2016 Holiday Advent Project - Day 1

Welcome to the 2016 Holiday Advent Project! Today is the first day and we have 24 days to go! Hope I can keep up!

Adobe Illustrator, childrens, holiday, illustrationKat UnoDecember 1, 2016illustration, illustrator, holiday, holidays, cute

Folksy Kitties

I've been a little obsessed with Matryoshkas (Russian nesting dolls) for a long time. My mom has a pretty large one (about 12 inches tall) and I remember having so much fun taking them all apart (it had quite a bit nesting in there).

This past summer I participated in the 100 Day Project on Instagram where I attempted to create a new piece every day for 100 days (I say attempted because I think I took 105 days to complete). My theme was cats and during that project I created these cute little kitty matryoshka characters. I recently went back and retooled them a little and created a pattern collection.

art, Adobe Illustrator, cats, childrens, illustration, pattern, vectorKat UnoOctober 21, 2016illustration, illustrator, childrens, kids, floral, geometric

Merry Mermaids!

Here is a new collection of fun mermaid patterns. All are available for licensing, feel free to contact me if interested.

Ahoy! Thar Be Some Sea Dogs Here!

I'd love to share this new collection with you! These are a bunch of fun and cute sea dogs having adventures on the high seas! I started out by sketching out the little guys and then I developed the other elements like the ships and birds.

art, Adobe Illustrator, childrens, design, patternKat UnoJuly 6, 2016pattern, illustration, illustrator, cute, kids, pirates

Tools of the Trade - Skillshare Class Review

Bonnie Christine’s Intro to Surface Pattern Design: Learn Adobe Illustrator | Create Patterns offers both instruction in how to use Adobe Illustrator and also how to create patterns using the software.

First of all I’d like to say that Bonnie Christine was a great teacher. Not only was her information very valuable and helpful, she was very sweet and easy to listen to. Even though this is an online course, I feel it’s important, as a teacher, to come off as pleasant, genuine and happy to be sharing your knowledge.

Adobe Illustrator, art, design, illustration, review, toolsKat UnoDecember 21, 2015art, illustration, illustrator, links, pattern, reviews, skillshare, tools

New Fabric Collection for Pre-order

With the successful funding of Little Dipper's Kickstarter, I was able to add a collection of 3 prints to their selection. I created these in hopes that they would be great as stand alones or combined together.

Adobe Illustrator, art, design, illustration, pattern, vectorKat UnoNovember 9, 2015illustration, illustrator, pattern, vector

WIP Wednesday

I actually am juggling a few job related things (that I sadly cannot share) so I thought I'd share a personal project I'll be working on as time becomes available. I have always been attracted to surface and pattern design. Even when I was little, I believe I was unconciously drawn to print and pattern because I really enjoyed looking at lovely packaging, stationery and greeting cards. I used to hoard my favorite cards I received on birthdays and holidays in a box. I still do keep our kids cards now.

This personal project I'm creating is a surface design collection. I've taken a few Skillshare classes (list below) to help me learn and understand what it takes to get into surface design.

Adobe Illustrator, art, design, illustration, pattern, tools, vector, WIPKat UnoOctober 21, 2015art, childrens, cute, illustration, illustrator, pattern, vector

WIP Wednesday

Remember these guys? Well, they have a few new friends joining the treasure hunt.

I've finally fleshed out all the elements in Adobe Illustrator (CS6) and have moved everything into Photoshop. I really enjoy working in Photoshop because it's closer to working traditionally.

Adobe Illustrator, art, childrens, dogs, illustration, Photoshop, tools, vector, WIPKat UnoOctober 14, 2015art, childrens, illustration, illustrator, kids, vector, wip, wip_wednesdays

WIP Wednesday

Today is a quick post of a new portfolio piece I'm working on. I wanted to do something a little different, more fanciful than my last portfolio piece. Here is an initial rough sketch of my idea.

I wanted to do a piece that is more geared towards boys. I love creating fun characters so I had fun designing these scurvy sea dogs!

Adobe Illustrator, art, childrens, design, dogs, illustration, life, vector, WIPKat UnoOctober 7, 2015art, childrens, cute, illustration, illustrator, vector, wip, wip_wednesdays

WIP Wednesday

Ok, sorry, technically it's Thursday but this is still a WIP post. I had been asked by my agent to create a new piece for my portfolio and the deadline was tight. I had a few other sketches for development but I felt that this scene was something I could complete in a couple days.

Adobe Illustrator, art, childrens, illustration, life, Photoshop, tools, vector, WIPKat UnoOctober 1, 2015childrens, cute, illustration, illustrator, vector, wip, wip_wednesdays