A friend of mine named Kari was going to be opening up an Etsy.com shop and needed some artwork to put on the site and a few cards tag her items with. She makes funky children’s shirts with artsy hand made designs using custom cut fabric. They are really incredible and I would totally dress my children in them if I had any. Kari wasn’t picky about the artwork so I was excited to work for her (those types of clients are awesome!). She sent me a few pictures of her designs and I just ran from there. I knew that the designs needed to be fun, playful an mimic her existing work. And since I had never attempted this style of art before, I was looking forward to the challenge of learning a new technique.

There were three designs that stood out to me the most: the octopus, the mushrooms, and the monster. I knew that there would be enough material between the three of those that I could get something great going. Using the stock pattern in Adobe Illustrator i started concepting them out and they turned out great. I used a font called Cheboygan for the logo (it has the best lower cae “g” ever). The octopus ended up being the one that stood out the most. Her shop has been open for about two months now and she has added some great stuff.

She sells everything under the name Wide Eyed Musings. You can check it out at www.wideeyedmusings.etsy.com. If you end up getting anything, tell her I sent ya!