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Design by Heather T.

@designbyheathert.bsky.social

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Artist, surface designer, pattern designer, typeface designer, and all such yumminess, based in Yachats OR. Website: https://designbyheathert.com Also me: @hlmtaylor.bsky.social #art #pattern #surfacedesign

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Sep 14

Isn't it the little things, though? Even finishing one flower design, or marveling at your pretty village... I'm grateful that we had much-needed rain last night. What little thing are you happy about today?

#inspirational #surfacedesign #floral #procreate #illustration #art #owl #heathert

This botanical illustration features the phrase "IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS" surrounded by autumn flowers including orange rudbeckia, burgundy blooms, yellow flowers, and pink berries. A small spotted owl sits among the foliage, with a ladybug and butterfly adding whimsical details. The artwork has a watercolor style against a beige background and is signed "hlmt '25."

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Aug 21

Lemur!

#lemur #procreate #procreateillustration #art #illustration #animals #heathert

Lemur with tail raised and in an S over its back. The lemur is rendered in mostly fat planes of grays, browns, black, and white. The copyright mark says Design by Heather T. The background is a gray watercolor wash.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Aug 8

Welcome to my Winter Collection, featuring Nordic animals and botanical elements.
#surfacepattern #surfacepatterndesign #winter #snowyowl #reindeer #arcticfox #dancingcranes #chickadees #whitewolf #polarbear #reindeer #minimalist #apparel #homedecor #stationery #giftwrap #seasonaldecor #heathert

Part one of Winter Collection, featuring a snowy owl, reindeer, arctic fox, and dancing cranes as separate illustrations; a sweater with the owl, a complex chickadee and simpler berry patterns, as well as a white wolf sticker and a simple white on blue polka dot.

Part 2 of the winter collection, with a gift wrap mock-up and other supporting patterns, as well as chickadee and polar bear stickers.

Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Jul 27

A hero pattern for the winter collection...
So many animals! #wintercollection #surfacepatterndesign #surfacepattern #procreateillustration #procreate #heathert #designart #art #birds

A medley of graphically drawn winter-coated animals, such as caribou, wolf, fox, hare, squirrel, cranes, ptarmigan, ermine, and owl.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Jul 21

Working on a winter collection in Cat Coquillette's Art of collections class. Now just need to come up with the patterns! Which one do you feel is most wintery?

#art #birds #surfacedesign #snowyowl #dancingcranes #polarbear #arcticfox #reindeer #procreate #digitalillustration #heathert

Left: Polar bear crusted in snow just waking up, against a light blue oval. Right: Arctic fox against a gray oval, sitting behind a bare stick poking up from the snow.

Snowy Owl owl on a beige oval, behind a berry branch covered in snow on the left. On the right, a real reindeer against a very light blue oval, with a snowy rock at its front left hock.

A pair of dancing cranes in very minimalist colors, against an oval featuring a bare tree at the crest of a snowy ridge.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Jul 10

Il y a toujours du soleil... My 4-sun collection (see illustrations in subsequent images). Doodly goodness! =)

#sun #soleil #catcoq #illustration #sunvariations #seasons #art #artcollection #doodly #doodleart #doodle #housewares #surfacedesign #heathert

A collection of 4 illustrated suns, one for each season.

4 plates on a tan background with a different seasonal illustration of a sun on each.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Jun 9

A beaming sun à la Heather! 😊 'Cuz god knows we need something bright these days.

#createwithcatcoq #digitalart #lettering #sun #curls #curly #soleil #heathert #procreate @catcoq.bsky.social

A drawn curlicue sun in gold, with a central horizontal transverse ray made with purple, pink, red & orange curlicues. The background is monocolor light yellow wash in watercolor. There is some red lettering across the bottom right that reads Le Soleil Epanoui, French for The Beaming Sun.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · May 3

#graphicstyle take 2! Tried to keep my brain from freaking out because it was messy.

#mixedmediaprocreate #mixedmedia #procreate #digitalart #faces #artfaces #heathert #art

Bust (in the classical sense) of a young woman with her eyes closed and head slightly tilted. The lighting tends to the orange and green. The strokes are broad with large swaths of color. Some contours are indicated by light-colored brush strokes.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · May 2

#mixedmediaprocreate #tuesdaymakers Every Tuesday (i.e. Teela Cunningham)'s new course, Mixed Media for Procreate, is so much fun! Love the results. Certainly nothing quick--I think this one took me about 20 hrs.

#procreate #mixedmedia #branch #paint #digitalart #heathert #dayoff #art

A sprig with 7 leaves in various shades of green. Some of the leaves are reflecting a lot of light, and appear almost white.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Apr 27

Hahahhh! Much better on the "simple" spring flowers front.

#createwithcatcoq #springflowers #springflorals #surfacepattern #surfacepatterndesign #repeatpattern #blueflowers #bluespring #heathert #simplicity #art

A tight tossed pattern of simple two-lobed, 5 petal flowers in blue, with graphic cross-hatched centers of brighter blue, and scattered little branches of 3, 2, and 1 leaves/leaf. Pain in the neck English.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Apr 27

Simple Spring Floral. But probably not simple enough. Lol!

