Pansy Backsplash

Today’s Art

I noticed on Spoonflower a Design Challenge for a kitchen backsplash.It just so happens I designed a backsplash for myself a couple of years ago in a lovely and light pansy design of my favorite colors: purple, yellow, teal, spring green. It’s a 6 inch by 24 inch metal print ordered from my pattern on Flickr.

I love the pattern and had uploaded it on RedBubble: Pansy Flowers in Purple and Yellow. I have the sleeveless blouse and love the pattern and colors; it’s one of my favorites.

It’s also lovely to have as a backsplash — always so light, springy, and bright. So today I decided to use the motifs in a new pattern that would be less “basic square.”

Pansy / Diamond

I used the diamond as a starting point and tried four different versions until I found one I liked that would look good as a wallpaper backsplash. I wanted to keep a few open spaces to maintain the light feel. There’s texture on the white background in soft spring green. You can see I created two hero motifs so the pattern had some variation. Then I added extra pieces of yellow flowers and teal and green leaves to extend the pattern over the diamond space in a few places.

You can see both patterns in the mockup, which didn’t turn out very well due to its small size. I’ll need to find a better image for my mockup.

I’m pretty excited about entering the design in the challenge and ordering some tea towels, which I will design tomorrow with the Spoonflower template. I could also get matching mugs and an apron from RedBubble, like these from my first pansy pattern:

Suggestion

Have you reworked motifs into new patterns? I’m always pleasantly surprised at the possibilities for revising and creating new patterns from favorite motifs I design in one document with just the motifs, then work in another with flattened versions. Often I export pngs of each motif to have on hand when inspiration like the design challenge gets the creative juices flowing.

What will you rework today?