Category Archives: Jump Starting

Ideas, mixes&matches, color palettes, suggestions, any and everything to get your own projects started.

Fabric Contest At Spoonflower

Ever wanted to see or have the chance to purchase one of LittleLion’s designs on fabric? Better yet… how about winning 5 yards of quilting-weight cotton fabric featuring LittleLion Studio’s "Flower’s Scent" pattern for FREE?!? Yes, you heard me… for FREE!! Well, you just might, with a bit of effort [...]

Simplicity Is Key

One concern which constantly permeates my illustrations is usability. Creating images from a blank digital canvas can be liberating and all but if your goal is to reach the microstock audience, you’d better keep your work useful. Unless of course, you are planning on selling your work through art galleries, but that is a totally [...]

Bejeweled Wallpaper

FREE Wallpaper
Maybe it’s just me craving for Spring to come and the days to grow longer and warmer, maybe it’s the scenery that looks grey and dull with all the naked trees… either way, if you, like myself, can’t wait for those leaves to start popping to life again, here is a little taste of [...]

Repeats And Colorways

A few days ago on "Mosaic Forest" and "The Stationery Position" posts I briefly touched two especially important topics for seamless pattern design which I would like discuss a little further, if I may: repeats and colorways.
One of the limitations imposed on microstock clients while deciding upon which seamless pattern to pick, is the [...]

Treasure Hunt

The Treasure Hunt is on now!! Well, I must be humble and admit that different people treasure different things, but since you are here I guess it is not much of a stretch to assume you are interested in vector artwork. So, dig around… somewhere in the internet universe, LitteLion Studio’s “Peacock Vanity” is being [...]