Finished Illustrator assignment!

So I decided to design a floor mat that little kids can play on with toy cars/people etc. I remember I had one when I was younger, and I thought it was awesome! (I was a bit of a tomboy when I was smaller!).

This is a close up of the play-ground - carousel, swing set and all!:

And my favourite part... the ducks!!!:

Yes, they are giant-could-consume-a-person sized ducks, but I love them all the same.

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Latest design:

So this image is my repeat for screen-printing: the red and black part of the design is what a baby will be able to see within the first few weeks from birth, and as their eye-sight progresses, they will be able to perceive the blue aswell :)

Now I just have to print the films, expose the screens, choose which ink system to use, and PRINT!!! Woo!!

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India, here I come!

I have just been offered a job for a minimum of 1 year in Kolkata, India, with the organisation 'Freeset'.

Totally buzzing right now.

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Creative block - 0, Alanna - 1

Finally have breached my creative block (to a degree)... so here are some of the fruits I have produced!!

Have someone from Charles Parsons coming in today for class, and she is going to have a little look at where we are at - Charles Parsons is wanting to purchase some of the designs from our class at the end of the semester.

So a wee bit nervous about going into uni today, but oh-well.

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Latest pieces of work...

These are the latest outputs of my unblocked creativity! The first is for my digital design, and the second is for my screen printing.

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On the inspiration buzz now!

So have just been browsing some of the blogs I follow, and I have come across a few images that really get my all excited and anxious to be creative and such...

These photographs below I came across on I Go By Katie's gorgeous blog, featuring photographer Sarah Maingot and this amazing country-inspired photo shoot.

Don't you just love these cute little packages?! These are perfect for things like wedding favours, children's party bags, etc. Find the tutorial here.

Now this design, it makes me want to pick up a paintbrush and paint everything within sight with lovely cool and warm tones together. It just brings so much life to this fabric! This blog creator is using this textile for some drapes...

Aaaand... the cutest thing I found this morning is this adorable embroidered portrait. Isn't it just gorgeous?! You Are My Fave features the artist Michelle Rigg on her blog.

So pretty much I am now in a jittery state of complete inspiration, and I am just super needing to release it in some creative way!! Maybe I should actually use it for my uni work.... that would be the logical option.

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Geometriiiic!

Feeling super excited and inspired right now for my screen-printing assignment again, this time it is a more developed and matured inspiration - I have managed to whittle down my ideas and where I am getting them from for my baby eyesight-development prints: Architecture, and paper-folding.

Check out these images :) They all include very geometrical designs and make me all fidgety, just because I can't wait to come up with some concepts soon!

This first image is taken in our flat's bathroom (it is the detailing on one of the windows):

Super pumped that I now have my buzz back!

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