Today marks my 7th day of making patterns everyday for The 100 Day Project. I've decided to start my weeks on Tuesdays and end them on Mondays since the project officially started on a Tuesday. To save time i've decided to revisit past sketchbook entries for the patterns I make which in turn influences my current sketchbook entries. Last night I was drawing chili peppers and couldn't stop thinking about what a delicious repeat they'd make. I have a feeling poblanos will be on next week's pattern menu.
I had a lot of fun with the patterns I made this week. My favorites were the avocados and flamingos. The flamingos are actually a cross between a flamingo and a quail, but for the sake of category I think they most resemble a flamingo. The avocados were the easiest of the patterns I made. It usually takes me a while to pick colors and find the perfect repeat but with these they just fell into place. I think the avocados came so naturally because I've been eating a LOT of them lately.
My least favorite pattern was the Vintage Flower pattern. It was late when I started it and I didnt want to have to start on anything else so I just saw it through. It came out alright but I don't love it so I unless someone specifically requests it, I do not think I will include it in my Spoonflower shop.
Eat the Frog
Tomorrow starts another week of pattern making. This week I was challenged with time constraints but to my surprise I didn't let them interrupt my progress. Time has gotten in the way of a lot of my past creative projects and this year I've been working hard to overcome that hurdle. I heard a saying a while ago: "Eat the frog". When there's a project looming, no matter how excited I am about it I tend to procrastinate. "Eat the frog" basically means to just get it over with. To get around my procrastination and time issues I try to make this the first thing I do when I sit down at my desk to work. Not only does it get my daily pattern creation out of the way, but it also ignites my creativity spark for the rest of the day.
