Designer Challenge with Emily!

Happy Monday friends! My challenge this week for you is to get inspiration from a piece of artwork and turn it into a crafty project. I have a couple of examples for you, as well as a statement of permission. It's sometimes hard for us to move past the direct inspiration and see how it might influence our own work. I am giving you permission to pull at least ONE point of inspiration and just go with it. It could be a color combo, one element of the inspiration piece, the title work, anything, just go with it and have fun!

This first piece was inspired by a piece of art I found on the web, before the days where I meticulously documented my sources (more on that later). To the original creator, I apologize, I wish I could give you credit for this.

 
 I just loved the scientific look of this and I found the perfect way to recreate it with a silhouette stamp that I got from Studio Calico. I went with the look of the heads in a table formation, I didn't at all go with the color scheme, which is what also attracted me to the original. This is what i created, based on the inspiration:

Another work of art that inspired me was this print by Stephanie Corfee from her shop on Etsy. I loved the spray of shapes and the colors were so very happy. I also thought the phrase used would be a great title someday. But for my piece, created for NSD, I went more for the spray look and the colors–although I ended up adding another color because it just didn't seem right. See what I mean about going with it and having fun? You don't have to stick to your original plan! Here's the original:

I used the Becky Fleck sketch that the whole SCT team worked with for NSD, I turned it sideways, made it an 8.5x11, and kept the pictures the same size. I basically kept to the same design, but I think it turned out looking completely different than the original.

 

Now instead of downloading the inspirations to my desktop, I use a cool tool from the web. Have you heard of Tumblr? We're going to explore that great site on Wednesday, but for now, I'll give you a few links for you to go right now and find an inspiration piece. Madame Cupcake, Life Without Filters, Typofile, Fuel Your Creativity, Write.Click.Scrapbook. (tumblr), French Knot, and just about any place you go on Etsy, you'll find inspiration.

 
This is the inspiration piece I'm going to work on for Wednesday, original available at onceuponapaper at Etsy. 
 

Inspriation is everywhere.  Remember my challenge - go find an piese of artwork and turn it into a crafty project.  Be sure to join me again on Wednesday to see how I have turned this into a crafty project!

~ Emily Pitts
 

Comments

[Aly D]

emily + artwork = awesome! can't wait to see what you do this time. =)

[PaulaSG]

Wonderful layouts Em! Thanks for the links too!

[Tracy]

I love your website and I LOVE your blog, so many ideas. Thank you for keeping me inspired. I am passing this award on to you. Now its your turn to share it. Check out my blog to see the rules. www.ideacloset.blogspot.com

[MichelleG]

I love these challenges! Your interpretations are great! Thanks for the ideas!

[Darla]

Love this silhoutte layout. What neat inspiration.

[Diane S.]

Thanks for this great article-what great ideas you have inspired me to go find-the problem is I spend so much time online looking that I don't get anything done!!LOL!