I really struggled to find inspiration to work on this project, even though I really wanted to do. I also felt a bit overwhelmed by all the steps, since I've only recently started learning AI.

So, I decided to dumb it down a bit for myself, and start with just one, basic image. I had carved a stamp to use in my packaging on Etsy, and thought I'd actually like it digitized as a logo. I also had been looking for eco-friendly packing tape, and found a company that prints patterns on kraft paper tape! Anyways, that's where the inspiration for this simple pattern came from.

I started with a picture of my stamp, and went from there...

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I was pretty happy with how it looked straight from AI, but I missed the blotchy look of the stamp, so I decided to keep going back into Photoshop....

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I'm so thankful this class went over creating swatches from images, because I'd be meaning to look that up! Anyways, I used this picture I took of some wood burning & dried flowers to create the colour variations that follow. I got a bit mixed up with recolouring in Photoshop (I understood it in AI no problem)...trying to apply the same brush strokes to all the colour themes. I ended up just using a giant paintbrush stroke on the original to do it :/ I'll have to re-watch that part, haha.

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I originally just wanted black & kraft paper tape, but after flipping through all the colours, I don't know anymore!

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I'd like to redo the project when I'm feeling more confident and inspired, but I still learned so much this time around

Beth Callon

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