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Pattern design studio We Love Patterns and Funkrush clothing have teamed up for an exclusive contest for the readers of Drawn! They’re looking to select their 3 favorite pattern ideas or themes submitted and each winner will get a free We Love Patterns squirrel t-shirt (pictured above). Submissions must be sent to [email protected] with the subject “We Love Patterns Too.” Here’s some more information about We Love Patterns, courtesy of the talented Mr. Caba himself:
We Love Patterns is a family company created in 2010 by Gastón Caba, Silvana Marino and Lara Caba. We are devoted to create a growing collection of extra-cute, colorful & optimistic pattern artworks, hoping to help to add charm and whimsy to all different kind of products. We decided to offer a different style from the standard pattern artwork. What we specially like about patterns is the ability to tell a tiny story or to catch a whole complex concept with the sum of tiny objects & words. Some of our original designs are also created by queen of cute Bubi Au Yeung, the multi-talented Dana Zimmerling & Mr. TobyHK. We are selecting more artists to add to our catalogue which we update every month.
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For those of you who know my art you know that pattern is ever-present in nearly everything I draw or paint. I was going to show all of the past images that I did on patterned paper, but I chose instead to show two paintings I did with cloud patterns. One is in the west and one is here on the east coast.I loved the rolling golden hills of California with the clouds and trees casting shadow patterns in subtle shades of blue and violet.
Now that I'm back in Rhode Island I get to see the change of seasons again. I love the marshes here, each with their own signifcant pattern. As the temperatures fall the grasses change color just as the leaves on the trees would. The gold and amber striations make yet another pattern where there used to be lush green. Everywhere we look we see patterns in nature. To me, that's a perfect world and I try to savor every moment of it.
One nice thing about not blogging so much is that I have more time to READ other blogs and LISTEN to a few podcasts. Of interest . . .
My editor, Cheryl Klein, talks about
patterns in her editorial taste. (How often do you see an editor spell this out in such detail?) As for me, I'm admitting right here that I had no idea that
Operation Yes dovetailed with Cheryl's taste. Nope. I knew of her, and her blog, and a little about some of her books, but it was my brilliant agent,
Tina Wexler, who made the match. But when Cheryl and I have an editorial conversation that veers off into a
Connie Willis lovefest (as happened last week) or I read another book she's edited (as I did with
Marcelo in the Real World), or she tells me that a necklace she owns is of the same archetypal shape as my main character's name (as happened in the manuscript I just submitted this month), I can feel the crossing of threads that we're both following. Patterns are cool that way.
Esme Codell reads from
Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year on NPR's program, Hearing Voices. I love the rich detail, as when she describes how her Golden Rule is spelled out in gold glitter or what shoes she picks for the first day of class in order to appear "mean," but what I really love is the mixture of defiance, insight, and pure love that she brings to her tale of a school where gangs can throw rocks at a bus on a field trip and no one does a thing.
Go listen. It's terrific.
7-Imp: What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Jan: I’d probably like to be a musician, an animator, or the smiling, waving person standing in the caboose of a train.
Colour me impressed with UK illustration student Andrew Hudson’s use of textures, shapes, and patterns.
I think most of us make our lives out to be more complex than they really are.
I know I do.
We get overwhelmed by situations that present themselves to us without warning or invitation. What if we stood on the edge and saw intricate beauty in life's challenges and shouted "Thank you Universe!! Message received."
Then we could tend the rice fields in baby steps, one paddy at a time.
For Illustration Friday's promt: intricate
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Bottom of Tefal pans designed by Doshi Levien
This makes me ashamed to look at my crappy IKEA pans.
