Starburst Eyes was inspired by vintage wallpapers and eyeballs. Yeah, odd combo. But, I'm glad I rolled with it and created these shining sun symbols with retro sun ray eyelashes that burst from open and closed eyes. There are 6 different color ways in 3 different sizes all available now on Spoonflower.

Disco is one of the first textile designs I ever made back in 2009 when I first discovered Spoonflower and realized I didn't need a company to believe in me, that I could make and sell textiles on my own. 

​Recently, I revamped her with a new color palette appropriately named 'Hustle' for a disco themed Spoonflower contest. 

Someone out there made this and loves it and, even though I think it's pretty bad, I kind of love it too. Print that cover on a tie-dye tee and I'd wear it. But, I can understand why it ended up on Lousy Book Covers. Other covers, not so much...

Unlike most people, I'm actually a huge fan of Norman Boutin's first cover for his novel "Empress Theresa" (My first blog post was inspired by it). It gives me Soviet film noir poster vibes but brighter. And, I love that he painted all of the elements himself.

I think this guy is bursting with creativity. There's heavy criticism of his book beyond the cover alone. It's a 468-page novel that twists all over the place but, all that tells me is that this dude just needs a good editor.

We had a saying in art school: it's always better to be too much than not enough. 

If you create too much of something, it's easy to edit that down to something curated and purposeful. But, if you can't bring enough to the table, then you have nothing to work with. Most people, in my opinion, are not enough.
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​Norman is capable of doing what many are not and that is being too much. I get serious Henry Darger vibes from this guy and wonder if one day his collection of work will be displayed in museums. Hopefully he has a stack of paintings at home created around this novel. 🤞

This is the first design I've made where I'd wear it on a tee and buy a set of sheets with the print. When I was trying to figure out what to design for Spoonflower's Bold Minimalism challenge, this drew itself in my mind's eye, so I made it. I love when that happens.