out of my comfort zone

out of my comfort zone

im going to pretend that ive been a faithful & dutiful blogger & that it hasnt been months since my last post...

ive been toying with getting back into design properly - you might remember years ago i designed stuff for other people - some food packaging, a book cover & some stationery before designing for moda. i enjoyed these experiences immensely - taking direction (however loosely) from someone else who has a proper job (ie an art director) was daunting, but equally rewarding when the final pieces were finished. so in order for me to stick my toes back in the water, i thought id better brush up on some skillz and take an online course. from monday i will be a student on the lilla rogers make art that sells (MATS) course and im bloody bricking it, not least because its an intensive 5 week course & the boys are off school for easter for 3 of those weeks. way to go with planning, lu, you idiot. its to push me out of my comfort zone & designing for all kinds of markets, from bolt fabric (well, yeah, ok, looking forward to that one) and childrens books (ekk!) the second part is in october and ive signed up for that too. oh, & im writing my second book. (which is why ive been awol - been starting to play around with ideas & researching. as well as procrastinating & eating cake.)

anyway, i will be blogging a bit more regularly if ive time, with images, if not lots of words. but thats OK because im pretty sure most of you would rather i shut up now & then anyway. 

i leave you with a collage i made the day i signed up for MATS. i wont lie, i didnt exactly push myself out of my comfort zone here, but slowly, slowly, catchy monkey, yes?

out of my comfort zone