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Taking a break from Zazzle
Taking a break fromĀ Zazzle
When I originally started this blog and my Zazzle store I had a dream. A dream to make money off of art that I created on my computer allowing me to travel with my wife as I earned.
Now 5 months or so in, Iām running out of money and energy to keep it going. IāmĀ constantly worried about bills and we (my wife and I) are seriously worried about our future. We donāt say it, but I can see it havingā¦
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Reading up on legally protecting your designs
New #blog post: Reading up on #legally protecting your #Designs
A few days ago I came across an article which I thought might be of use to you.
It covers a Q and A session with an associate fromĀ Young & Co LLP.
The article goes over design protection, a method of protecting the visual appearance of your design. Itās a way of protecting your work as an intellectual property, alike trademarks and patents. Unlike copyright, this means you have to apply for theā¦
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Going to College
New #Blog post: Going to #College
Running a Zazzle store has taught me a lot. Itās introduced me to search engine optimisation, different pattern designs, how to gain followers on social media, the difficulty of maintaining a store and how important marketing is.
Itās been good, but I want to learn more.
I want to learn more about design and the actual process of making products. I want to understand the limitations that certainā¦
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Let me tell you a story about someone
#Blog Post :Let me tell you a #story about #someone
Iām in a bit of a funny mood today so I thought Iād tell you a story for a change. Itās a story about someone.
Some time, somewhere, there was someone.
Someone was not happy.
So someone went to see somebody to tell somebody that someone was going to do something.
Somebody thought something of someone and said something to someone.
Someone ignored what somebody said and went off to do somethingā¦
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Selling your art: Art Consignment
#New #blog post: #Selling your #art: Art Consignment
Iām always on the look out for different ways of selling my art or products.
Today I came across this website called the international art network and it has a page on Art consignment. This selling method applies to physical artwork but I thought it might be useful for the artists or creatives that read this blog so Iām adding it to the Useful stuff section. :)
Hereās the link: The Secret to Artā¦
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New Logo design
New Blog post: A New Logo design
Todayās post is all about my new logo.
First let me show you my old logo. I went over the concepts of this logo in a post here. Long story short I wanted something unique that showcased the concept of my designs.
I still think this logo achieved what I wanted at the time but there are several problems forĀ me using it now. These are:
The store name is not incorporated into the design (not goodā¦
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Thinking about logos
New Blog Post: Thinking about #logos
Iāve been thinking about logos lately
It all started when I was looking at my art and Ā I felt there was something missing. Something that made my art look amateur compared to all the products I saw on the high street.
I sat there looking at my art wondering what it wasā¦andĀ then realised thatĀ it couldĀ be the lack of a logo.
A logo is often seen as a marketing tool used to shove company names intoā¦
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Proud Lion added to Store + Zazzle SALE till next Monday
Blog post: Proud #Lion added to Store + #Zazzle #SALE till next Monday
The new pattern art design I posted 2 days ago is now available on my store!
Thereās 2 versions. One with a black background and one with a white background. Feel free to reposition or resize the art to suit your needs. Itās been uploaded as a vector file so resizing will not effect its quality.
Also donāt forget to make use of the Zazzle SALEthat is going on till next Monday. Simply type in theā¦
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New Pattern Art: Proud Lion
Blog post: #New #Pattern #Art, the Proud #Lion
In my previous post (Thinking of why I havenāt had any sales) I identified that one of my storeās weaknesses was that it was lacking in variety. In order to fix this Iāve been working on a new design.
Here it is! Itās called the Proud Lion (very imaginative name right? XD).
The concept of this art was toĀ critically look at my previous designs and improveĀ on points that werenāt working whilstā¦
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Thinking of Why I Haven't Had Any Sales
Thinking of why I haven't had any sales
In my previous post I had a look at my google analytics. Today Iām going to look into the reasons behind why I might not be making any sales. Iām going to do this by answering 5 questions that people usually ask when I tell them I have no sales.
Iām hoping that by doing this Iāll have a clearer view of what I need to do and what to prioritise. Iām sure there are other shopkeepers out thereā¦
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Store analysis: Google analytics from July 8th till August 21st 2014
Store analysis: Google analytics from July 8th till August 21stĀ 2014
Itās been 6 weeks since my last post on google analytics and I think itās time I have a look at it again. Firstly, let me update you on whatās been happening over the last 6 weeks so the data is in context.
Iāve done 2 blog posts, added one new pattern design to my store and did about 580 tweets, which all automatically post to my facebook page and google+ page. The majority of my tweets areā¦
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The #History of #Typography by Ben Barrett-Forrest http://vimeo.com/forrestmedia/the-history-of-typography The History of Typography - Animated Short from Ben Barrett-Forrest on Vimeo. All I can say is, thank you Ben for sharing your knowledge and putting the effort into making it interesting!
New Pattern added to Store! "The Crowd Goes Wild"
#New #Pattern added to store! "The Crowd Goes Wild"
Woo! Yeah! Yahaa! Woohoo!
Iāve added a new pattern to my store, a pattern inspired by how I felt during my wedding in June this year. This is it.
It was a small cozy wedding so there wasnāt actually a crowd, but inside me, I felt a bunch of little people cheering, āwoohoo!ā, āyeahā, āYahaaā, āArghhā. I know it sounds a bit crazy XD.
In this pattern Iāve taken that feeling and drawn it as a crowdā¦
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Following my post on the history of stripes, Iāve been doing some research on polka dots.
So hereās the history of Polka dotsĀ starting in Medieval Europe.
In Medieval Europe, due to the lack of machines clean regular dotted patterns were very hard to make. Uneven dots made people think of diseases such as small pox or leprosy so it wasnātĀ a good look.
