Flamingos breeding Flamingos!
So, keeping with the theme of Flamingos and producing artwork for products, I have been a busy bee.
I have now put up several designs on Art Rookie, one as such I have pictured above, as well as succeeding in putting up my first design of the Flying Flamingos on søciety6.
They are both great platforms and I am loving the product range in both (though it is a lot of hard work to get the artwork right for each product, for which the dimensions vary enormously!).
However, I must say that I have particularly enjoyed creating a backpack, which søciety6 now offer. I have included it pictured below (which my daughter would love to have in time for school!)
I have purchased a lovely Mumma & Baby Flamingo pillow from Art Rookie for a gift and I am eagerly awaiting my notebooks and beach-towel to arrive from society6 before a trip to the beach for some sun and sketching!
I know only too well that this is not a solely sustainable revenue in itself, as pointed out by Laura C George, in her wise article on this subject, that I found through my research.
However, not only does it please me to know that I have artwork out there now, doing something else apart from trying to find its way into the pages of beloved children’s books, but I have also found that in creating this work, it has freed my mind from what I was currently working on bookwise, and has given me a brand new, shiny story about…can you guess, Flamingos! (What can I say, they make me very happy :).
As a very wise Maths teacher once said to me, “if you’re stuck on a question, move onto another and you may find the solution when you come back to it with fresh eyes!”
This motto has always stayed with me and I have found that, as a creative it has been an essential way of keeping myself inspired and motivated.
Through this process I also joined Instagram, so you’re welcome to follow me on @shanaramadesigns