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New Design! Medium Rainbow Seal Rugs

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Here’s a new design I’m premiering this year: Seals! You miiiight have noticed that I’ve been on a real seal kick. I couldn’t not make a seal rug design! These little guys are based loosely off a harbour seal. I’d love to do a larger, more realistic take on these little guys some day.
Do you prefer the grey/blue or brown/orange variation? They both look so cheerful and friendly, I can’t decide!

Watch me design and create these rugs in my latest Skillshare class:
https://www.skillshare.com/en/classes/Stylizing-Subjects-for-Rug-Tufting/124191550

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Retiring Pattern! Tree Frog Mini Rugs

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Some lil tree frogs!
I’m retiring this frog design from my medium rugs, but I thought it would make a cute mini rug! I decided to keep with block colours instead of rainbow for these little guys. Their tiny size and relatively complex shape would make rainbow versions a little too busy imo. After I finished these, I was kicking myself for not making an aqua version to look like a White’s tree frog. Maybe next time…
Do you have a preference between the light and darker greens? Do you think a rainbow design would work for these little guys?

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October Exclusive Sticker – Harp Seal

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My sticker pack for October/November is the spookiest animals of all: Seals! Um, yup, that’s definitely right. Spooky. 😛 

This cutie is a harp seal. They’re probably the most iconic seal species in Canada, but they’re often shown as white, fluffy babies. (SO CUTE!) I love the adults’ dramatic patterning, and really wanted to showcase it with this design.

This adorable harp seal is our Ko-fi exclusive holofoil, jumbo vinyl sticker for this month! You can either subscribe to the sticker tier or buy the sticker directly here: https://ko-fi.com/s/1ef3854d26

Once these jumbo cuties sell out, just the regular 2.5” seals will be available, so be sure to grab one if you want one!

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Mini Fox Rugs

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New to the mini rug family, here are some foxes! I based this design on my 2021 large fox rugs (the 2022 has more detail and I didn’t think it’d scale down as well), and I’m pretty happy with them! I really love representing both red and silver foxes. I should do a cross fox some time if I remember haha!
I went with green eyes for these guys again. I think they work really well for the orange foxes and feel more natural than blue, but I kinda wish I’d gone with orange eyes on the blue foxes to maximise their foxiness.

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Rainbow Squids Sticker Pack

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Finally, here’s the full rainbow squids sticker pack! It’s so satisfying seeing them all together. I tried to keep a good spread of colours across all the designs so they’d be maximally rainbow as a set. I had a ton of fun designing all these squishy little squid bodies, and I hope that comes across in the finished sticker pack.

These guys are now available here on Etsy and my website.

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Giant Squid Rainbow Sticker

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Of course, I couldn’t make a squid sticker pack without a giant squid! I’ve been obsessed with these guys since they were considered a cryptid back when I was a kid. Despite not being the largest squid in the world, they’re somehow the most iconic and memorable.

This is the final sticker in our squid sticker pack, and the jumbo/holofoil sticker for this month! You can get the exclusive version on my Ko-fi page either through the shop or by subscribing to the Sticker Tier.

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Rainbow Parrot Eye Watercolour Study

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Continuing my little eye studies, here’s a parrot! Painting such a colourful animal in “natural” colours may be a little bit cheating, but this was super fun to paint. I really love how the highlight fades down over the pupil in the reference photo.

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Rainbow Pyjama Squid Sticker in Watercolour

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Here’s another adorable, round squid; the pyjama squid! They remind me of bobtail squids in their adorable body shapes, but their striking stripes really help them stand out. The stripes were a real challenge to design, but I’m pretty happy with how they turned out.

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Paint a Watercolour Space Seal Using Salt and Masking Fluid

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Here is my latest class! It’s all about using salt and masking fluid to create beautiful textures. This is a beginner level class, so it’s great if you’re just starting out and want to play around. Bonus points for getting a squishy space seal painting out of it haha!

Follow the link here to get 2 months free Skillshare and watch this class for free!

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