NannerGingham

Deceptively simple. Gingham is a neat pattern formed by intentionally offset stitching. At least, that's what I see when I stare intensely at my work shirts. If I made opacity changes and gradients available to me, this would have been a lot easier. However, I opted to create and manage a bunch of rectangles which were rotated, scaled down, colored, and clip-masked.

I will definitely be re-doing this one. There are flaws involving grouping, stroke color, and balance. Once again: theory is correct, but the execution got wonky. Trends being what they are, you can look forward to stickers featuring tartan, paisley, and argyle.

NannerPattern

Inspired by William Morris. I love repeating patterns. It's really cool to look at a piece of fabric and try to find the edges of the repeating patterns printed on it. I find myself hypnotized by shower curtains and couches.

I meant to create something based on plant-like elements. It kind of reminds me of a tiger though. Weird. I realize I am a few stickers behind, so I will be making those up soon. Thanks for following me, whoever you are out there.

Re-'B'

New post forthcoming. I fixed a small problem with my last sticker - one line that had three duplicates of itself stacked on one another, making it seem thicker than it actually is. I'll leave the post as-is so you can see the difference.

'B' is for banana

Not too sure how I feel about this one. Trying hatching as a method of shading. Kind of a pain. Experiment 50% successful.

Gargoyle Hiatus

My most complicated vector yet. I'll have more to say later.

Third

Week three. First repeating pattern. Searching for a more elegant way of creating patterns. Tomorrow's piece is already in the works. Should be more complicated than these tend to be.

Resistance

I wanted to draw, but I wasn't sure where to start. I wanted to make something cool, but it never quite turned out right. I had ideas, but I didn't think I had the means to make them work. I was experiencing what Steven Pressfield refers to as "resistance".

Normally, I would have accepted any excuse to stop working or trying. I would suddenly get a headache or get really tired. Sometimes a paralysis would set in as I weighed and considered future actions rather than acting in any way. Now I know the cost of giving into resistance - regret and stagnation.

I made a mark and I ran with it. Before I knew it, I had a usable sketch. Soon after, I was making my shapes, refining my nodes, applying color, scaling, and setting clip paths. I made something. I proved resistance wrong. I won today.