Animal Love Day – Unicorn!
On 01, Jun 2013 | 2 Comments | In Animal Love Day, animals, designer, fairytale, illustration, inspiration, my work | By Tina
Hi everyone. Apologies that there was no Animal Love Day last week. I was swamped with work for my upcoming shop. Anyway welcome back to another fabulous Animal Love Day, showcasing lovely animal pattern and illustration.
As you know I will firstly show you a new illustration/sketch/pattern from me and then a lovely showcase of fabulous designers.
The animals covered will include birds, fish, insects, extinct creatures and mythical creatures, and this week marks the first mythical creature – The Unicorn!
DREAM
I actually had a dream about a Unicorn last week! I dreamt a friend visited me and we went outside to my back garden. Of course, in dreams things aren’t as they seem, and my back garden was different. There was a low wall and behind that was a woodland.
Well what happened only a Unicorn jumped over the wall just as I was about to look over it! Apparently it was my pet, because I told my friend just that!
The Unicorn wasn’t tall, like you see in films, but a tiny creature, smaller than a shetland pony. It was chestnut brown and scuttled about my garden, so I couldn’t catch up with it!
So I would like to say a magical welcome to this beautiful, mystical creature – The Unicorn!
MY DESIGN
I associate unicorns with rainbows and clouds probably because they’re mythical creatures. I am also influenced by My Little Pony from my youth. Read more…
Animal Love Day – Butterfly
On 15, May 2013 | 4 Comments | In Animal Love Day, animals, designer, illustration, inspiration, my work | By Tina
Hi everyone. Welcome to the 5th Animal Love Day. (Wow the weeks are flying!) As you probably know by now it’s a weekly feature where I showcase some lovely animal pattern and illustration.
I pick a different animal each week and firstly do my own illustration and then I showcase some fantastic animal patterns and illustrations by other designers
The animals covered will include birds, fish, insects, extinct creatures and mythical creatures.
Today’s guest star is such a pretty little thing. An inspiration for centuries, there are 175,000 species (including moths) and the only continent they can’t be found is in Antarctica.
So I would like to welcome the beautiful butterfly!
MY DESIGN
Copyright Dreaming on a Star by Tina Devins
I created this design for Dawn Clarkson’s Butterfly Showcase for World Lupus Day on May 10th. You can see a sneak preview of the other designs further down this post.
Animal Love Day – Giraffe!
On 08, May 2013 | 4 Comments | In Animal Love Day, animals, design, designer, illustration, inspiration, my work | By Tina
Hi everyone. Welcome to another Animal Love Day in this weekly feature of lovely animal patterns and illustrations. Today is a long post because our special guest is very tall!
I hope you look forward to these posts each week.
The animals covered will include birds, fish, insects, extinct creatures and mythical creatures.
First I will show you a new pattern I’ve been working on and then a designer showcase of beautiful patterns and illustrations.
So a big, tall welcome to our guest this week – the giraffe! Such a beautiful, elegant creature – have you ever seen a giraffe in real life? They walk with the grace and poise of a catwalk model – amazing to watch!
MY DESIGN
Sweet Baby Giraffes by Dreaming on a Star
I made a patchwork design with baby giraffes in sweet colours. Read more…
Animal Love Day – Monkey!
On 01, May 2013 | 2 Comments | In Animal Love Day, animals, designer, illustration, inspiration, my work | By Tina
Hi everyone. Welcome to the third Animal Love Day! I hope you’re enjoying all the wonderful animal illustration and pattern.
As usual I will showcase one of my own designs first and then a designer showcase.
The animals covered will include birds, fish, insects, extinct creatures and mythical creatures.
So this week, we have a mischievous guest – that playful little creature that swings through the jungles!
MY DESIGN
Magic Monkey by Tina Devins
I liked the idea of repetitive shapes and wanted to do a purely geometric design. Everything is designed around circles and ovals. I am also a massive Kawaii fan and love their cute, simple designs and bright, happy colours. Read more…
Animal Love Day – Dinosaur!
On 24, Apr 2013 | 4 Comments | In Animal Love Day, animals, design, designer, illustration, inspiration, my work | By Tina
Hi everyone. Welcome to another Animal Love Day – where I celebrate the fabulous world of animal illustration and pattern! This feature combines two loves of mine – animals and cute design.
The showcase comes in two parts. First I will show you my own animal design (a brand new illustration/pattern/sketch or an old one). Then I will host a designer showcase.
The animals covered will include birds, fish, insects, extinct creatures and mythical creatures.
This week it’s all about those fantastic beasts that roamed the earth millions of years ago!
MY DESIGN
Copyright Tina Devins
I liked the idea of dinosaurs playing football. I was given a brief recently for a young boy interested in football and decided to do the coolest of animals – dinosaurs! I hope you like it.
Animal Love Day – Bunny!
On 17, Apr 2013 | 3 Comments | In Animal Love Day, animals, blog, inspiration, my work | By Tina
Hi everyone. Welcome to Animal Love Day – a new feature where I celebrate the wonderful world of animal illustration and pattern! I am a big animal lover and also a fan of cute patterns so why not combine these two loves into a wonderful showcase of our lovely creature friends!
The showcase comes in two parts. First I will do my own animal design (a brand new illustration/pattern/sketch or an old one). Then I will showcase some inspirational animal designs from other fantastic designers.
The animals covered will include birds, fish, insects, extinct creatures and mythical creatures.
So without further ado, here is the first animal on Animal Love Day!
MY DESIGN
Spooky Bunny
Bunnies are very close to my heart because I own a very cute rabbit called Spooky! She’s two years old and is half Netherland dwarf and half Lionhead. She inspires me to make things cute as she’s so cute herself!
Nitey Nite Baby Bunny
Here is a new design from me called Nitey Nite Baby Bunny. It is one of my entries for the Hallmark New Baby Competition. I hope you like it! ♡
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