#CreateWithCatCoq #springfloral #floraldesign #surfacepattern #surfacepatterndesign #heathert #noai

For a Cat Coquillette weekly challenge, a tossed pattern of light pink flowers with yellow stamen and blue-green stems and leaves on a very light pink background in a watercolor style. Phew.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Apr 4

I'm feeling a little dash dot dotty... New #pattern #design with #mushrooms and #butterflies.

#surfacepattern #surfacepatterndesign #bluemushroom #silverybluebutterfly #glaucopsychelygdamus #mycenacyanorrhiza #mycena #bluemushroom #heathert

A twining repeating pattern of simple leafy branches, blue mushrooms, and a blue butterfly. Everything, including the background, is covered in subtle lines made up of one dash, then 2 dots.

Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Mar 9

Just uploaded my Moon Sorrow collection of condolence cards in my Etsy shop, www.etsy.com/shop/heathert.

#surfacedesign #greetingcards #condolences #grief #sorrow #illustration #procreate #handdrawn #bereavement #sympathy #willow #pine #cedar #treesilhouette #moon #heathert

A weeping willow with dark and light leaves against a gray background, with a pale orange moon hiding behind the branches. At the bottom of the page you can read 'May sweet memories / surround you in your sadness.'

Darkly colored tall pine silhouettes (3) with a full moon shining over the hills, all in tones of gray. Message reads: 'We are with you in sorrow. Life seems colorless right now, but the sun will return.' The word 'will' is pale orange instead of white.

Darkly colored silhouette of a cedar or pine tree with a pale orange crescent moon peeking out behind the branches. You can see the craters on the rest of the moon dimly. Message reads: We send our deepest condolences in this dark time of your life, at the bottom of the page, under the tree.

Black silhouette of a leafless tree with a pale orange full moon peeking out behind the bare branches. Message reads: we sorrow with you, at the bottom of the page, under the tree.

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Thierry St-Laurent Dion @tstld.bsky.social · Feb 28

Little sparrow

Charcoal and fineliners
5x7

#art #birds #sciart #wildlife #traditional #drawing

Drawing of a sparrow made with charcoal and fineliners on toned paper.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Feb 28

I mean, really. Where are the adults in our white house?

Ukraine flag colors: blue top half, yellow bottom half.

Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Feb 13

Red, red rose....

#rose #art #illustration #procreate

Illustrated red rose with lots of shading.

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Velle @indigov33.bsky.social · Feb 9

#FebruArty #FebruArty2025
Day 8 & 9

A day late, but here's my piece for both #puzzle prompt & #ArtYear 😊 I'm happy with how it turned out and thinking of making a bigger, more defined acrylic version.

#ArtTherapy #watercolor #painting #artist #surrealart #tree #conceptart #dreamscape

Watercolor painting of a gnarly tree growing on a large puzzle piece with random puzzle pieces hanging from the branches as well. Background is a wash in indigo, purple, and aquamarine.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Feb 9

Eat M&Ms. 🙄

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Linda Dixon @ljdixon.bsky.social · Feb 9

Warm Welcome 16x16" oil on canvas
This was the first painting of the Architecture series.
#FebruArty #ArtYear #abstract #architecture #painting #luminous #modern #portal

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Feb 5

Ack, forgot tags: #art #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesign #pattern #summerlemon #citrus

Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Feb 5

Super-happy to share my Lemon Squeeze collection with you! Fabrics on offer at www.spoonflower.com/designs?view...

A collage of different lemon-inspired fabric patterns. Top left is lemon slices with watercolor leaves, sprinkled with lemon flowers on a light blue background. There are 3 rectangles of a plain, randomly white-speckled pattern on orange, dusky rose, and bright blue backgrounds. There is another pattern with just slices, and one with just whole yellow lemons. The brightest pattern is on a teal background with stylized watercolor leaves, flowers, and green lemons.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Feb 1

Working on a collection...

#surfacepatterndesign #art #procreate #watercolor #lemon #greenlemon

Green Lemons--a pattern of various little white lemon flowers on a teal background, with watercolor painted leaves in shifting tones of blue, green, and teal. There are little green lemons dotted throughout . There is a "designbyheathert" watermark in the lower right hand corner.

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Design by Heather T. @designbyheathert.bsky.social · Jan 26

Really pretty!

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Mindy Fisher @ornaglyphology.bsky.social · Jan 22

"Frog Goes to Helltown" 2024. Acryla-gouache and oil pastel on canvas. 20x24. My last show comprised of these paintings that I consider post-apocalyptic. An imagined world without human interaction. I renamed this one after "Hell Goes to Frog Town."
#abstractart #postapocalypticart #gouachepainting

An abstract painting that looks like a trippy, melting frog face. The color palette is dominated with green hues with pink and red highlights.

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Hixtril @hixtril.bsky.social · Jan 22

Collage / grounded

#collage #analogcollage #collagist #paper #collageart #handcutcollage ##abstractcollage #collagewave #collagecommunity
#typography #hixtril #コラージュ #コラージュアート

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