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Design by Heather T.
@designbyheathert.bsky.social
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Artist, surface designer, pattern designer, typeface designer, and all such yumminess, based in Yachats OR. Website: https://designbyheathert.com
Also me: @hlmtaylor.bsky.social

#art #pattern #surfacedesign
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Isn't it the little things, though? Even finishing one flower design, or marveling at your pretty village... I'm grateful that we had much-needed rain last night. What little thing are you happy about today?

#inspirational #surfacedesign #floral #procreate #illustration #art #owl #heathert
This botanical illustration features the phrase "IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS" surrounded by autumn flowers including orange rudbeckia, burgundy blooms, yellow flowers, and pink berries. A small spotted owl sits among the foliage, with a ladybug and butterfly adding whimsical details. The artwork has a watercolor style against a beige background and is signed "hlmt '25."
September 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Lemur!

#lemur #procreate #procreateillustration #art #illustration #animals #heathert
Lemur with tail raised and in an S over its back. The lemur is rendered in mostly fat planes of grays, browns, black, and white. The copyright mark says Design by Heather T. The background is a gray watercolor wash.
August 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Welcome to my Winter Collection, featuring Nordic animals and botanical elements.
#surfacepattern #surfacepatterndesign #winter #snowyowl #reindeer #arcticfox #dancingcranes #chickadees #whitewolf #polarbear #reindeer #minimalist #apparel #homedecor #stationery #giftwrap #seasonaldecor #heathert
Part one of Winter Collection, featuring a snowy owl, reindeer, arctic fox, and dancing cranes as separate illustrations; a sweater with the owl, a complex chickadee and simpler berry patterns, as well as a white wolf sticker and a simple white on blue polka dot. Part 2 of the winter collection, with a gift wrap mock-up and other supporting patterns, as well as chickadee and polar bear stickers.
August 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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A hero pattern for the winter collection...
So many animals! #wintercollection #surfacepatterndesign #surfacepattern #procreateillustration #procreate #heathert #designart #art #birds
A medley of graphically drawn winter-coated animals, such as caribou, wolf, fox, hare, squirrel, cranes, ptarmigan, ermine, and owl.
July 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Working on a winter collection in Cat Coquillette's Art of collections class. Now just need to come up with the patterns! Which one do you feel is most wintery?

#art #birds #surfacedesign #snowyowl #dancingcranes #polarbear #arcticfox #reindeer #procreate #digitalillustration #heathert
Left: Polar bear crusted in snow just waking up, against a light blue oval. Right: Arctic fox against a gray oval, sitting behind a bare stick poking up from the snow. Snowy Owl owl on a beige oval, behind a berry branch covered in snow on the left. On the right, a real reindeer against a very light blue oval, with a snowy rock at its front left hock. A pair of dancing cranes in very minimalist colors, against an oval featuring a bare tree at the crest of a snowy ridge.
July 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Il y a toujours du soleil... My 4-sun collection (see illustrations in subsequent images). Doodly goodness! =)

#sun #soleil #catcoq #illustration #sunvariations #seasons #art #artcollection #doodly #doodleart #doodle #housewares #surfacedesign #heathert
A collection of 4 illustrated suns, one for each season. A collection of 4 illustrated suns, one for each season. A collection of 4 illustrated suns, one for each season. 4 plates on a tan background with a different seasonal illustration of a sun on each.
July 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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A beaming sun à la Heather! 😊 'Cuz god knows we need something bright these days.

#createwithcatcoq #digitalart #lettering #sun #curls #curly #soleil #heathert #procreate @catcoq.bsky.social
A drawn curlicue sun in gold, with a central horizontal transverse ray made with purple, pink, red & orange curlicues. The background is monocolor light yellow wash in watercolor. There is some red lettering across the bottom right that reads Le Soleil Epanoui, French for The Beaming Sun.
June 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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#graphicstyle take 2! Tried to keep my brain from freaking out because it was messy.

#mixedmediaprocreate #mixedmedia #procreate #digitalart #faces #artfaces #heathert #art
Bust (in the classical sense) of a young woman with her eyes closed and head slightly tilted. The lighting tends to the orange and green. The strokes are broad with large swaths of color. Some contours are indicated by light-colored brush strokes.
May 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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#mixedmediaprocreate #tuesdaymakers Every Tuesday (i.e. Teela Cunningham)'s new course, Mixed Media for Procreate, is so much fun! Love the results. Certainly nothing quick--I think this one took me about 20 hrs.

#procreate #mixedmedia #branch #paint #digitalart #heathert #dayoff #art
A sprig with 7 leaves in various shades of green. Some of the leaves are reflecting a lot of light, and appear almost white.
May 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Hahahhh! Much better on the "simple" spring flowers front.

#createwithcatcoq #springflowers #springflorals #surfacepattern #surfacepatterndesign #repeatpattern #blueflowers #bluespring #heathert #simplicity #art
A tight tossed pattern of simple two-lobed, 5 petal flowers in blue, with graphic cross-hatched centers of brighter blue, and scattered little branches of 3, 2, and 1 leaves/leaf. Pain in the neck English.
April 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Simple Spring Floral. But probably not simple enough. Lol!

