Fishink Textile designs

I loved the response I received to the Fishink blogs about Illustrator Roger Duvoisin here and here. It turns out that his granddaughter, Jeanne Blackmore has written and published her first children’s book, so it seems the talent still runs in the family. More on that story here  and some memories from Jeanne of knowing  such a talented grandfather.

I was inspired by Roger’s work and not only did I create a few images for fun from his illustrations, I was also encouraged to carry on a create a few more of my own. The first two designs are inspired by Roger’s work. I’m not claiming that they are my designs, just my ideas for a Duvoisin design.

I can hear his chickens squawking as they dash around the farmyard.

The rest of the designs are all my own work, illustrations and ideas. I do like the shifty-ness of these penguins and as it’s been snowing in the UK lately I’ve been inspired to think of little else. I thought they should have shuffley little snowy tracks.

This one I dedicate to a friend Melanie, who spends her time skiing in Chamonix.

I felt this was my version of Orwell’s ‘1984 ‘ for Penguins. They’re all lined up the same… but one doesn’t quite fit in !

I liked drawing these scatty dogs and thought that they should sit on a linen type background.

And then my friends all said ‘It’s not fair, where are the cat designs, when are they coming’. So by popular demand….

What do you think ? Gift wrap ? Table Mats ? Fabric ? I’ll let you decide. Hope you like them.

All designs are Fishink copyrighted and are not to be used without prior permission.