Nowadays, with little over 50k followers on Instagram and clients that include Anthropologie, Hallmark, and the Land of Nod, her work is featured on a huge variety of products: from women’s and children’s wear to paper products, home furnishings, and giftware.

When it comes to her creative process, Johnson admits she relies on a heavy dose of intuition and spontaneity. “I like to explore a lot, try new materials, play with layers and texture, then let the outcome determine the finished piece,” she relayed. “I also like spontaneity. I’m not much of a planner.”

She adds that she never draws an outline or sketch beforehand – a remarkable statement if you take into account the amount of work she’s produced. “If something is going pear-shaped I like to push through and make it work and I think that by doing that I get interesting and unexpected results,” she notes. “But I’m also very organized and logical. I enjoy creating groups of related pieces – collections. Cohesiveness, harmonious color, a common thread that links all my work – these are all important to me.”

With creativity clearly running through her veins, Johnson says she doesn’t deal with artist block. “There are always too many ideas and not enough time,” she says. You’d want to follow her on Instagram.

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What began as a hobby turned into a business called Skinny laMinx (a nickname for Moore’s skinny little Siamese cat, Monkey) which soldproducts to stores and homes around the globe. And five years ago, that business blossomed into a chic little store on Cape Town’s Bree Street.

“After 10 years of illustration, I needed a change, so in 2006 I took a half-day job as a comic’s scriptwriter, and spent the rest of my day messing around in my studio on Long Street,” recalled Moore in an interview with You Are Brave. “I started blogging about my work, and opened an online shop on Etsy. People around the world started reading my blog and buying my things, and I got some wholesale orders to the USA, and suddenly I found that I was a designer with a design business.”

“My inspiration comes from ordinary, everyday things like cactuses, teacups, staircases and vibracrete walls,” she added. “I usually have a notebook with me, where I make sketches, and I take a lot of photographs of textures, details, juxtapositions, and compositions that seem to give me ideas.”

“The Skinny laMinx recipe is simple,” reads her website, “Mix together a love of pattern, a cute shop, a top notch team, and top it all off with equal parts playful and chic.”

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Talking about her artistic process with Ballpitmag, she said: “I was trained as a textile designer and traditionally textile designers used gouache as it dries flat and mimics screen printing. When I started working as an illustrator, gouache was what I had in my toolbox. It wasn’t a deliberate choice, however, I love exploring the relationship between line and flat color and gouache is the perfect medium for this. Also, it dries almost immediately so it’s great when you’re working on deadline!”

Endlessly inspired by her search for charm in the everyday, Isabella’s work is playful yet feminine and delicate. “I feel very connected to my memories of childhood and I’m always interested in bridging the gap between childhood and adulthood,” she says.

“My childhood was pretty idyllic, my parents are both artists and they encouraged me to be creative and taught me to love nature,” she recalled. “I met my husband in art school and from the beginning we’ve dreamed of building a place to house our creative endeavors. We now live in the Hudson Valley on 15 acres and are building that studio! I guess my adult life mimics my childhood.”

Here are some highlights from her Instagram page.

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Nowadays, with little over 50k followers on Instagram and clients that include Anthropologie, Hallmark, and the Land of Nod, her work is featured on a huge variety of products: from women’s and children’s wear to paper products, home furnishings, and giftware.

When it comes to her creative process, Johnson admits she relies on a heavy dose of intuition and spontaneity. “I like to explore a lot, try new materials, play with layers and texture, then let the outcome determine the finished piece,” she relayed. “I also like spontaneity. I’m not much of a planner.”

She adds that she never draws an outline or sketch beforehand – a remarkable statement if you take into account the amount of work she’s produced. “If something is going pear-shaped I like to push through and make it work and I think that by doing that I get interesting and unexpected results,” she notes. “But I’m also very organized and logical. I enjoy creating groups of related pieces – collections. Cohesiveness, harmonious color, a common thread that links all my work – these are all important to me.”

With creativity clearly running through her veins, Johnson says she doesn’t deal with artist block. “There are always too many ideas and not enough time,” she says. You’d want to follow her on Instagram.

The post Victoria Johnson Has Creativity Running Through Her Veins appeared first on PlayJunkie.

What began as a hobby turned into a business called Skinny laMinx (a nickname for Moore’s skinny little Siamese cat, Monkey) which soldproducts to stores and homes around the globe. And five years ago, that business blossomed into a chic little store on Cape Town’s Bree Street.

“After 10 years of illustration, I needed a change, so in 2006 I took a half-day job as a comic’s scriptwriter, and spent the rest of my day messing around in my studio on Long Street,” recalled Moore in an interview with You Are Brave. “I started blogging about my work, and opened an online shop on Etsy. People around the world started reading my blog and buying my things, and I got some wholesale orders to the USA, and suddenly I found that I was a designer with a design business.”

“My inspiration comes from ordinary, everyday things like cactuses, teacups, staircases and vibracrete walls,” she added. “I usually have a notebook with me, where I make sketches, and I take a lot of photographs of textures, details, juxtapositions, and compositions that seem to give me ideas.”

“The Skinny laMinx recipe is simple,” reads her website, “Mix together a love of pattern, a cute shop, a top notch team, and top it all off with equal parts playful and chic.”

The post Heather Moore Will Make You Fall in Love With Patterns appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Talking about her artistic process with Ballpitmag, she said: “I was trained as a textile designer and traditionally textile designers used gouache as it dries flat and mimics screen printing. When I started working as an illustrator, gouache was what I had in my toolbox. It wasn’t a deliberate choice, however, I love exploring the relationship between line and flat color and gouache is the perfect medium for this. Also, it dries almost immediately so it’s great when you’re working on deadline!”

Endlessly inspired by her search for charm in the everyday, Isabella’s work is playful yet feminine and delicate. “I feel very connected to my memories of childhood and I’m always interested in bridging the gap between childhood and adulthood,” she says.

“My childhood was pretty idyllic, my parents are both artists and they encouraged me to be creative and taught me to love nature,” she recalled. “I met my husband in art school and from the beginning we’ve dreamed of building a place to house our creative endeavors. We now live in the Hudson Valley on 15 acres and are building that studio! I guess my adult life mimics my childhood.”

Here are some highlights from her Instagram page.

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