This collection came about as the result of an experiment.  I was exploring the idea of using a single shape to create collections by playing with layout and creating composite shapes.  Some of the resulting composites seemed a little occultish to me and thus "Arcane Gothic" was born.  It is a limited-palette set of patterns with hints of the occult and Gothic-esque symbols and motifs.  It could be a great alternative for Halloween - but would work well all year round!  Think Whimsigoth aesthetic and Goth wedding invitations and décor. 

Funnily enough the "sister" collection that sparked this one is its diametrical opposite! It's called "A Groovy Kind of Pink". (I think that the name says it all!) I will introduce it in a separate blog post.  In the meantime they are both available to download in my Creative Fabrica Shop and on Spoonflower.

I spoke in a previous blog post about recolouring designs and the way it can be completely transformative.  Well that's what happened with the Autumn Splendour collection.  I had some patterns left over from my Pink and Black Boho set.  I added an HSL adjustment layer in Affinity Designer and tuned the colours to get these incredible Autumn hues.  

I wasn't sure if the patterns worked as a set at first, but the more I looked at it the more it grew on me. Now I absolutely love it!  So much so that I was inspired to create a brand new digital paper set based on the same colour palette.  Which resulted in "Fall Into Autumn".

The "Fall into Autumn" collection is an eclectic mix of patterns, textures and backgrounds featuring plaids, stipes, geometrics, paint effects and illustration.  I was thinking about making mini albums when I put this collection together and how the different designs would mix and match in a project like that.

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 The two collections are quite different, but because the colour palette is the same in both they could be used in conjunction with one another for even greater versatility.

"Autumn Splendour" and "Fall into Autumn" are both available for licensed download in my Creative Fabrica Shop or at Spoonflower.

One of the reasons that I got into surface pattern design at all was because I wanted to create beautiful patterned papers to use for cardmaking, scrapbooking and paper crafting.  Up until now I haven't made any of my designs available on paper, but I recently opened a new store on Creative Fabrica.

Creative Fabrica is a graphics resource website where you can download all manner of graphics and fonts - from clip art to cut files, Photoshop brushes to patterns and everything in between!

While not directly on paper, my design collections will be available to download and use in your own creative projects - whether that is printing them out to use in scrapbooks or on cards, or using them to create product packaging or posters.  Check the Creative Fabrica website for the EULA (end user licence agreement) and terms of use.  ​