What I learned in the past few years is that you love reading stories about the prints I’ve created and finding about what inspired them.
This is why I’ve decided to share behind the scenes about each print from our collection.

Prints are usually either created in-house by the textile designer, outsourced through freelance designers or bought from print studios.
Fashion brand owners usually don't create their own prints, and this is what makes this brand special as I create both prints for my fashion label and design clothes.

Story behind the print:

Being nostalgic for things you’ve never experienced is an odd feeling. Longing for a bygone era.

I’m listening to music non-stop while I’m creating and “Drops of Jupiter “ by Train is one of the songs that invokes feelings of nostalgia and hopefulness at the same time. Pat Monahan (Train’s lead signer) explained that the song was inspired by the death of his mother. He’s basically playing with idea that even though her life on earth was over, “she’s back in the atmosphere”, she is still with him in spirit.

I went to bed and after just a few minutes I woke up and had the lyrics, or words at the time “Back in the atmosphere.” Obviously [the] loss of the most important person in my life was heavy on my mind, and the thought of “Hey, what if no one ever really leaves? What if you’re here, but different.” And the idea was she’s back. Here, in the atmosphere.
It was an obvious connection between me and my mother because “Drops of Jupiter” was as much about me being on a voyage, trying to find out who I am too, through all of this. The best thing we can do by loss of love is find ourselves.” - Pat Monahan

Another reason why I love the song Drops of Jupiter and why I chose the name for the print, is that scientists believe that Jupiter’s rain is composed of diamonds, rather than water. Jupiter’s massive size generates enormous amount of gravity - combining that with crazy amount of pressure and heat, carbon can be squeezed in mid-air.
And this is how it rains diamonds.

The main inspiration behind this piece was the infinity of the universe and the circularness of life. I wanted to create a design that makes you feel as you’re walking through the space, between reality and imagination. That everything is possible and there is so much more than our eyes can see.

I created this design in the Procreate app on my graphic tablet. At first I wanted it to be a colourful design, but after so many failed attempts at colouring the outlines I decided it’s going to look so much better monochromatic. Another inspiration (design) were these antique engravings that I found on the Pinterest. I’ve wanted to create something nostalgic, with a touch of magic, but make it modern. Creating this one was definitely a challenge as I very rarely create line drawings