In the 17th and 18th century the upper class started āpatchingā, a practice of hiding blemishes by sticking dots or shapes of fabric on their face. Thereās an interesting article on this here. Ā The concept of wearing dots is not as repulsive as before.
Ā The position of the dots is significant. This lady is letting you know that she is provocative, flirty and generous ;D.
Ā 19th century, the industrial revolution brings in machines. Dotted fabrics start to appear more frequently and are known generally by three different names, polka dots is not one of them. So where did they get their name from? Keep on reading to find out.
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Dotted-swiss. The raised dots on a transparent tulle. Like the ones you find on a wedding veil.
Quinconce. The French term used to describe the layout of dots on the 5-side of a dice.
Thalertupfen. German name used to describe dotted patterns with large dots. Named after Thaler coins some of which were 12 cm in diameter.
1830 Bohemia (current Czech republic), polka dancing becomesĀ popular and eventually sweeps across Europe and the United States. If Iām not mistaken, Jack and Rose from the titanic movie are dancing it here. Looks like fun :)
Ā Ā 1840 France, Polka dancing reaches stages in Paris and then leads onto a craze known as āpolkamaniaā in 1843
Polka dancing becomes so fashionable, marketers start adding āpolkaā (which means polish lady in Czech) to various items. One being the āpolkaā dot.
In 1857, The American Womenās magazine, a very popular magazine at the time, coined the term āpolka dotā for the first time in a description of a
āscarf of muslin, for light summer wear,
surrounded by a scalloped edge,
embroidered in rows of round polka dots.ā
Fashionable dotted patterns start to be referred to as polka dots.
Entering the 1900s polka dancing is still popular and polka dot dresses and bikinis are increasingly common. Icons throughout the 20th century adopt the pattern boosting itās popularity. Throughout, polka dots are associated to good-looking women making it a feminine pattern. Hereās a few:
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1926 Norma Smallwood, Miss America, wears a polka dot swim suit.
1928 Polka dots have their first cinematic debut when Disney goes Polka dots with Minnie Mouse.
Throughout WWII- Popular pin up girls wear polka dot bikinies. This one is Bettie-Page, later known as the Queen of pinups.
Chili Williams, also an actress and pin up girl during WWII who became world famous as the āpolka dot girlā
1944 Elizabeth Taylor, an immensely popular actresses wears a polka dot yoke.
1951 Sex symbol Marilyn Monroe takes photo in a polka dot swim suit.
In the 1940s and 50s Polka dots enter high-end fashion when Christian Dior includes polka dot dresses to his ānew lookā collection. The āNew lookā collection had a massive influence on the fashion industry as it introduced the hourglass figure to the fashion world.
Ā 1950s, now everyone from movie stars to housewives are wearing polka dots. Due to the 1950s being a decade of relative happiness and prosperity, polka dots adopt the same connotations.
In 1960 Polka dots gain further popularityĀ after the No 1 hit song āItsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikiniā by Brian Hyland.
1962 Marvel invent Polka dot man???
There onwards, polka dots go in and out of fashion and still appear on garments all over the world. To me polka dots remain a very feminine pattern with a vintage, cheerful, playfulness to them.
Ā All the info and images have come from the following sources. Theyāre all great articles to read so I would recommend them for additional reading. If you see any errors or have anything to add, please let me know in the comments below :D.
For a short history of polka dots and info on some polka dot fashion designers.
A more in-depth history of polka dots with good pictures and a very interesting digression about bikinis.
A good article on the history of dotted patterns and what polka dots mean today.
Source of the Christian Dior polka dot dress.
An entertaining easy to read history of polka dots.
Wiki for those that need to know more about the Polka-dot Man
Interesting article on āpatchingā
A great article on how the Polka (dance) spread throughout the world.
Another article on the history of polka dots with lots of good photos.
A good article on Christian dior and his āNew Lookā. Find out how he relates to Yves Saint-Laurent.
For more āpolka dot girlā Chili Williams.
For more Bettie Page pics.
Hope that info was useful! If you though it was, please let me know by liking this post or following me.Ā
If you have any time to spare please also check outĀ my monochrome pattern artĀ on my Zazzle store,Ā Printapattern. Iāve recently added watches and notebooks to the āJust patternā series in my store. :D
New blog post: The #History of #Polka #Dots in Bullet Form Following my post on the history of stripes, I've been doing some research on polka dots.
Don't miss the Zazzle Sale! 24 Selected Monochrome iPhone 5 Cases From Zazzle.
Don't miss the #Zazzle #Sale! 24 Selected #Monochrome #iPhone5 Cases from Zazzle
Zazzle is currently having a 15% off all orders sale. The sale is until this Thursday and all you have to do is enter the discount code ZAZBDAYPARTY.
Since Zazzle has got thousands and thousands of products Iāve picked out a selection of beautiful Black and White iphone 5 cases. If you find one you like simply click on the image and itāll take you to the product page. Iāve sneaked some of myā¦
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Store status update: Taking a look at my google analytics
New Blog post: #Status update on my store. I take a look at my google analytics.
I havenāt been posting updates on how the store is going for a while because things havenāt been going as planned. Iāve been trying to sort the store out (yes, I still havenāt got it sorted XD) but daily activities have been getting in my way and Iām easily distracted.
My recent focus has been trying to get more visitors to my store. One month ago IĀ posted that I would focus on two things (hereās
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A History of Interior design from 1950 to 2010 in 18 Sentences.
A #History of #Interior #design from 1950 to 2010 in 18 Sentences.
Recently Iāve been sucked into the abyss that is social media.
Iāve spent the past few days looking through interesting content and sharing it through twitter (my twitter username is @printapattern -feel free to follow me). As a result Iām now at 200+ followers (thank you for following!) :D and my design work is falling behind XD.
Nevertheless, today I came across a site that I think is worthā¦
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