Cozy

January 24, 2013July 7, 2013 | Anna Cull

Cozy Knit (spots and stripes) #2 – surface pattern.

Cozy Knit (spots and stripes) #3 – surface pattern.

Cozy Knit (spots and stripes) #4 – surface pattern.

Cozy Knit (spots and stripes) #5 – surface pattern.

These were my entries for the recent Tigerprint Spots and Stripes design competition. The brief was to come up with a fresh take on surface patterns featuring spots and stripes and to follow key colour trends for spring/summer 2014.

The main pattern was taken from the little angel I drew for Shoot it, Sketch it a few weeks ago. I scanned the original ink drawing and edited it as a vector illustration. I ended up with quite a few combinations I really liked but had to narrow it down to just five. I picked a couple of the brighter patterns, a couple in some rather yummy grey-blue tones and one that looks a bit like knitted brown paper.

No, they didn’t win, but that’s not why I enter competitions. I do it for the challenge, for the experience and because it’s fun to have a go. Anything more than that is a bonus : )

Shoot it, Sketch it: Toy museum

December 10, 2012February 8, 2014 | Anna Cull

Toy museum – ink and digital, 130 x 130 mm, 2012.

Anna Cull toy museum — Toy museum, Nelson, 2011.

Fun.

Click on the links to see the latest Shoot it, Sketch it art from Clouds of Colour, The Little Leaf, Lunch Sketch and Poppytump. Happy Monday, everyone.

Sphere five

November 8, 2012July 7, 2013 | Anna Cull

Anna Cull Branching out – pattern sphere1 — Branching out – pattern sphere, 2012.

This is what happens when you apply Photoshop’s polar coordinates filter to a fairly detailed leaf and branch drawing. It’s a distorted version of this hand-drawn pattern.

One hundred…

October 23, 2012July 7, 2013 | Anna Cull

…followers.

Today I reached another milestone: 100 followers! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Thanks for visiting, thanks for liking and thanks for all your comments too.

Sphere four

October 20, 2012July 7, 2013 | Anna Cull

Anna Cull Akaroa Lighthouse sphere — Akaroa Lighthouse sphere, 2012

Photoshop’s polar coordinates filter is addictive. The undistorted photo of the lighthouse is shown below. I used the same technique to create Spheres one and two and Sphere three.

Sphere three

October 19, 2012July 7, 2013 | Anna Cull

Anna Cull Akaroa Harbour sphere — Akaroa Harbour sphere, 2012.

A photo of Akaroa Harbour distorted using Photoshop’s polar coordinates filter. The original photo is shown below. It’s the same technique I used on Spheres one and two.