Designing the Wallpaper The surreal…whales swimming in the sky? Birds flying under the water? That’s what came to mind for me when prompted to design a wallpaper with a surreal theme. I had another design for my whimsical wallpaper collection that I thought could be made over nicely to fit the theme. I like the…
Tag: Wallpaper
Multidirectional Wallpaper
Process This week’s design challenge prompt was so open-ended that it was hard to fix on a direction. They just requested a wallpaper design that could be installed in any direction. I had two main ideas for a whimsical wallpaper. The first was weightlifters and weights, but I’ll save that for another week. I settled…
Birds of Prey Design Challenge
Process I started out uninspired for this challenge. But I am always surprised how inspiration flows when I simply dive in and start sketching. I drew peregrine falcons for a previous challenge, so I started with my old drawings. I simplified the shape immensely until it still read “Falcon” but had almost no detail. This…
Pantone Color Wallpaper Challenge
Design Process A few times a year, Spoonflower partners with Pantone and has members Design with a limited color palette. This one was called “Ultra Steady.” I played around with the options, but I liked a monochromatic version best. My design is inspired by my bed headboard! When I was designing my bedroom a few…
1920’s Wallpaper Challenge
This week, Spoonflower challenged us to think on the roaring 20’s for the 1920’s Wallpaper Challenge. Art deco was very popular in that era when the Empire State Building was built in New York City. I think design from that era is classy, structured, and bold. I dig it. It was easy to find inspiration…
Barkitecture Design Challenge
The Barkitecture Design Challenge on spoonflower this week is once again outside my design passion. They want people to design wallpaper for pets. 😆 Is that really a trend? Are we really decorating entire rooms for our animals now? Well, I went for something light that a human might enjoy too. My design features songbirds…