Young Talent - Robyn Toria

I recently visited the lovely Cleveland College of Art & Design where I delivered a design lecture & met a large number of talented students. This is where I came across up & coming illustrator Robyn Toria, I was blown away by her stunning illustrations so much so that I commissioned her to create a biography image for me! I just love her unique style & thought it would make a great collaborative piece. I'm always asked for bio images & I never like my photos so this seemed the perfect solution.

"Robyn Toria is a freelance illustrator and designer from the north of England, specialising in portraiture and fashion illustration. She mixes traditional pencil drawing with bright colours and a diverse range of media".


I gave Robyn one of my work photographs & asked her to combine a couple of my patterns. I just LOVE the end result. I have decided to share all of the work & development stages on the blog today so you can see how talented Robyn is! I'm really AMAZED by it all, thanks Robyn! I highly recommend Robyn, I'm sure I'll be hiring her again.


You can follow Robyn's blog here, she also has recently set up a Faceebook page you can connect with Robyn on twitter @robyntori.

Illustration of Robyn

My original work photograph

Robyn's beautiful pencil drawing

My '50's inspired' pattern design 

Playing around with pattern & scale my 'Quirky Icons' pattern

Designer Feature - Louise Tiler

Happy Monday!:)

Today I'd like to share with you all the stunning & beautiful work from the award winning designer Louise Tiler. It's hard to believe that Louise has only just graduated of the BA (Hons) Printed Textiles & Surface Pattern Design course at Leeds College of Art,  for such a young new designer she really has made her mark. Her intricate illustrations & gorgeous style really has made her stand out from the crowd.

It’s been a great year for Louise so far as she was awarded the BDC (Business Design Centre) New Designer of the Year award 2011 & she was also the Grand Prize Winner of the SURTEX 2011 designext student design competition, Tigerprint online competition 2010 and 1st prize at the Bradford Textiles competition.

I'm sure this is only the beginning for Louise. She's a talent to watch!

Louise is also a lovely girl too & very grounded, we have worked together at the Tigerprint design studio. I first met her whilst she was still studying & was on a student placement. Her work really wowed me then, so I'm really happy to see her go on to achieve lots of success.

Well done Louise!

For more information about Louise's wonderful work you can visit her website here

Here are some of the judges comments from New Designers 2011

"Louise's strong sense of colour and line, combining hard and digital techniques, together with a clear vision for the commercial potential of her work".