Pop corn

My obsession with giraffes and graphics is not over yet and I am working on yet another pattern and here's a little sneak peek, I call it Pop corn and I think that this one is my favourite so far, it might be the 80's colour scheme that makes it so special for me, I grew up with these colours, perms & to much hair spray, Depeche Mode & Madonna, Dallas, V and Falcon Crest - all the pastel colours makes me a bit sentimental.

What else is new?

I find it strange that there are so few illustration exhibitions and shows in a city like London, that probably has 10 illustrators per square metre and is such a mecca for culture and art, so I am trying to change that and is organising and putting together some shows of my own and I am very pleased to say that a have an amazing bunch of illustrators with me so stay tuned for more info and if you have a gallery or a space and would like to host a illustration show then please do get in touch!


PS. Thanks for all the feedback and comments on previous posts, I really appreciate it!

Work: Tribe Pattern

I just wanted to show some of my personal work that I have been working on lately, for me it is very important to take some time now and then to play and develop myself and during this Christmas I had some time to do so which was great. 

One of the thing that I worked on was pattern making and here is my new Tribe pattern and as you can see I have turned slightly obsessed with Giraffes lately, I think it might have reached it's peak now and it might be about time to move on to another species but I do love working with graphics and photography in my pattern making, I like the contrasts of real and organic and controlled vector shapes, or maybe I am just running slightly mad, what do you think?

Mint

Mint © Åsa Wikman



Gold © Åsa Wikman


Lately I have been working on a new pattern collection and now I just finished it and is celebrating with a nice cup of tea and thought I'd share a little sneak peek from the new collection with you, so here is two of my new patterns, Mint and Gold, what do you think?

I have always enjoyed working with graphic shapes and photography so this time I thought that I would base the new collection around that and plunge into it, and as a child of the 80's I wanted to go back to the 80's colour palette with pastel pinks and bubblegum colours. I like the contrast between sterile and controlled graphics and black and white photography of real living animals.


PS. There's a short interview with me regarding my latest projects in Lemonade Magazine 04, to read the interview click here

Budgie Love goes Wallpaper

Here's a little sneak peak of my Budgie Love Wallpaper fresh out of the printer and on it's way to a shoot with the prestigious Vogue magazine. Thanks for all your help Johnny at Pixley Print House and stay tuned for more info regarding my upcoming wallpaper collection.

Evolution Pattern Collection

I think that most of you recognise these patterns, I have shown some of them before, here on the blog, on my website and on my Twitter account, I call them my Evolution pattern collection; Budgie Love, Swedish Winter and Evolution. The last, the Evolution pattern is much, much larger in reality, I just wanted to show how the repeat works so I scaled it down, here it is in its real scale;

I am not sure if my obsession with hand drawn animals and patterns has ceased so there might be more soon.

Have a nice weekend!

My Pattern Kit

I made a small kit with my favorite patterns, here you can see parts of it. It contains 12 pages and has my CV in the back.  I am afraid that all my pictures are slightly out of focus. I think that my digital camera is giving up on me, ever-since I came back from Thailand and Cambodia it hasn't worked properly, but anyway, it still works atleast :)

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Åsa

The Funky Rabbits Pattern

Here's a sneak preview of my new Funky Rabbit Pattern, hope you like it! Now I am off to the hairdresser for the first time in three years!  I need to deal with "it", I feel like one of my hairy monsters right now, later!

PS. I think you all know the deal now, just click on the images to view them larger)

All the Best,

Åsa

Pattern Work

This week and the next is dedicated to my portfolio and the building of an website. I am stuck trying to choose a logo, choose what color combinations are the best for which pattern etc and I am not very found of html and building websites- BUT- I am having fun!

PS. To view the images bigger - just double click on them and they will open in a new window )

All the Best,
Åsa