Jun
01

Juggling with courage between ups and downs

Hey creative friends,

Early in April I had the privilege to write a guest post for Peggy Dean of The Pigeon Letters, sharing my creative journey from an IT specialist to a self-taught surface pattern designer. Peggy is an artist I highly admire, well known for her intricately elegant calligraphy, botanical line drawing, naturally flowing watercolors and the list goes on. Oh, and of course, she is an award-winning Skillshare instructor with a bunch of creative and highly inspiring classes – check her amazing class on botanical line drawing here and highly useful and inspiring class for every aspiring surface pattern designer on finding your creative style here.

Head over to the article to read the whole post and check out Peggy’s blog or read my article below.

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Apr
17

Develop your own creative style with Peggy Dean and Dylan M.

Hi creative friends,

I wanted to share awesome news with you: two of my favorite artists, Peggy Dean of The Pigeon Letters and Dylan Mierzwinski, have just started a workshop on Skillshare. Over the next two weeks, Dylan and Peggy will tackle a difficult task in the life of a creative artist: developing your own style. This is something that I struggle with myself  so it’s only natural that I was thrilled when I got wind of the workshop and couldn’t wait to share it with you!

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Mar
16

Dashing purple and bold designs

Hi creative friends,

Spring is upon us, or so I hope. It’s time to put away the grays and the blacks, and add a splash of color to your designs, outfits or decor! And since this year’s Pantone color is Ultra Violet, I’ve done some research into the meaning and history of the color purple. It definitely came as a surprise that Pantone declared Radiant Orchid , so another shade of purple, to be the color of 2014. Hmn, only four years apart and already two shades of purple? It needs to be investigated!

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Feb
14

A time for teaching, a time for learning

Hi everyone,

I think you all got used to me writing a lot about and promoting my latest Skillshare class. And while that’s because I put a lot of work in creating “Design Intricate Flowers from Simple Illustrator Shapes” and I was (and still am) very excited that I manged to publish it in my scheduled timeframe, it’s not the only thing I occupy my time with 😀  Progress is a combination of learning and making, experimenting and trying out new things, new techniques and styles. So, today, I want to talk to you about a class that I absolutely adored 💓 on Skillshare. “Pattern Design II: A Creative Look at a Full Pattern Collection” is taught by my favorite surface pattern artist, Elizabeth Olwen, a true inspiration through her work and style.

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Feb
06

New class, new contest!

Hi friends!

I’m excited to announce that my class Design Intricate Flowers from Simple Illustrator Shapes, the first in a series of three classes, is now live!

This class teaches creative and conceptual tips and tricks on how to design beautiful and complex graphics from simple shapes! I can’t wait to see what you are going to create during the class, so join me in Designing Intricate Flowers from Simple Illustrator Shapes and add a new technique to your creative toolbox!

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Jan
12

New Skillshare class coming up soon!

Hi friends,

I haven’t been active lately, neither on my website, nor on social media. But I have a good excuse that I’m sure will compensate for this… I’m actively working on a new Skillshare class series. The first class in the series is “Design Intricate Flowers from Simple Illustrator Shapes” where you’ll learn how to use basic Illustrator tools such as the shape tools: circles, lines, rectangles, the pathfinder tool to unite, intersect and exclude shapes and create beautiful intricate flower shapes, for illustrations or surface pattern.

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