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A year in progress

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 Wow, it's almost hard to believe that it's been over a year since my last post. A lot has changed. I have a job and the working hours make it difficult for me to motivate myself. With the pandemic it all adds up. I'm actually on my last day of isolation following a positive COVID-19 test, it's almost cleared out, I only have a bad cough left, however it causes headaches. Back to illustration, I haen't stopped drawing and creating, but it has certainly decreased in productivity.  I am currently trying to get back up to it and have started a project that links to my national roots. Being of a Polish background, I have decided to go back to the folk lore and folk art of my country. It centres on traditional embroidery designs and methods. The main element of these re flowers: tulips, roses, poppies, daisies etc. I aim to create at least ten embroidery design, that will be later on completed as an actual embroidery. I will pop in, in a few days, with an update of the p...

Afternoon for design

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 For a few weeks now, I have been debating whether to experiment with product design. I wanted to create a pattern that could be used on multiple products. This resulted in a light bird whistle pattern, inspired by the Polish folk art. I'm not sure how many of you know this, but I come from Poland and I feel closely attatched to the folk art  and culture of my native country. From there I dedided to try the design on various merchandise offered. Let me know what you think. Pillow case T-Shirt design