likeit – Beautiful Cuteness https://beautifulcuteness.com/beautifulcuteness The Story Behind the Art Work and Other Fun Stuff! Sun, 13 Nov 2016 23:14:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 The Story of…Cat Piper https://beautifulcuteness.com/beautifulcuteness/the-story-of-cat-piper/ https://beautifulcuteness.com/beautifulcuteness/the-story-of-cat-piper/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:54:33 +0000 https://nicholaswaters.com/beautifulcuteness/?p=286 Continue reading →]]> The inspiration for Cat Piper came while watching an episode of one of my favorite television shows, Grimm. I happened to be doodling in my sketch pad while watching the Dance Macabre episode. (For those of you that may not know, that episode is loosely based on the story of The Pied Piper. In the Pied Piper Story itself, a musician leads the mice and rats out of a town by playing music.)

The idea of the color palette came from what I thought might be used in very old story books.

Have you ever been inspired by something like a television show or a story? What inspires you?

Here’s some work from some other artist that may also inspire you! Enjoy!

A Christmas Chesire Cat Card by Angela Cater
Music Recital Invitation by
© Red Rose Digital Art
Thinking of You – Fairy Tale card by Cartita Design
]]> https://beautifulcuteness.com/beautifulcuteness/the-story-of-cat-piper/feed/ 0 The Story of…Bears Flying Planes https://beautifulcuteness.com/beautifulcuteness/the-story-of-bears-flying-planes/ https://beautifulcuteness.com/beautifulcuteness/the-story-of-bears-flying-planes/#respond Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:27:01 +0000 https://nicholaswaters.com/beautifulcuteness/?p=191 Continue reading →]]> One of my newer works was inspired by these socks:

Airplane Socks

I was in a bit of a design rut and not feeling very creative.  One day I opened my sock drawer and realized I had a lot of cute socks! (Yes, I will freely admit to having a sock obsession.)

Then it hit me!  By doing designs based on my socks would be a fun and interesting challenge that could help get me out of my creative rut.

So, for the month of February, I photographed my socks daily and am currently coming up with designs based on various elements (design, color, etc.).

I wore the airplane socks on February 1st and this is what I came up with:


(Clicking on the image will let you see a larger version at Greeting Card Universe.)

Interestingly enough, this design was just approved by Greeting Card Universe today!  It is also available in my Zazzle, Red Bubble, Imagekind and Skreened shops.

What do you do to get out of a creative rut?  What’s the most interesting thing that has given you inspiration.

Here’s some other artwork and artist you might enjoy!

 


Kid’s Airplane Theme Birthday Party Invitation, panda card by Gail Pepin
  

 Sky Heart card by
BuffaloWorks Photography
Teddy Bear in Pencil: Thinking of You: Bear Hug card by Joyce Geleynse

 

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