Attempt #1 - I don't know if you all know, but I can draw more than just cute critters!

I found this neat little tutorial about creating seamless repeating patters over on designsponge a few weeks ago and I decided to play with it this weekend. I turned them both into desktop wallpapers; just click on the one you like, and you can right-click>save as background.

I didn’t have anything in particular in mind when I started, but I had just heard an interview with the chick from Jefferson Airplane about the origin of the song White Rabbit, so this ended up being an Alice-themed pattern. I think the cat is neat, but I think I ended up with too much detail in the mushroom vignette for it to read well at the size it ended up being in the wallpaper. Also, the two vignettes don’t really overlap much so it’s not as impressive.

Attempt #2 - A Badger and a Snail in green. Still ended up a bit squarish.

The second one ended up working out a little better in terms of integrating the design together, but I think I’d be better off if I made a plan before I started. Anyway, they’re fun to do, and with practice I’ll get better at them.

If you’re downloading them as wallpapers, they should work for screensizes and dimensions similar to 1024×768. I only made one version each so if you need another size feel free to leave me a comment and I’d be happy to tile you up a different size.

Tags: alice in wonderland, art, badger, cheshire cat, design, drawing, patterns, snail