Creative Inspiration Board

So lately, I have been creating and cutting letters of the alphabet for a future listing on Etsy. This is something that has been in my mind to do - see older post. ( Has a great link to the history of mud cloth) I finally started on it because I was able to focus on what particular patterns I wanted to create.  I love geometric patterns that include triangles, straight lines, hexagons and dots.

geometric pattern inspiration

Here is my inspiration for some of my patterns. I have a file of patterns I created while in the fashion industry that I have used as my foundation and by combining these patterns and manipulating them in Illustrator I am able to create new patterns for my letters.

Here is what I have so far:

Which one is your favorite so far?

Peace,
Janelle

Cut Paper Art letters - Mud Cloth Patterns

I am thinking of designing a paper cutting art letter series. There are other paper cutting artist that create beautiful paper cut letters like  Suzy Taylor and Rachel Ashe.


My inspiration will come from African mud cloth patterns. I am drawn to the geometric patterns like stripes, dots, triangles and swirls. I am currently working on a pattern that will be different in each letter but have the same feel.

I found this wonderful post at Design Sponge that give the history of mud cloth in case you are interested and they have a link to a site that allows you to create your own virtual mud cloth design.

Enjoy!