New floral prints

I feel like it has been so long since my last post! And the truth is that I have been busy creating new prints for Design Lab Studio.

Bellow, new designs I just added to my online portfolio, the group was inspired in different leaves' shapes and textures, enjoy!

Fiorella 1

Fiorella 2

Fiorella 3

Fiorella 4

Fiorella 5

 

Tigerprint black/white design contest!

I have submitted 4 different prints for the monthly Tigerprint design competition going on right now. The brief for this contest requires a black/white color scheme where the design(s) will be applicable in stationary, gift bags, gift paper, etc. Quite a challenge for someone like me who needs so much color in her life and work! But I am happy with the results, cross your fingers here they come:

Blinds

Bubbling

Summer breeze

Frames

Inspiration boards

I have recently added some inspiration boards on my Pinterest page, a selection bellow.

Pattern Inspiration: Old tiles

Pattern Inspiration: Stone carving

Pattern Inspiration:Iron Works

Keka designer

I wanted to share mi latest collaboration with Keka Case, I am really happy to be part of the "Keka Community." It is really inspiring to be feature among very talented designers from all over the world. Currently Keka carries cases for all generations of iPad and Kindle and very soon will be expanding into iPhone and Galaxy phones too. Worth to check their wonderful assortment of very diverse designs.

Bellow a snap shot of my page, enjoy!

Isabel Isaza-Trujillo

Isabel is a passionate textile designer originally from Colombia and currently living in Ohio. She received her degree in textile design from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, then moved to Milan for a diploma in Fashion Design from the Istituto Marangoni. Her relationship with fabrics, colors and patterns started early in life, always intrigued with textures, lines and transparencies. She is inspired by anything that flies, smells or dries out in the sun. The natural world is her biggest source of intense colors, delicate textures and endless lines. Her style combines hand drawn objects mostly from nature and later manipulated digitally in a very bright color palette.

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  ARAPARA

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  SIRA

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  MIVI

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  MAPORA

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Exotic Botanicals Project

Welcome to my blog! This is  a place I have created to share work in progress, advances in my business as a surface pattern designer and also contribute with inspiration ideas. I hope you keep coming back!

Today's post is about one of my coming projects for this summer. I am starting a new collection of prints with no specific purpose other than experiment with different flower shapes. Lately I feel that I have been using the same kind of flower, a lilly kind, which I really love to work with. With that in mind, I have been doing a lot of research, going thru tons of botanical drawings, and more technical plant manuals that are already adding a full list of exotic fabulous florals. Included are carnivorous plants, ginger, agapanthus, passion flower and many more.
While looking for different sources I found this great book that I really recommend, the illustrations are beautiful and the subject variety is amazing.
Exotic Botanical Illustration: With the Eden Project by Rosie Martin and Meriel Thurstan  
My intention with this project is also to sketch more which I have lately replaced it with drawing on my Wacom tablet, is more about going back to basics, paper and pencil. My sketchbook is ready, my pencils sharpen, and I am ready to go! 

My moodboard for this coming collection is looking something like this:

More about the progress of this and other projects coming soon!