A graphic collection for Bleubird

Drawings/illustrations, graphic design, print design

My first collection for Bleubird, the ‘The Wilder Collection’ is available now. I really enjoyed creating this collection for this brand. I get a lot of inspiration from nature and enjoy outdoor activities myself.

I started these designs by sketching ideas and then editing them and adding colour on Adobe illustrator. See below some examples of the design next to my original drawings:

Bleubird collection, from drawings to product

These are some of my favourite images of the collection:

Bleubird Wilder collection product images

Wilder Collection

Do you have an outdoor brand and need new graphics? Get in touch, I’d be more than happy to help!

Find out more about me and what inspires my work by going to the ‘about me’ tab at the top of my website. You can also click here.

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Logo for new outdoor lifestyle brand

graphic design

I was asked recently to design a logo for a new outdoor lifestyle brand based in Wales. The brand is called Môrabryn, a blend of “Môr” meaning sea and “Bryn” for hill. Inspired by the coastal and mountainous elements of Wales.

I started with some hand drawn sketches for this logo, see below:

Further edits as shown below:

Final edits and chosen logo (shown below):

Final logo

Do you have a logo in mind for your business or personal project? I’d love to help. See my contact and prices page for more details, or you can email me: paigecritchley@hotmail.co.uk.

Illustration for outdoor swimming brand

Drawings/illustrations, graphic design, print design

Exciting news! I have been working with an outdoor swimming brand based in Bristol, UK. I was asked to create an illustration for a t-shirt inspired by swimming in the wild. I sketched a few different layouts and swimmers in different positions. We decided to go with the drawing as featured in the images below. I really enjoyed creating this for Wilda, they are a great brand that encourage people to get involved with open water swimming, an activity I also love.

Get in touch if you need artwork for your outdoor brand or company merchandise, I’d be more then happy to help! Contact me at paigecritchley@hotmail.co.uk or you can use the contact page on my website.

Have a great day and thank you for visiting.

Bringing the outside in

Paintings

I’m really happy with how my wall mural has turned out for 3 Peaks Rentals! I now have some professional photos to show you. I have already posted about this painting but I feel these photos are worth talking about as they bring it to life and show the scale. The wall was 18ft high and had to be painted using scaffolding. You can see the process I went through in older posts below. I hope you like the pictures!

You can see the process I went through to create this wall mural by visiting my older blog posts. Please follow these links below:

18ft Wall Mural

The process of creating the 18ft wall mural.

Wall mural progress

The process of creating the 18ft wall mural.

Here is a collage of photos showcasing the final artwork and process of creating the 18ft wall mural:

A design for the trees

print design

When I was working as an in-house print designer for Kite, I designed a print inspired by trees local to the head office in Dorset. Kite teamed up with The Tree Council and I got to plant some trees which was a great day out and a fun project to be a part of. The products that were created through this collaboration raised money for this charity.

See the blog post here on Kite’s website: https://www.kite-clothing.co.uk/blogs/news/plant-a-tree?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email

Wall mural progress

Paintings

Here are some pictures of the 18ft wall mural that I finished last week! So happy with how it turned out.

The height was definitely something to get used to, I had to use scaffolding and make sure I was keeping an eye on where I was putting my feet throughout the process!

It was a big challenge but also very exciting and rewarding. I hope I get to do this again one day.

What a lovely idea – bringing the outside in. Interior design is a lot of fun.

Once the room is furnished and decorated, I will be putting some more pictures up, so watch this space!

18ft Wall Mural

Paintings

I’m currently painting a wall mural! I’ve never been asked to paint one this big so it’s been an exciting challenge so far. I am absolutely loving it though! There are 2 walls that I’m painting, the tallest being 18ft! I’ve had to work on a scaffolding with 2 platforms. See how I’m progressing in the pics, and watch this space as I’ll be posting the finished piece soon!