well as a pattern!

Project Process - Drawings & Illustrations

And as promised here are some of my more recent drawings. These all embody the style I'd like to stick with (within this project at least) being very bold and illustrative but also with the ability to add a little colour. The inspirations have come from all sorts of sources with the horse and the heart sourced directly from the traditional Scandinavian folk style and the squirrel and the birch trees and butterflies being a bit more contemporary. The seal and the crows in the trees are inspired by particular stories of folklore and the houses are taken from typical Norwegian home architecture. I hope you enjoy these.

Project Process - Moodboards

I've always failed when trying to blog consistently about my current projects so I'm going to try again with this one, especially considering after the middle of next month I'll have my dissertation out of the way and nothing else to concentrate on. My current project is a free brief and I've based it on folk art, specifically Scandinavian (yes, this is like an old record isn't it). It is the persistent use of so many bright colours alongside flora and fauna intertwined in an almost narrative element that makes me so attracted to the style. My aim for this project is convey this style with my signature intricate illustrative style, drawing inspiration from original styles of Scandinavian folk art and more contemporary artists who use this theme within their work.

To get the project started I drew up four moodboards with colour trends from the upcoming season from forecasters WGSN. Hopefully you can see the links between traditional and contemporary folk art. Of course, in traditional 'me' style there is some Marimekko and Moomins thrown in there too!



I'll be back with some more posts later which include my drawings from this project and a little problem I'm having regarding brand/blog/career identity.