#CreateWithCatCoq #springfloral #floraldesign #surfacepattern #surfacepatterndesign #heathert #noai
For a Cat Coquillette weekly challenge, a tossed pattern of light pink flowers with yellow stamen and blue-green stems and leaves on a very light pink background in a watercolor style. Phew.
April 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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I'm feeling a little dash dot dotty... New #pattern #design with #mushrooms and #butterflies.

#surfacepattern #surfacepatterndesign #bluemushroom #silverybluebutterfly #glaucopsychelygdamus #mycenacyanorrhiza #mycena #bluemushroom #heathert
A twining repeating pattern of simple leafy branches, blue mushrooms, and a blue butterfly. Everything, including the background, is covered in subtle lines made up of one dash, then 2 dots.
April 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Just uploaded my Moon Sorrow collection of condolence cards in my Etsy shop, www.etsy.com/shop/heathert.

#surfacedesign #greetingcards #condolences #grief #sorrow #illustration #procreate #handdrawn #bereavement #sympathy #willow #pine #cedar #treesilhouette #moon #heathert
A weeping willow with dark and light leaves against a gray background, with a pale orange moon hiding behind the branches. At the bottom of the page you can read 'May sweet memories / surround you in your sadness.' Darkly colored tall pine silhouettes (3) with a full moon shining over the hills, all in tones of gray. Message reads: 'We are with you in sorrow. Life seems colorless right now, but the sun will return.' The word 'will' is pale orange instead of white. Darkly colored silhouette of a cedar or pine tree with a pale orange crescent moon peeking out behind the branches. You can see the craters on the rest of the moon dimly. Message reads: We send our deepest condolences in this dark time of your life, at the bottom of the page, under the tree. Black silhouette of a leafless tree with a pale orange full moon peeking out behind the bare branches. Message reads: we sorrow with you, at the bottom of the page, under the tree.
March 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Little sparrow

Charcoal and fineliners
5x7

#art #birds #sciart #wildlife #traditional #drawing
Drawing of a sparrow made with charcoal and fineliners on toned paper.
February 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I mean, really. Where are the adults in our white house?
Ukraine flag colors: blue top half, yellow bottom half.
February 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Red, red rose....

#rose #art #illustration #procreate
Illustrated red rose with lots of shading.
February 13, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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#FebruArty #FebruArty2025
Day 8 & 9

A day late, but here's my piece for both #puzzle prompt & #ArtYear 😊 I'm happy with how it turned out and thinking of making a bigger, more defined acrylic version.

#ArtTherapy #watercolor #painting #artist #surrealart #tree #conceptart #dreamscape
Watercolor painting of a gnarly tree growing on a large puzzle piece with random puzzle pieces hanging from the branches as well. Background is a wash in indigo, purple, and aquamarine.
February 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Warm Welcome 16x16" oil on canvas
This was the first painting of the Architecture series.
#FebruArty #ArtYear #abstract #architecture #painting #luminous #modern #portal
February 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Super-happy to share my Lemon Squeeze collection with you! Fabrics on offer at www.spoonflower.com/designs?view...
A collage of different lemon-inspired fabric patterns. Top left is lemon slices with watercolor leaves, sprinkled with lemon flowers on a light blue background. There are 3 rectangles of a plain, randomly white-speckled pattern on orange, dusky rose, and bright blue backgrounds. There is another pattern with just slices, and one with just whole yellow lemons. The brightest pattern is on a teal background with stylized watercolor leaves, flowers, and green lemons.
February 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Working on a collection...

#surfacepatterndesign #art #procreate #watercolor #lemon #greenlemon
Green Lemons--a pattern of various little white lemon flowers on a teal background, with watercolor painted leaves in shifting tones of blue, green, and teal. There are little green lemons dotted throughout . There is a "designbyheathert" watermark in the lower right hand corner.
February 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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"Frog Goes to Helltown" 2024. Acryla-gouache and oil pastel on canvas. 20x24. My last show comprised of these paintings that I consider post-apocalyptic. An imagined world without human interaction. I renamed this one after "Hell Goes to Frog Town."
#abstractart #postapocalypticart #gouachepainting
An abstract painting that looks like a trippy, melting frog face. The color palette is dominated with green hues with pink and red highlights.
January 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Collage / grounded

#collage #analogcollage #collagist #paper #collageart #handcutcollage ##abstractcollage #collagewave #collagecommunity
#typography #hixtril #コラージュ #コラージュアート
January 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Well I never. An actual new pattern! lol!
#surfacepatterndesign #patterndesign #lemons #citrus #procreate #halfdroprepeat #heathert
A tangle of lemons and leaves, in light, fresh yellows and greens.
January 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Our little rescue dog ascii...

#dog #petportrait #procreate #art #illustration
A black dog's head and ruff tilted to the side. He is very cute and is wearing a red bow.
January 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Hah!
dmandl.bsky.social Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · Jan 1
Show this to a typographer you want to hurt.
January 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM