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  • Merry Christmas to everyone!

    Merry Christmas to everyone!

    Christmas is almost here and I just wanted to wish you all a very jolly festive season!

    Hopefully you will be able to spend this lovely time surrounded by the people you love, eating lots of delicious food and dancing your legs off (if you’re anything like me!)

    I’ll be missing my Colombian family (pictured above) and all their gatherings and celebrations, but I’ll be a busy bee hosting Christmas dinner for 14 members of the British side of the family. Maybe one day, not too far in the future, we’ll be able to have a tropical Christmas.

    Oh, and also remember to do something nice for somebody that needs it… It is, after all, a time of giving.

  • Pattern Camp with Jessica Swift

    Pattern Camp with Jessica Swift

    Today I have for you a pattern workshop run by designer and artist Jessica Swift. So, if you’ve been wanting to dip your toes in the wonderful world of surface pattern design, this is your chance.

    Pattern Camp is a virtual, online 2-day, weekend-long pattern design workshop taught by full-time artist and surface pattern designer, Jessica Swift. Participants will leave the workshop with the confidence and skills to create their own beautiful repeat patterns using both Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

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  • Illustrator classes by Laura Coyle

    Illustrator classes by Laura Coyle

    I believe that one of the most important things as a designer is to keep honing your skills for as long as you’re at it. No way around it. If you want to stay in the race and have a chance against competitors you have to constantly get better at what you do, otherwise you’re going to be left behind, and that’s not where we want to be, is it?

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  • 14 gorgeous 2016 calendars

    14 gorgeous 2016 calendars

    Everyone loves a calendar, don’t they? I know I do… More so if they’re the gorgeous kind, with lovely graphics to cheer us up every day of the year.

    So today I’m sharing with you some of my favourite 2016 calendars from all around the web. You won’t find any semi-naked pin-ups or firemen posing in only their helmets here! This is a display of illustrative and graphic design goodness put together to make you go ooh… And they might even make wonderful Christmas presents.

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  • Designer Highlight · Laura Buchanan

    Designer Highlight · Laura Buchanan

    WHO:
    Laura Buchanan, surface pattern designer and artist from County Donegal, Ireland.

    WHAT:
    She has exhibited across the UK and Ireland since 2008. Her work has been purchased across the world through galleries, craft fairs, her Etsy shop and a variety of retailers including Target.

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