Christmas Raccoons
posted in Surface & Pattern Design, Hand Lettering, Surface & Pattern Design, Illustration, Surface & Pattern Design, Pattern Design by admin on December 15, 2021Lately, I’ve been working on hand-lettering. I’m trying to improve this skill as it seems to come in handy with pattern-making and illustration.
This particular hand-lettering experiment paired well with my Christmas raccoon illustrations:
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Christmas-Paper2-1024x1014.png)
by Christie Bryant
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Untitled_Artwork-10-1024x984.png)
Raccoon Illustration
by Christie Bryant
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Untitled_Artwork-11-747x1024.png)
Raccoon Illustration
by Christie Bryant
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Untitled_Artwork-12-1024x802.png)
Raccoon Illustration
by Christie Bryant
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Untitled_Artwork-13-1024x984.png)
Raccoon Illustration
by Christie Bryant
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Untitled_Artwork-9-1024x864.png)
Raccoon Illustration
by Christie Bryant
My daughter loves raccoons. When I shared my raccoon illustrations with her, she said, “These are so cute! Who doesn’t love a good Trash Panda?”
So, I designed the “Filthy Animal” hand lettering (shown above) and a couple of drop patterns with the ‘Trash Pandas’:
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Christmas-Paper1-copy-1024x1022.png)
by Christie Bryant
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/pattern_main-1017x1024.png)
by Christie Bryant
I don’t always like my original pattern ideas. I did quite a bit of experimenting before I decided that the raccoon illustrations looked best in the drop patterns that I shared above.
Even though I “rejected” the following patterns, I decided to share a few of my experiments to show a little of my creative process.
![](https://cleverchristie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/other-raccoon-patterns-1024x1024.png)
by Christie Bryant
Even though every idea doesn’t work out, it’s so fun to experiment with pattern design. I absolutely love creating patterns!