Datchis here, Datchis there, Datchis EVERYWHERE!

Good Morning peoples! I've spent the past two days making these little sweeties. I spend a whole day designing them and probably a whole day photographing them. I wanted something a little bit different from Tomodachi Islands normal Yeties so I decided to make a Yeti/Owling hybrid. So these are the Datchis!

 I started out with some rough drawings as I always do when it comes to designing new phone sleeves. They more or less always come out very differently from the drawings but it is good to know what you're doing before you set out cutting and sewing.

Once that is done I draw up the patterns I'm going to need. I keep a little box in my crafting cupboard with loads of paper cuttings of old and new patterns. You never know when you might need to use them again.

 Needles and thread....

And some fabric paint and we're all good to put these little cuties together... And here's how they came out:

 The Pink DATCHIS!

 Pink Fluffy Datchi with a present (present does not come with the sleeve ;))

 I love her so much! Those Colours go so well together!

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 Hard Case Pink DATCHI! Yes yes oh yes, Tomodachi Island has now got it's first hard case! Woop woop for that! And she is just as cute as the fluffy Datchi!

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 And then we've got the Grey DATCHIS!!!

 Here's the fluffy grey Datchi in all her glory. I looooove the fur. So soft and fluffy!

And she's got a pressie toooo! (not included in the purchase)

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 Hard Case Grey DATCHI! And yes, Tomodachi Island has got its SECOND hard case! Omg!

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 And here's a little snap shot of them all together.

And a little photo from yesterdays photo shoot. I an hurting today. It is not easy to crawl around on the floor trying to take nice pictures when you got a massive preggie belly in the way lol. But I think they came out alright in the end and also, the lounge has to the best natural light in the house. So it was worth it :D

A messy desk and some drawings...

 Happy Monday everyone! Yup, new week, new adventures. For me it is loaded with work work work. I wanted to have some new drawings for you today as I started my Sunday with drawing. Unfortunately I ended up with a terrible stomach cramp and weren't able to sit up right. Let's just say I spent most of Sunday horizontally on the couch in front of Grand Designs on 4OD.

 I did however manage to finish of a few drawings. These are to be designs for the iPhone cases and also I wanted to draw all of the characters you can find on Tomodachi Island and make iPhone cases out of them as well.

 So I have started that process that might be a bit of a long one. I love drawing them as I can give them more character and I also plan give you a more detailed introduction of each one of them when they're finished.

 A little photo of my toys that still need a shelf of their own as they're not safe where they are :'(

 I did some test prints of these two during the weekend and they came out lovely too. I am so in to making patterns at the moment that I have to force myself in to doing other things too...

Also need to order some new fur today as the stock is running low. For some reason I got loads of pink though. Seem to never run out of that....
Plans for this week is to get more stock in and to create new stuff for Tomodachi Island as mobiLOVE has had most of my attention lately.
What are your plans for the week???

Phone cases...

Blog entries have been a bit sparse this week as I've been working allot. And I am really sorry about that. The patterns from the other day are up on phone cases at MobiLOVE anyway and ready to be purchased. Next week I will start a little series called "The Week in Pictures". Basically I will do a blog post every Monday with photos from the past week. These photos can be of anything that has happened during my week, but will mainly contain photos from my every day work. So I am looking forward to starting that, as I have loads of new projects coming up.

 Have a great weekend everyone and I will see you on Monday again! You can click the pictures to be redirected to the case you fancy.

And Moooooore Patterns....

Good morning everyone! Hope the start of the week has been great for you. I started my week with designing some more patterns. I worked on these Sunday night and Monday. This week I work allot at my part time job, so I won't find as much time to work on my personal stuff. These are not on Phone cases just yet, but I hope to be able to do that tomorrow. This first one is one of my favs anyway, my Brollies and Drops pattern. What I love most about it is the simplicity of it I think. And how easy it is to customize. Will make a few different versions of this one me thinks.

Here's another fav of mine. It reminds me so much of my grandmother. She used to have bed sheets in these colours and they used to be so soft and I just loved them when I was a child. So this one is definitely inspired by my grandmother who sadly aint with us anymore. A little tribute to her.

And this is obviously  a more "modern" take on the pattern if you may. I love blue, yellow and red together. They just compliment each other so well.

I also felt like making something a little more "glamorous" and since I had a show girly looking fan in my sketch book I thought I'd have a go at that. I'm not sure on these yet, but maybe someone out there will love them. It's just not my style, but was nice to try something different. What do you think? Was it worth my time or not? ;)

Yukai Neko...

 I don't know if you remember these three. I did them about a year ago and was going to make plushies out of them. They didn't come out the way I wanted them to so I decided to scrap the idea completely. However I did cut them out and have kept them hanging around the office since I find them extremely cute. I saw them last week after they'd been hidden behind my office curtain for a while and thought they'd make great phone cases.So I took up my pen tablet on Friday night and had a go and this  is what came out of it...

 I thought they'd look super cute with a cheerleader sort of name patch and tried it out. I think it works really well.

 What do you think?

Yukai Neko YEEEY! Click the pictures to get redirected to the MobiLOVE Etsy store :D

Patterns made by ME!

Half of the patterns are ready! I had so much fun creating these and it has inspired me to try something new out. I will tell you once I've stewed over it a bit more... Brain is ticking away!

First Pattern: Here's my first pattern anyway: Apple and Lime, and this is what it looks like on the phone case. You can click the picture and it will take you straight to the shop listing on Etsy!

Second Pattern: Apples and Oranges, same goes for this one. Click the picture to get to the iPhone case shop listing.

Third Pattern: This is my FAV! I loooove it and I will make a case for myself I think. Tulip Pattern! I also decided that a Monogram would look lovely on this case, so you can choose whether you want it with or without. Same again, click the photo to go to the shop listing on Etsy.

Fourth: I am in love with the colours of this one. Crossflower Pattern I call it. I dono why, I just found it hard to put a name to the flower. Yet again I thought a Monogram would look great and this one has got the option to be made with or without the Monogram as well. Click the picture below for shop listing.

Since I am new to making patterns I would love your opinions on these ones. Anything I can do to improve?

Inspirational Patterns of the 50's...

Yesterday I thought I'd have a go at creating my own patterns. I haven't finished yet as I need to sit down and read through and watch some tutorials on how to make proper patterns in Illustrator. But I found loads of inspiration from Google Image search. I find myself drawn to 50's and 60's patterns mostly, but I wanted the patterns to have a touch of my style as well of course.

 So after browsing Google Image Search for about half an hour my head was filled with ideas. It is funny how much effort you can put into these seemingly simple designs. Sometimes I find it harder to keep it simple and I was exhausted mentally after drawing these.

 I think I came up with some cool original looking shapes though and can't wait to get started in Illustrator, which will be tomorrows job.

These patterns are for mobiLOVE, so you will see them on phone cases eventually. However if they come out nice I might make some new products out of the too. We'll see. Now I'm off to work! Have a great day all of you!