I wanted to create something that represented fall. For a long time the only thing that I could think of was Thanksgiving and cornucopias which is not at all what I was trying to accomplish.
So I broke it down into single items that reminded me of fall. I first made the pumpkin and then I made the fall leaves. To me sunflowers are fall flowers and I thought that might be nice to use. I tried really hard to think of something else. What else does nature give us that reminds me of fall. Finally came up with the cattails.
The pumpkin was pretty easy and didn’t require much thought. Then came the leaves. I loved making all the leaves. Each leaf has pretty much the same shape, so the fun was in mixing and blending the colors of each leaf. After the leaves I drew the sunflowers, which were pretty simple since I had made sunflowers before. Next came the cattails. The cattails were the most difficult element for me to make.
I first started drawing the cattails, and all I could see from my drawing was weenies on a stick. No matter what I changed or what I tried, I still got the same results. So, I decided to do some research and look at some photographs of cattails to see what I wasn’t getting right. As I was looking at photographs of cattails I finally came to a realization that all cattails look like weenies on a stick. With that realization I became satisfied with my drawing and proceeded on.
After I had completed each individual element of the design I started putting them all together. That is when the magic happened. Each element just fell into place as if the piece was drawn as one. The final piece element that I added was the blue background.
Sometimes in creating a new design you have to look at it like a jigsaw puzzle. You have all the pieces in front of you and you know they all fit together, it is just figuring out how they fit together.
Overall I was very pleased with the outcome and to me this is what fall is about. When I was finished and looking at the piece the one thing that surprised me the most was how brilliant and vibrant the colors were. That was a very pleasant surprise that made me smile!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Birdie Village
Birdie Village a delightful collection of whimsical and colorful birdhouse.
Before I started working on the Birdie Village Collection I did many house of research in looking at as many birdhouses I could find. I first looked at what all the houses had in common, and then I looked at what was different about each house. In conclusion I determined that they are all as much the same as they are different, which made it really easy from the designers point of view.
For each individual birdhouse I first started with a shape. Once I had the shape that I wanted, then I would just play around with different colors and accents until I had the final birdhouse that I wanted.
Birdie Village is my most popular collections. My husband keeps asking me why people like birdhouse so much. I don’t know the answer to that question, but I do know that I like birdhouses very much.
I wonder what it would be like to live in one of these birdhouses. What if the house we lived in looked like a birdhouse? What would your house look like? Now wouldn’t that be fun!
Before I started working on the Birdie Village Collection I did many house of research in looking at as many birdhouses I could find. I first looked at what all the houses had in common, and then I looked at what was different about each house. In conclusion I determined that they are all as much the same as they are different, which made it really easy from the designers point of view.
For each individual birdhouse I first started with a shape. Once I had the shape that I wanted, then I would just play around with different colors and accents until I had the final birdhouse that I wanted.
Birdie Village is my most popular collections. My husband keeps asking me why people like birdhouse so much. I don’t know the answer to that question, but I do know that I like birdhouses very much.
I wonder what it would be like to live in one of these birdhouses. What if the house we lived in looked like a birdhouse? What would your house look like? Now wouldn’t that be fun!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Hearts & Swirls
Not only is Hearts & Swirls my oldest collection, but it is probably the very first collection I ever created. Sometimes your best work can come from something that is nothing more than just a doodle.
Hearts and Swirls probably started around the time I was in Junior High School. Being very typical for my age, I can remember drawing hearts on everything. The book covers of all my school books were covered in tiny little hearts. And yes, I went through that adorable phase of when I would write something I would dot all of my “I’s” with little hearts. (Thinking back on it, I know my teachers must have really loved getting my homework with all these little hearts on it.)
Eventually the hearts became a little boring to me so I started adding the swirls to the hearts. Then over time the leaves were added which is the point where the doodles became a collection.
Anytime you see the Hearts & Swirls Collection it will consist of these three elements; the heart, the swirl and the leaf. From there it will change. I have used the hearts and swirls on stems with leaves to make a flower garden and I have also used the hearts and swirls on a vine with leaves. Who knows what forms the hearts and swirls will take on in the future.
Since the Hearts & Swirls Collection is my oldest collection I have chosen it as my logo for Debi Payne Designs which is why it is also my avatar and likely to pop up anywhere. I have intentional done this in the hopes that one day people will see this simple symbol and immediately connect it to Debi Payne Designs.
Hearts and Swirls probably started around the time I was in Junior High School. Being very typical for my age, I can remember drawing hearts on everything. The book covers of all my school books were covered in tiny little hearts. And yes, I went through that adorable phase of when I would write something I would dot all of my “I’s” with little hearts. (Thinking back on it, I know my teachers must have really loved getting my homework with all these little hearts on it.)
Eventually the hearts became a little boring to me so I started adding the swirls to the hearts. Then over time the leaves were added which is the point where the doodles became a collection.
Anytime you see the Hearts & Swirls Collection it will consist of these three elements; the heart, the swirl and the leaf. From there it will change. I have used the hearts and swirls on stems with leaves to make a flower garden and I have also used the hearts and swirls on a vine with leaves. Who knows what forms the hearts and swirls will take on in the future.
Since the Hearts & Swirls Collection is my oldest collection I have chosen it as my logo for Debi Payne Designs which is why it is also my avatar and likely to pop up anywhere. I have intentional done this in the hopes that one day people will see this simple symbol and immediately connect it to Debi Payne Designs.
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