Based on the Exotic Canopy brief, Flores Tropicais means Tropical Flowers in Portuguese. I added a contrasting leopard print to the mix too. I love those contrasting colours and would totally wear this as a print. I could also see it working on homewares and within the stationery market.
Citrus & Tropical Fruits
Lindsay Elissa Coils2021-09-08T22:19:35+00:00Who doesn’t love a fruit pattern? They are used everywhere. On ceramics, tableware, cushions, fabrics, wallpaper. They never seem to go out of fashion. I created these citrus and tropical fruit patterns to sit together as a group or as stand alone patterns. Three citrus and three tropical.
Highland Hoolie Country Set Pattern
Lindsay Elissa Coils2021-09-08T22:08:49+00:00When I read the brief for Country Set, there could be only one place to focus this pattern on. Scotland. Albany the stag became the main character of the surface pattern. He was then joined by bluetits, a rabbit and an owl. I love wildlife so I knew I wanted to make my pattern using [...]
Zoometry
Lindsay Elissa Coils2021-09-08T18:03:01+00:00The brief for this one was 'Geopop'. I love animals so I decided to create a menagerie of animals made up of circles, squares, semi circles and hearts etc. Before I knew it, I had a zoo. These animals are available to buy on clothing at Teemill. The link is under the 'Shop' header.
Summer Breeze
Lindsay Elissa Coils2021-09-08T17:48:02+00:00When I think of Joyful Blooms which was the brief, there can only be one flower that springs to mind. Yes, the big smiley faces of the sunflowers. All with their heads tilted to the sun. Just joyful. I used a risograph effect to bring these flowers to life sticking with the colours from the [...]
Sidewinder
Lindsay Elissa Coils2021-09-08T17:44:33+00:00This glitchy pattern was created to fit a brief called Twisted. I immediately thought of snakes and orange peel. Quite an odd combination I know but that's a creative brain for you :). I love how random it is against the staggered blocks and glitches. I stuck with the mood board colours I created and [...]
Divine Discoveries
Lindsay Elissa Coils2021-09-08T17:33:40+00:00A natural 'from the earth' surface pattern based on the brief 'Mineral'. Divine Discoveries is all about calming beachy vibes and colours. Fossils and conch shells are surrounded by healing crystals to make this pastel coloured sandy pattern. This could work in bathrooms and on homewares as well as fabrics for making clothing.
Shore Thing!
Lindsay Elissa Coils2021-09-08T17:24:31+00:00Based on the boardwalks of California, this brief entitled 'Shore Thing!' is all American. With the pelicans that sit on the boardwalk to the fish who swim under it, this pattern has it all. Rollerskates represent the leisure activities on the boardwalk while shells and crabs represent what goes on underneath. And there's always a [...]
Sunset Palms
Lindsay Elissa Coils2021-09-08T17:17:14+00:00I loved creating this pattern for the brief 'Botanist'. The moodboard I created for it inspired me to try risograph for the first time and I love the result. I didn't want this to be a full on green pattern even though it's obviously based on plants because there are some beautifully coloured plants. I [...]
Wanderlust
Lindsay Elissa Coils2021-09-08T17:14:01+00:00The brief for this pattern was 'Eclectic Heirloom'. I created a mood board after mind mapping my ideas and I kept coming back to travel. Old maps, globes, tiles and nature. I wanted to make the pattern more appealing to a contemporary home so although I stuck to my original mood board colours, I added [...]