Red, Abstract Digital, Grungy Art for Unique, Personalized Gifts

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"Poet's Fancy" on Leggings!

Click to read the original post about this design and available merch. Early days. Now more options with Zazzle!

This piece of digital art, which I called "Poet's Fancy" was one of the very first pieces I designed when I first got serious about designing for print-on-demand. I wanted to see what it would look like on leggings, and it did not disappoint. That was when I spent all my waking hours designing leggings and kimono wraps through Art of Where, and there's a blog post about the artwork over on my main website.

Since discovering Zazzle, and falling in love with not only the robust quantity of offerings available but also with their customization-enabling-capabilities, my efforts on this front has grown more exciting. But I have so far to go.

The banner above features my artwork with a nice little badge over it with a label inside. This is just the kind of badge I've begun designing for use on my monogrammed and personalized gift items. But when I was just getting the hang of things, I didn't necessarily design in this manner. And so many of the items you see available ONLY have artwork. Obviously, as She Who Created The Original Art Piece, I would love nothing more than for you to have something with my work on it. But if you could have that something AND get it printed with your name (or other slogan or phrase) perhaps you'd like this even better! That's where I dropped the ball and am frantically working to expand.

Here's a collection of newer items available with this artwork. (The blog post above already shared "right many" you could peruse.) But as you'll see, there are only a few options with personalization set up. Of course, folks comfortable with the Zazzle system, as it were, could definitely go in and customize the items on their own, with no help from me. I'm wondering if I shouldn't do a little "How To Video" one day to teach folks how easy it can be to add a badge and words to an existing design they've fallen in love with. For now, there hasn't been time, but it's on my mind. If you think you'd like to see such a thing, just let me know and maybe it'll move higher on the list!

A fiend for designing with black and white patterns

Whether Zentangle and Zentangle Inspired Art, (which we'll be revisiting later in this blog,) or - now it seems - just creating AND using others' repeating patterns, I have another nominal, intermittent addiction.

I realized just how strong this affinity for black and white had been right about the time I was uncovering the incredible tools offered to Zazzle designers and shoppers wanting to customize their own gifts and cards. My earlier experience with Print on Demand (heretofore POD) designing had been fun too, and even addictive then, as well. However discovering the sheer volume of items to be printed, paired with the customizing potential available in this system took my near-obsession to the next level.

Having created a few thousand items to sell in the Zazzle marketplace since opening the Printed Muserie Zazzle store, all while keeping it mostly a secret online has been "all well and good" as my mom used to say on a fairly regular basis. But now it's time to pull this all together and start sharing the things I've designed!

The printedmuserie.com domain was purchased last year and I pointed it to a page where I wrote some things about the journey on my main website, melodywatson.com. Now it's time to dive in and make this thing real in the most tangible of web terms. As I get this new site started, I'll be writing little back stories (among my favorite things) about the kinds of things I design. Whether types of designs, such as the black and white merchandise I mentioned here, or brand new original art pieces, I want this site to be used to explore the creative process while also promoting the brand. As with all my endeavors, it is and will continue to be a learning process and an evolving journey I take in this online arena. I can't wait to see what happens!