Competition time!!

This month I though I would put myself out there a little bit more by entering some competitions.

I have entered the tigerprint female surface pattern competition. Today I sent off my designs so fingers crossed they will be short listed. :)

And here is the brief that I have been working too..

Brief

The aim of this brief is to design a contemporary surface pattern for a female recipient that could be used across a range of products including;

Gift bagsWrapping paperStationery products

Greeting cards

This is a really great brief to apply fresh, fun and trend driven colour palettes across gorgeous surface pattern that would appeal to a female customer.

Themes

Quite a number of our successful products for female customers feature flowers within the design but this brief is a great opportunity to try something different and consider a variety of icons. So by this we mean all those things girls just love!

Shoes

Fashion

Bows

Handbags

Jewellery

Make up items

Perfume bottles

We really want to see you push the boat out  with this brief and offer us something new and different for the female customer.

Inspiration

Your inspiration can be anything at all that interests you. Consider current trends and what you think could be the next big thing! Why not start by looking at some of the following areas:

Fashion & accessories

Interiors

Travel Destinations

Materials and techniques

Hobbies

Wildlife

And here are my designs.

After passing my advanced course in Adobe Illustrator I have been loving doing my designs on in. Its a new found love of my and I highly recommend it to anyone thinking of trying to use it.

All girls love handbags and shoes and as I have too many of the both to count I decided to design my prints around this. Using floral and eye catching colours to make them appealing to the female audience. 

I have also tried my hand a designing for a lampshade company this month "Quincy Lampshades"

they have some amazing designs check out there website. www.quincylampshades.co.uk

Here are the designs I have created for their competition...

Sticking to the brief that was set where specific colours needed to be used in all designs, I have tried to create a variety imagery for my submission. I have used a combination of geometric shapes and floral to create my designs. 

Hope you like them. :)