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One of my addictions is patterns. I love painting them, buying them on linens and paper supplies and decorating with them. I mix and match the most unlikely ones together. As long as there's some color harmony going on, it works for me. I find patterns to be cheery. I've recovered my dining room chairs in vibrant garden motifs with linen napkins from import stores. This is a painting I did of one of my favorite tablecloths that I bought at a flea market, only in real life it's in reds and oranges. I wanted the contrast of the blues with these vibrant nectarines, which by the way, were delicious and juicy! Many artists are often inspired by gardens. Botanical illustration has been around forever, and just look at how many nature journals are out there.
Gardens are magical, healing places whether it's a small one on your kitchen windowsill, a plot of grass on your rooftop, or vast acreage filled with wildflowers and fruit trees. It's all good! So do yourself a favor and spend more time in the garden.
acrylic on canvas 24" x 30" Illustration Friday prompt: Garden
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Kelly Lynn Jones has added Mario Sughi (that is myself!!!) at her Little Paper Planes Gallery in Los Angeles. So noy you can buy Mario’s glicee print on high quality printmaking paper just by dropping at
LPP Shop Online. Or and even better contact Kelly yourself and show your works, maybe she will add you to at here really marvellous LPP art gallery.
Such an appropriate word for me this week because this entry makes my 100th post!
This blog has served me well in multiple ways this past year. I've found an art community I'm comfortable in and I've made multiple friends. I've shared multiple images and stories. I've used some subjects many times ( Ravens, for example) and I've been given multiple awards by some pretty special blogging friends. The joy in my life has multiplied by being a part of this experience.
Today I've chosen to post "The Spirit Of Raven" because of the multiple times his image appears in the sketch. Also, for those of you who recall my dream series, this represents after the pears were harvested, yet Raven's presence is still known.
Thanks for being with me for the first one hundred posts! I'm looking forward to many, many more.
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I started a quilt at the workroom a month ago by cutting out strips of blue patterned fabrics I had collected from my stash. I started cutting fabric before I'd decided exactly what to do, mainly because a quilt is such a big project I thought I should just start or I never would. I thought I might just do horizontal bars of the blue prints.
Since then I was re-reading Jane of Lantern Hill for the nth time and discovered something funny. When I was little and read the book she described her bed as a wooden "spool" bed and I imagined something shaped a bit like a wooden spool of thread, but shorter and wider in proportion. Reading it again now I realize that a spool bed is actually one with turned wooden posts, which is exactly what we have(this links to an old post that has lots of "before" pictures of our house too).
So when I came across her description of three quilts that her father gave her for their new house on the island I looked them up online. The one she put on her bed is an Irish Chain, and I decided that was exactly the pattern I would like to do for mine. It's fairly easy to make, and pretty and has that lattice look I like. Also I wanted lots of white in the background so all the prints wouldn't look too busy.
It's very simple. First I cut 6" squares, then divided each one into thirds, ie. 2" x 6" strips (below right). Then these are sewn together alternating the colours with plain white (below bottom left). You do colour-white-colour, then half as many that are white-colour-white. Each of these are then trimmed into thirds again (below top left).
Then you piece together squares that look like a checker board. At this stage I trimmed each square again to make sure it was just the right size. These squares are then alternated with plain white squares. Once you put it all together, you don't see the checkerboard pattern, but a lattice, ie. diagonal lines of coloured squares. Especially if you kind of squint your eyes when looking at it.
I laid out all the squares onto a sheet so I could see how the quilt would look and Bradley helped arrange them so that there was a good balance of patterns.
So far I've sewn together all the rows, and now I need to join the rows to each other to finish the quilt top. Which I'd like to do in time for the Workroom quilting Sunday and then I will work on basting the quilt top to the batting and backing.
I say impatient because I've rushed through a lot of this and it's not as perfect as I'd like. Little mistakes tend to compound and the squares don't meet perfectly at the corners throughout as they should. I realized partway through that I should be using the hem guide that came with my sewing machine and it's made a huge difference. I've had to rework a few pieces to make them the right size, but it's going together fairly well now and will probably be nice once it's done. I hope!
