On my desktop...

Birthday Card Commission!

I had a sale!!!!

 

Something wonderful happened today... our shop had it's first sale!!

Artland Downloaded has been open for about 2 weeks and I have been manically checking the stats, when finally it happened...

Hello beautiful turquoise and red lace pack, you!

I will always remember this is the first item we sold. 

Hooray, Hooray, Hooray!

Hello Bluebird Patterns!

Hand drawn elements add such a cool look to adobe illustrator created graphics.

When I'm at the day job we often don't have time to sit down and draw out graphics by hand, so these sweet elements are a special treat for me to make after hours.

 

Besides, who can resist pink and red??

 I am considering remaking this set in multiple color ways too, I can't wait to use them myself! 

 

Available here! https://www.etsy.com/listing/178549236/hello-bluebird-digital-paper-pattern?ref=listing-shop-header-0

Daily doodle

Hello Bluebird!

I had some fun doodling today during my lunch break and the result is this sweet folks-y clip art pack! I can't WAIT to go back and make patterns out of these babies.

 

 

 

Check it out here!

Here is the original doodle in brown fine sharpie:

 

 

Daily Doodle

More and more and more patterns

I spend all my hours daydreaming abut patterns....I think I'm developing a problem.

 

 

Before I knew it, I had enough for a new Set in the shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/178195317/hand-drawn-florals-digital-paper-pattern?

Oh and hey, it happens to match this clip art set! https://www.etsy.com/listing/177159572/hand-drawn-floral-pack-digital-clip-art?ref=shop_home_active_9

Vine Pattern

I am LOVING Adobe Illustrator CS6's new pattern tools. Building patterns was once a clumsy and frustrating experience in earlier AI versions but is now intuitive, easy and, actually, delightful and addicting as well.

Here is a pattern I doodled yesterday:

After pulling it into illustrator and live tracing it I get this:

Using the pattern tool, I tiled that little blurb together into a huge repeating pattern:

And went crazy with the colors

Check it out in the store now!

Love Me Doodle Finished

My Love Me Doodle clip art set is now available in the store.

 

 

The color scheme is directly inspired by this lovely image which appeared on the tumblr clementine and tulips. unfortunately, I cannot find the original source.

 

 



Who can resist such soft pretty, tropical-y, citrus-y pastels?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love me Doodle

There's a whole lotta love happening on my screen right now. Coming up: valentine doodle clip art pack!

Lace Lace Lace

We raided our collection of antique lace and digitally dyed them in gorgeous shades of color. These ribbons are perfect for Weddings, Valentines, websites, scrapbooking, blogs, cards or anything else you can imagine.

A ton of antique lace ribbon was given to me from a coworker a few years ago. They are too lovely to use in physical work, but perfect for the scanner! According to my coworker, the collection is over 100 years old. How cool to merge such old things with new technology.

 

 Click Here for the "Turquoise and Red" Listing

 

 Click Here for the "Jewel Tones" Listing

 

Click Here for the "Western Romance" Listing

Painted Hearts

Now Available in the Shop: Painted Hearts!

Purchase 48 gorgeous mushy bright and rainbow hearts here: SHOP LISTING

From Trash to Art

I paint a lot in my free time. Yes... I paint using pixels, but I am at my easel in my studio just as often.  Lately the subject has been in very bright colors and, at the end of the day, my pallet is a gorgeous, colorful, mushy rainbow-y mess.

Look at this beauty:

There is a whole lot we can make out of this color and texture.

Since Valentine's Day is just around the corner, I'm thinking hearts.

This clip art pack will be in the store super soon! Just wrapping it up now.

On My Desktop...

Newest graphic pack is well on it's way!

Shop is Open!!

Here at Artland, we're thrilled that our new shop "Artland Downloaded" is now open for buisness.
Check this blog for updates, previews, and ART! https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtlandDownloaded