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It’s all in the pattern

Ruth Weal — Sat, 21 May 2011 12:00:36 +0000

I’m seeing patterns everywhere at the moment and have become more than a little addicted to
creating patterns from some of my doodles. Below are some of my favourite pattern creations that have
slithered out of my subconscious mind so far.

To see the rest of my patterns visit my flickr photo set Wealie Patterns, just try not to get lost in the patterns like me.

Wealie x

My first pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Swirly Gig Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Heart Flower Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Multi Coloured Heart Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Monochromatic Swirly Gig Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Checkerboard Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

What’s With All The Red Socks?

Ruth Weal — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:10:52 +0000

Red Socks - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that a large number of businessmen in London of the normally dyed in the wool traditional dress wearers have rebelled against the traditional black, white and grey sock.

It seems that red socks with a shorter length trouser leg have become all the rage in and around Fenchurch Street in London! Not only were several individuals in my office wearing red socks, but I also saw three other men wearing them when I was out at lunch.

Personally I don’t understand the attraction, but then I’ve never been a dedicated follower of fashion (grin). It makes you wonder though, is there one individual somewhere out there on the streets of London who in a defiant bid for individuality within the sea of black and grey suits started a new form of rebellion that could soon become its very own form of conventionality?

If you’ve got a theory as to why these normally quite staid and traditional gentleman are getting a pash on for the pillar box red socks then please do let me know.

Tread safely in your reds.

Wealie x

Popping my Illustrator Cherry!

Ruth Weal — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:58:01 +0000

Sorry for the long absence, but with the less than ideal internet connection in the hotel on the Isle of Man and being really tired when I got back, I’ve just not had the will to turn on the laptop until today. Anyway, I’m back to normal now, so thought I’d better update the blog!

Last week I finally stumped up the cash and indulged myself by buying the Adobe CS5 Master Suite. I spent most of today installing the software and getting rid of old versions of Photoshop and Dreamweaver and a selection of other software that does the same thing as the Master Suite. Then there was the fun of ensuring that all my Photoshop presets were copied over and setting up my preferred workspace view. Well once I’d gotten that out of the way it was about 10 pm and I started at 2 pm!

After all that I felt like I needed to have a little play around, so opened up Adobe Illustrator, which I’ve never used before. It took a little getting used to, but with the help of the lovely Ben who’s a bit of an expert in Illustrator I came up with this:

I’ve called her Irene the Illustration and she was created without a graphics tablet I might add. It was good fun and she does look similar to the face doodles that I occasionally draw in notebooks and on scraps of paper. I can thoroughly recommend having a play with Illustrator if you haven’t done so already.

Happy electronic doodling!

Wealie x