Saturday 18 January 2014

Tropical Fusion Blog Hop!



Hi everyone! I expect you are having fun hopping from blog to blog! Hopefully you have just arrived from Sherry London's fabulous post (Digital Repeats) or you maybe one of my regular readers. If you are unsure about all this it's a collaboration between 40 wonderful international designers inspired by Pantone's colour of the year, "Radiant Orchid" with the theme Tropical Fusion (if you want to start from the beginning click on the link to the right!)

This has been a really fun challenge. I love this colour and the designs I have come up with have really banished those January blues as they are so Summery. I have used bold shapes and colours and focused on tropical foliage, leaves and fruit.  As you can see I always start with drawing and my shapes are quite simple. I was really inspired by these leaf shapes and you can see how I developed these below.
 
My resulting collection is called "Heatwave".

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I think these designs would work really well in fashion as well as for the home. Below are some mock-ups I created using my designs. They would give a bold splash of colour to any room with the ultra-fashionable "Radiant Orchid" shining through (you are going to see that colour everywhere!)
Now I hope that you will continue to hop onto the amazing Jessica Wilde's blog (Jessica Wilde). Jessica is a freelance surface print designer based in the U.K. who draws her inspiration from her love of photography to capture florals, wildlife and textures. Enjoy!

34 comments:

  1. Lovely collection. First one is my fave!

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  2. Very nice - yes, the first one is my favourite, too !

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  3. Lindsey, Pretty collection and nice products samples!

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  4. Lovely motifs and great mock-ups!

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  5. these look great, can definitely see them working in fashion!

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    1. Thanks Faye, might try out some fashion mock-ups!

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  6. Lovely graphic approach, Lesley. Congrats!

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  7. A very dynamic and happy collection!
    Many best wishes and congratulations. :-)

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  8. Great collection! Love see the mock ups.

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  9. LOVE seeing your designs on the mock ups!! They look fabulous!

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    1. Thanks for the comment Mary, glad you like the mock-ups.

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  10. Great presentation of your designs.

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  11. Beautiful colour palette. Love seeing the sketches of motifs.

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  12. Thank you all so much for your fantastic comments! Just doing the blog hop myself!

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  13. Such a happy and vibrant collection! Great mock-ups too

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  14. Stunning collection. The mock ups are brilliant!

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  15. They look really nice, the middle one is just gorgeous. Love them.

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  16. great work! nice to see on the mockups...i like the first one best!

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  17. Hi Lindsay, Gorgeous design and colour schemes, and the mock ups look fantastic!! Excellent work!

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  18. Lovely designs. Perfect on pillows!

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  19. Fun and lively, fabulous colors and I really like this background paisley too!

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