I saw a peacock in a vintage piece of fabric and copied it. I think they’re rather magical animals! Download CS3 .ai file – Vector Peacock & Ornaments Download .svg file – Vector Peacock & Ornaments
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New Trend – Paisley!
I grew some paisley in the garden for you :) I’ve decided that paisley is the new flourish. Paisley is named for a town in Scotland that ended up manufacturing the symbol repeated in pattern on fabric and woven into wool. Originally the buta motif was designed in Persia and it decorated royal robes. There…
Inspired by: Flowers
I have promised to do a tutorial on flourishes, but my RSI is quite chronic at the moment so I’m reducing the amount of fine pointing activity I do – unfortunately this includes flourish work in Illustrator! I do have some free vector shapes lined up (peacocks!), but I’m quite snowed under at work right…
Photoshop brand too frothy
I would never have picked Adobe to go backwards, and by backwards I mean to follow any crappy trend. Especially the Web 2.0 nightmare inflicting itself all over the internet right now – you’d expect Adobe to take heed of the doomsayers of the bubble logo trend! My co-worker and I joke about Web 2.0,…
Some of my work
You can see my current obsession with green and brown, and also in the second image my now waning obsession with red and cream. In the near future I hope to start investigating putting my little scratchings to print, and I’m going to look into a press to get that gorgeous letterpress effect. A few…
Colour Trend – Green and Brown
I can’t get enough of green and brown at the moment. There’s just something so lovely and fresh about this colour combination that makes me happy. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that spring has begun here in Australia, and I’ve latched on to such a natural and bright colour scheme! 1. Veins, Brown, Green,…
Guru Natalie weighs in on Time Management
I hear you – the guffaws, the disbelief! Natalie, a guru of time management? Well according to Inspiration Bit, I am – so there! Watch in amazement as I meet the following criteria: Are you juggling a busy family life and career? I have dinner with my family every week (mostly) so we can catch…
Ye Olde Magazine Covers, or Design before Paris Hilton Ruled Earth
This is still beautiful. I’d love to be a part of a design and illustration magazine with really old influences like the examples in this post. If you’re interested in design and typography, check these out… Some of the lettering even looks hand crafted! It’s also interesting to note that there are typefaces used in…
Bad logos and great quotes
I didn’t know KFC also built homes… What were they thinking?! To cheer you up… From Adverbatims This is dedicated to all the graphic designers in the world, and anyone else who ever has to do anything fabulous on a tight budget.
The Fad of Flourishes – Naff or Not?
Honestly, it feels like flourishes are everywhere. As someone who has doodled throughout her life, during classes at high school and university and later whiling away time in meetings in “proper adult life”, I feel a little sold out. But to tell the truth I also feel a little vindicated. I remember I first started…