pattern recognition

 

The Fluevog Warhol

 Kenn comes in two colorways, and I wanted to use both in the print.

The Fluevog Kenn in Black/Orange/Pink

The Fluevog Kenn in Orange/Brown/Black

Just like last year, I've created an UNOFFICIAL Link Party for challenge participants.
Feel free to join in the fun! I also have a very long A-Z Blog Roll underneath this post.

 

The Fluevog Individualist

Just like last year, I've created an UNOFFICIAL Link Party for challenge participants.
Feel free to join in the fun! I also have a very long A-Z Blog Roll underneath this post.

Linking up with

This month, I will be blogging my way through the alphabet,

This month, I will be blogging my way through the alphabet,

as part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge.

One Fluevog shoe at a time.

 

This month, I will be blogging my way through the alphabet,

as part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge.

One Fluevog shoe at a time.

 

This month, I will be blogging my way through the alphabet,

as part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge.

One Fluevog shoe at a time.

 

I reached my 100/100th Procreate texture doodle yesterday and Tumblr marked it as X-rated:

I appealed and they quickly let it post, but geez! This design is now officially called "Sexy Spirals"

What's next? Will I keep at it and go beyond 100? I think yes.

I also want to figure out how to marry Stephen Sidelinger's surface design syllabus with teaching Procreate and pitch it as an e-course for Otis Extension.

I've taken a breather from the Fluevogs this month.
Instead, I've been learning Procreate in an eCourse with Traci Bautista. It's been super fun.

This wacky print came out of experimenting with McGyvering a repeat in Procreate -- just to see if it was possible:
There were some issues in getting it into a real repeat, but I didn't have to totally rebuild it.

Now it's up on Spoonflower, because a friend wants to sew a raincoat with it.
I want one too!
[Not yet available for purchase, I have to go through the proofing sample phase first.]

What is helping me "stay the course" (because I'm a terrible ecourse learner) is I turned my class experiments into a "100 a Day" project on Instagram. Today I'll be creating #52/100! More than halfway done! Mostly I've been creating "background" textures -- the cones are a definite anomaly! A couple of Fluevog motifs snuck in there as well.
Here's where you'll find them all: #100_amb
Have you tried Procreate yet?

Linking with
Catherine's #ShareAllLinkup
Shelbee's On the Edge of the Week

[update 6/1/19]

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@annembray.art If I get any closer, the camera will 💣🧨💥❤️❤️❤️ @spoonflower #safetymaterials

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Fluevog Faith link 

Let me just say that Photoshop's Warp Tool was my friend on this one.
The sketch required extensive surgery.
I was all set to put this into repeat and then I checked the colorways.
Oh.
More pop contrast in some than I realized.
Back to the "drawing board"!

I also decided that I wanted to incorporate my "woven paper" technique that I've been doing as a dailyweave series (instagram link) for the background of the repeat. Using the upper left colorway, I printed solid squares of the four colors, then did my weaving process:
I was delighted with my results.

Until I tried to get it into repeat in Photoshop:

This is the point when I gave up. I had been wrestling with it for about 25 minutes.

What a headache! Nothing was lining up!

Next.

I replicated the pattern in Illustrator, as a regular grid. Not as "lively", but MUCH easier to work with.
Good thing it's Saturday. If it were a work day, I'd be seriously late!
Sundays are an AtoZ "day off", and I'll use the time to post art to Redbubble and work up colorways for those that request them.
[I wish. In reality, I have to do my homework grading for Monday's class. Sigh.]