I love when people send me packages, especially when they contain cool design work. Comic artist and designer Jonathan Bennett recently sent me a fat package of goodies including not one, but TWO Gocco prints! In addition, he included several magazines that feature his cartoons. I enjoyed his work, I just wish he had a website so I could see more.
MOME Winter 2006 features one of Jon’s cartoons. You can pick up a copy at Fantagraphics Books.
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I'm so happy that so many artists are selling prints of their work. Now my drab walls now get a fresh make over with these short order chicken art prints by Stumpytown. Now these are my kind of chickens! Aren't they hilarious? I got these prints a while back and it took a long time to get frames for them- I finally found these that were perfect from Pottery Barn.
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People change jobs all the time, particularly in publishing, but this week someone who I have worked closely with since I started at OUP is leaving. I asked Dan Ozzi to do one last thing for before he left, write a blog entry. He choose to talk about one of his favorite artists who is featured in The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists by Ann Lee Morgan. The dictionary is a wealth of information, with 945 alphabetically arranged entries contained in one-volume. Below are Dan’s thoughts on Chuck Close.
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I have released my new online store offering 25 and 50 limited edition Giclée prints of diverse digital illustrations. They are extreme high quality prints on 100% cotton rag, acid free fine art paper. Check it out here.
Also I’m glad to announce that I have three more Giclée Prints available through Shack29.
This weekend I am doing an artwalk preview on Whyte Ave in Edmonton, Alberta (starting at noon). Look for me right outside of the paintspot where I will have select prints (including some limited edition) for purchase as well I will be painting something on a new canvas!... not sure what yet (stay tuned I guess). If you can't make it out this weekend either wait until July 13-15 and see me live on Whyte ave, click the link above to purchase through my online store, or email me asking for a print ([email protected]).
New limited edition prints are available at the artistashop site.
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looks fun! Is there a deadline for entries?
ADORABLE :)
what a great idea! this makes me want to do pattern design.
This is inspiring and exciting! I hope to make something for this.
Fantastic!
How many patterns can I send? Sketches? B/W? In colour? Which format?
Sounds cool! What's the deadline and format required?
Awesome!! I make a pattern, win a contest, and get just a t-shirt!! Meanwhile, the company makes money off of my design and I don't. Sounds good, I'm in.
Sarcasm that cuts to the jist of it… I appreciate that comment and I too thought about it this way and believe that some artists greatly undervalue their work and don't realize what it is “worth.” Call for entires has always been this way in my opinion… but then again some artists like just doing their thang and giving it away… sharing their art for fun and not profit. If it's not for you and you feel you're being “ripped off” don't do it… otherwise have fun with it… I'm pretty good at sitting on a fence eh?
I am curious about this contest! Though it isn't terribly clear from this entry if they intend to use the design, or just give a cheery nod to their favorite with a fun prize. More details, please Mr.britt!
just a friendly warning from someone who works with print houses- having FULL repeats in a large size ( even if it is just web formated) on your site is asking to be ripped off. I've worked with enough shady companies who have done it. Find a way to protect yourself while showcasing your work.
Hello everyone. Here Gaston from We Love Patterns.
Thanks for the nice comments.
A little explanation for those who ask more about the contest.
Deadline is March 15th and winners of the Tees will be announced at our website and why not within the comments of this post. The winners will be contacted by email.
We´re looking for funny pattern themes, for eg “Sad salad vegetables” or “Crows´s tea time” (your´s will be more funny for sure!!!)
You can also send artworks for us to review, but that´s up to you.
We´re not planning to use any of the pattern themes to make us rich. As Alan said, it´s a fun opportunity to make contact with all of you, to get to know each other.
In the case we love a submission so much that we want to add it to our catalogue, we will be glad to share a 50% fee of any revenue from that artwork. I know this is not what we usually get (nothing above 35%), being myself an illustrator I would like to have better deals for my friends.
Hoping it´s a little more clear now.
Cheers!!
Thanks for clarifying Gaston.
~Best!