Two Symmetrical Patterns: Silver and Sapphires, and Golden Sky Symbol

​For the past few weeks, I've mostly done fast, simple symmetrical patterns. When I'm creating a drawing montage, I pick a brush size and color and stick with it, mostly avoid the "undo" button, and just let the shapes evolve as I draw instead of having a specific goal in mind.

This time, I wanted to draw something more specific and complex, with more differences in color and texture, and the result was two patterns and a huge contrast.

Silver and Sapphires

This image started with a general concept of what I wanted the main central spokes to look like, then from there it was a matter of experimenting to see what looked and felt right.

In a way, it reminds me of "Starry JewelVine", one of the first symmetrical patterns I drew, in that it has wires of a metallic color enclosing gem-like patches of jewel tones. "Silver and Sapphires" is definitely more polished, and I'm proud of the progress I've made.

Here's the older pattern, so you can see the difference:

Golden Sky Symbol

The second pattern was inspired by the odd combination of the magic from Dr. Strange and a facial tissue box. The latter was covered in blotches of pink, blue and purple in the background, with many-spoked golden wheels in the foreground.

That pattern made me want to try creating a cleaner-looking, more complex version of it, while the 2016 Dr. Strange movie gave me the idea of adding symbols between the spokes.

Here is the result:

Definitely a contrast to the muted elegance of "Silver and Sapphires"!

When I showed this pattern to my mother, she commented that its background looked like something she'd like on a dress. So I thought "Hey, why not upload that as well?"

In the process of uploading it to RedBubble, I encountered one small problem: a cutout of the background pattern with no additional adornment didn't look very good on T-shirts. So I created this for the products that just have the artwork on one small part of them, such as the chest, instead of being completely covered in it:

Speaking of physical objects, here's what "Silver and Sapphires" looks like on them:

You can find all the RedBubble items with "Silver and Sapphires" on them here.

​Society6 doesn't have a "view everything with this artwork on it" feature, but if you visit the page for this art print and scroll down, you'll see a selection of products with these snowflakes on them.

Here are the links to the items in the collage:

​Tote Bags
Wall Clocks
Throw Pillows
Comforters
Skirts
Towels
iPhone Cases and Skins
Shower Curtains
Wall Tapestries
Coffee Mugs
Rectangular Pillows
Dresses

And here are the preview images for "Golden Sky Symbol":

Here are the RedBubble links for "Golden Sky Symbol" and "Colored Clouds".

And here are the Society6 art print links for "Golden Sky Symbol" and "Colored Clouds".

And of course, here are the links to the items in the collage:

​Tote Bags
Wall Clocks
Throw Pillows
Comforters
Shirts
Towels
iPhone Cases and Skins
Shower Curtains
Wall Tapestries
Coffee Mugs
Rectangular Pillows
Dresses

I hope you find something you like!