I created a whole collection around lobsters and tidepool friends last year, so when the theme of this week’s Spoonflower challenge was announced, I was not particularly thrilled. It was a subject I had already explored and here I was trying to approach it from a different angle again. And boy did I come up with some completely different concepts which then left me with the tricky decision on which to enter.
My first go came up with these delft inspired crabs… my love of blue and white lies deep.
It was a design concept I love but as I started seeing other designer share their take, I thought my design would not stand out enough.
So then I went the Bauhaus approach
but wasn’t totally in love with that but I really liked some of the geometry of the shapes, so was spurred on to explore that a little further.
After fiddling around with just basic circles, Happy Round Crabs popped out!
and it is this design I finally decided to go with but it was really down to the last minute whether to switch it out with one of my delft designs. Too lates to change my mind now, the deadline has just past.