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Creating My Yellow, Coral, and Gray Floral Designs

Creating My Yellow, Coral, and Gray Floral Pattern

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My Yellow, Gray, & Floral designs started as an exercise in Module 2 from Make it in Design. The brief was to create elegant coordinated patterns for a stationery collection.

I decided to use this stylized flower I had sketched in my art journal as the basis for the designs.

Color palette and motifs for my yellow, coral, and gray floral pattern

For the color palette, I started with one of my favorite color combinations: yellow and gray, and then added the coral. I hand-drew the flowers, scanned them, and traced them in Adobe Illustrator. I use the rectangle tool to create the diamond shapes.

Concept board for my yellow, coral, and gray floral pattern on stationery

I added color to the floral motifs and used them and the diamonds in different combinations on each piece of the collection.

The yellow, coral, and gray floral pattern

For my Redbubble shop, I changed the name of the collection to Yellow, Coral, and Gray Floral Designs. In addition, I tweaked the designs from the stationary to fit the products better.

These designs are available on wall art, phone cases, home decor, stickers, magnets, and more.

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Daffodil Color Palette

Spring Flowers

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When Invasive Species are Beautiful

An invasive species is any living thing that did not evolve in it’s current location. Invasive plants can cause harm to the environment by crowding out native species. They can also be beautiful. The shapes and colors of the flowers catch my eye. Enjoy the photos that I have taken of some invasive plants, but do not plant them in your garden.

Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellatum
Snowflake Viburnum, Viburnum plicatum
Dames Rocket, Hesperis matronalis
Jetbead, Rhodotypos scandens

Photographing Flowers in the Park

I’ve been spending a lot of time in my local park lately. It’s so beautiful in spring with all the flowers blooming. To take these photos I used the aperture priority setting on my camera. I set the aperture to a wide opening (small number) to blur the background behind the flowers.

A pink blossom with a blurred background of a tree and blue sky.

White blossoms with a blurred background of trees and blue sky.

A red and orange tulip with a blurred background of a white tulip and green grass.