The Challenge Cup Challenge...

Having been 'brought up' on Rugby (League and Union) since I was a nipper, I thought I would challenge myself to create a new pattern for this weekend's Challenge Cup Final.

My home town - Warrington - are in the final of the Challenge Cup. A feat which, when I was little, was near-on impossible!!

However, since the whole super league thing, and changing from The Wire, to Warrington Wolves, they seem to keep winning stuff, if it's not the League Leaders Shield, it's the Challenge Cup - so here's hoping they can win it again!

(Although, after last weeks performance against London Broncos I'm slightly worried!! But we wont go into that!!)

I wanted to create a pattern which reflect the proud and celebratory atmosphere that's in the town at the minute - even the town hall has a Warrington Wolves Flag flying...

Anyway, even if you haven't a clue what I'm on about, I hope you like the new pattern. It's totally out of my comfort zone (i.e. it's not the seaside or camper vans!!), plus the colours aren't my usual palette of subdued blues and greys - but that's because the colours of Warrington are Primrose and Blue :)

Just...

So, the Olympics has been and gone :(

The only cure for it, is to doodle some more!! So I've started a very basic collection called "Just..." It does what it says on the tin and over the next few weeks I'll be doodling many patterns. The first couple in the collection are Just...Hearts and Just...Starfish.

I know, more seaside symbols - who doesn't love the seaside though!!!

Just...Hearts

Just...Starfish

Circles in the sand....

A recent brief I worked on, was to use Circles and only 8 colours.

Circles are a doodle favourite of mine - no sharp corners and very doodle-able.

As for choosing the colours I always head over to Design Seeds to pick a palette of colours - in particular colours of the ocean, shells, and the seaside...