Working as a Freelance Graphic Designer

I am blessed to have had several months of fairly steady work in my graphic design field. I've got some fantastic clients who call on me time and again, and for whom I do some really good work.

I miss making patterns when I am doing hourly or commissioned work, but I love paying rent more!


Since I don't have any new patterns to post here, I've looked through my library and found these old calling card - based images that have always been a favorite. They're part of a set of four.
They are available to purchase via tracymillerdesigns.com

Scandinavian Pattern - Sort of

Here's a case where I got started on something and soon realized that it wasn't going to be a pattern that had much chance of selling. It's not something I would wear as a garment myself, nor would it fit into my decor.

And yet I pressed on with it until it was finished and then tweaked the colors until I exclaimed, "Oh, that's cute." 

Anyway, my next patterns will have the market place in mind.

Scandinavian Influences

My grandmother was Swedish, and I've got other Nordic blood in me, too. Maybe that explains my affinity for Scandinavian designs.

I seek them out and find comfort in their clean lines and familiar floral, leaf and flourish shapes.

I gathered 6 from my Scandinavian folder of designs, colored them in Spring 2015 color palette,  and made this collection.

Pheasants Design - For Life

It's too late for me to be married to someone for 50 years unless I get married tomorrow and live a really long time. But it's not too late to meet someone and be with them until the end of my life.

Either way, it's cool.

These birds will always be together, though. And now I've surrounded them with 5 coordinates and mapped it all in a 2D room.  

Bird Card

I found myself away from my own designs during the last 10 days. Fun personal stuff and working designing for someone else at a paying job took priority. I'll be seeing my designs on scrapbook paper in the near future.

I had another card approved at Greeting Card Universe. I like to think this is an honor since the process can take 10 weeks . And many, many long-timers at GCU are retroactively having cards deleted as they no longer live up to the higher and higher standards.

This artwork is different for me since I used Photoshop for to distress and layer the textures.

Illustrator is my home. I only visit Photoshop on occasion.

Pretty Bird Card