UnBlink Studio by Jackie Tahara: Print and Pattern Design and Illustration

This Week's Spoonflower Design Challenge: "Moody Florals"! Voting Ends March 5! I've Entered My "Geraniums" Pattern Design in Deep Red!

2/23/2019

I decided to turn my "Geraniums" journal cover design (see my Feb 15 post) into this botanical repeat pattern. To me it looks a bit Art Nouveau which pleases me since I'm a big fan of William Morris. Funny enough, when I did the repeat with the blooms in the original Hot Pink, something was urging me to try it in Deep Red. So I did. And you know what? Although I love the Hot Pink on the journal cover design, I think I prefer the Deep Red in the repeat pattern. It really makes me think of statement wallpaper or big velvet couches...So I decided to enter the Deep Red one in next week's "Moody Florals" Design Challenge on Spoonflower. Voting is now open until March 5 2019 3:00 EST.
VOTING TIP: There are over 800 designs to choose from, so to make it easy to find mine you can do a Page Search on the voting page. Just make sure ALL the images have loaded (by scrolling all the way to the bottom), then do a Page Search (Ctl+F on PC, Cmd+F on Mac) and search my studio name, unblink.

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This Week's Spoonflower Design Challenge: "Bohemian Paradise"! Voting Ends Feb 26!

2/22/2019

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I just entered my "Dream" pattern design in this week's Spoonflower "Bohemian Paradise" design challenge! If you have a minute, I would very much appreciate your vote (voting ends Feb 26). Maybe it might take more than a minute because you'll probably get wrapped up in all the amazing designs in the challenge. You can vote for as many as you like and don't need to have an account. Click here to go directly to the Spoonflower Challenge Voting Page!
BTW: I have been uploading a bunch of new pattern designs to My Spoonflower Shop and they should be "Available for Sale" in the next week or two on fabric, giftwrap and wallpaper, and on home decor products at Roostery.com too! Stay tuned!
ADDENDUM: Just wanted to let you know that this design came in #26 out of over 700 entries in this Spoonflower challenge! Thanks to everyone of you who took the time to vote! A happy result for my first Spoonflower design challenge! More to come...

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MATS Bootcamp Assignment #1: A Journal Cover with Geraniums!

2/15/2019

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MATS Bootcamp is a really fun portfolio-building course from Make Art That Sells. I decided to join up back on Cyber Monday and had to wait until February for the class to start. So, the first February assignment was to design a floral-themed journal cover featuring a specified flower, for me it was geraniums. Tell me what you think...Would you be happy writing your thoughts in this journal, I am curious?

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Exciting News: I'm Going to Be in the 3rd Edition of the UPPERCASE Magazine Surface Pattern Design Guide Coming Out in April 2019!

2/13/2019

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From the annals of “If at first you don’t succeed...” Two years ago I submitted designs hoping to be included in the 2nd UPPERCASE Magazine Surface Pattern Design Guide and sadly I wasn’t chosen. BUT the 3rd Edition of the Uppercase SPDG which features "the best in up-and-coming surface pattern designers" is coming out this April in Issue 41 and this time I’m in it! From 674 entries 100 designers were chosen! Here are my entries...not sure which 3 will be in the Guide but looking forward to finding out! Thanks to Janine Vangool at Uppercase Magazine!

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Dreaming About the Gorgeousness!

2/7/2019

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I've been playing with my newest pattern designs the last few days, and visualizing them on pillows and fabrics! I think my Far East Collection would look gorgeous on a set of pillows; my Fanciful Collection would be great for quilters or girl's dresses; my newest tropical patterns, including my Botanical Gardens Collection, Celestun and Hibiscus, would cheer up any wardrobe or interior space, and I think my Koyasan Collection would be so calming in any room! What do you think?! Can you envision these designs on other products? Let me know!

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Brand New Stationery Sets with My "Coastal Stories" Pattern Designs!

2/3/2019

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Just out from Palphot Marketing is a brand new range of stationery sets featuring my "Coastal Stories" pattern design collection. Each set comes with 10 notelets and envelopes in a nice little package with shiny metallic details! I just received my samples and I love them! There are 4 different sets to choose from!

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Memories of the Yucatan, Mexico: Pink Flamingoes and Hibiscus Flowers!

2/1/2019

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Here is the start of a new pattern design collection that I am going to call "Celestun" because it was influenced by the trip I took a couple years ago to Merida in the Yucatan, Mexico. Nearby is the Celestun Biosphere Reserve where flocks of wild pink flamingos feed on shrimps that live in mangrove forests along the Ria Celestun.

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This Week's Spoonflower Design Challenge: "Moody Florals"! Voting Ends March 5! I've Entered My "Geraniums" Pattern Design in Deep Red!

This Week's Spoonflower Design Challenge: "Bohemian Paradise"! Voting Ends Feb 26!

MATS Bootcamp Assignment #1: A Journal Cover with Geraniums!

Exciting News: I'm Going to Be in the 3rd Edition of the UPPERCASE Magazine Surface Pattern Design Guide Coming Out in April 2019!

Dreaming About the Gorgeousness!

Brand New Stationery Sets with My "Coastal Stories" Pattern Designs!

Memories of the Yucatan, Mexico: Pink Flamingoes and Hibiscus Flowers!

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