Maru's Artbook

[Maru]

First entry... from this task (https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11675825&postcount=134) in a forum game:

https://i.postimg.cc/6pCct6tG/not-a-unicorn-rev4.png

[Benjamin]

Yeeees, here for this thread. :love:

[Kate!]

Wonderful

[Maru]

T-shirt I designed/made for daughter (artwork is my own)

https://i.postimg.cc/wxXsqwr3/250817-t-shirt-2.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/MKzfvyk5/250817-t-shirt-1.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/5ySHstz8/250817-t-shirt-3.png

:love:

[Cherie]

Talented lady :love:

[Crimson Dynamo]

First entry... from this task (https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11675825&postcount=134) in a forum game:

https://i.postimg.cc/6pCct6tG/not-a-unicorn-rev4.png

Are they making love?

[Maru]

Are they making love?

Only if the horse has a top USB port

[Maru]

Talented lady :love:

Thank you

[arista]

Great Art


Maru

[Maru]

Put this together one night for relaxation time "just because"

Eurodance themed... plan to turn this into a fun bookmark if I don't make anymore changes to it...

https://i.postimg.cc/FHrLY0Sm/240814-terrible-eurodance-bookmark-rev2.jpg

"The Vengabus", for reference:

6Zbi0XmGtMw

[Ammi]

T-shirt I designed/made for daughter (artwork is my own)

https://i.postimg.cc/wxXsqwr3/250817-t-shirt-2.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/MKzfvyk5/250817-t-shirt-1.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/5ySHstz8/250817-t-shirt-3.png

:love:

….I love this design, Maru…:lovedup:…(…and I love that little Miss Maru is wearing mama designed t-shirts…:love:..)…is the flower an orchid…?…

[bots]

this is really good stuff

[Beso]

Lovely

[Niamh.]

Love the t shirt Maru :lovedup:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Does the T shirt say JLS

the ever-popular songsters?

[Mystic Mock]

These are really good.

[Barry.]

Wow great work Maru, these look great

[Maru]

These were done for practice as I just recently picked back up pointed pen... (dip pen with Speedball Super Black). I turned them into bookmarks using cardstock I had lying around to help thicken them up and then sent off to buddies of mine who are big readers:

https://i.postimg.cc/6tC9FffT/250819-pointed-pen-bookmarks-1.png

https://i.postimg.cc/vHydGCtT/250819-pointed-pen-bookmarks-2.png

Final Bookmark form:

https://i.postimg.cc/Dyc305xg/20250412-mushroom-bookmark.jpg

[Maru]

this is really good stuff

Lovely

Love the t shirt Maru :lovedup:

These are really good.

Wow great work Maru, these look great

Thanks :bawling:

Does the T shirt say JLS

the ever-popular songsters?

I had to look that up :laugh:

….I love this design, Maru…:lovedup:…(…and I love that little Miss Maru is wearing mama designed t-shirts…:love:..)…is the flower an orchid…?…

They are Sakura flowers (Cherry blossoms). It's part of a series. I've also put them in sticker form and we hand them out to shopkeeps and other people just as a gesture. Sometimes if I mess up a sheet, I salvage what I can and let daughter attach it to her mirrors and drawing papers:

https://i.postimg.cc/mZCcrcKw/74350.jpg

[Maru]

Does the T shirt say JLS

the ever-popular songsters?

Speaking of T-shirts, I hate this shirt with a passion. Just so awful...

https://i.postimg.cc/J7FRsF6m/250819-passionate-shirt-hatred.png

[Cherie]

Speaking of T-shirts, I hate this shirt with a passion. Just so awful...

https://i.postimg.cc/J7FRsF6m/250819-passionate-shirt-hatred.png

oh you are not wrong there

[Ammi]

Thanks :bawling:



I had to look that up :laugh:



They are Sakura flowers (Cherry blossoms). It's part of a series. I've also put them in sticker form and we hand them out to shopkeeps and other people just as a gesture. Sometimes if I mess up a sheet, I salvage what I can and let daughter attach it to her mirrors and drawing papers:

https://i.postimg.cc/mZCcrcKw/74350.jpg

…ahhh, those beautiful pink blossoms, I don’t think that I’ve ever seen the form/shape close up before…that t-shirt design is so gorgeous…:lovedup:..I really feel that little Miss Maru’s friends…(…and lots of adults too…)…are going to be asking for designs from you…you must make Christmas time so very special with personally designed gifts for all of your family and friends…:love:…

…I love the stickers and the bookmarks, also…you really do have an empire to build with your talents…

[Maru]

…ahhh, those beautiful pink blossoms, I don’t think that I’ve ever seen the form/shape close up before…that t-shirt design is so gorgeous…:lovedup:..I really feel that little Miss Maru’s friends…(…and lots of adults too…)…are going to be asking for designs from you…you must make Christmas time so very special with personally designed gifts for all of your family and friends…:love:…

I couldn't draw sakura by hand without tons of pictures so I also associate it with the color. So it took a bit to draw them out and I took the time to study it so I could move it to B&W... now I kind of recognize it better out in the wild if I see other black and white drawings... also stickers are life...:love:

…I love the stickers and the bookmarks, also…you really do have an empire to build with your talents…

Technology has really enabled a lot of things, Ammi. Some freely available tutorials and a good printer and a good plotter (cutty machine) :love: .. they make the kind that can fit on your kitchen counter and you can make insert cards really quickly from your phone. I bought one of those to try because I was getting interested into moving towards signage. I gifted the little machine and all the goodies to my MIL in the end after my trial period. She may or may not have needed a suitcase packed full of vinyl rolls (granted, they're thickly packaged) to go back to the NE... :laugh: (I may or may not have a problem)

[Ammi]

I couldn't draw sakura by hand without tons of pictures so I also associate it with the color. So it took a bit to draw them out and I took the time to study it so I could move it to B&W... now I kind of recognize it better out in the wild if I see other black and white drawings... also stickers are life...:love:



Technology has really enabled a lot of things, Ammi. Some freely available tutorials and a good printer and a good plotter (cutty machine) :love: .. they make the kind that can fit on your kitchen counter and you can make insert cards really quickly from your phone. I bought one of those to try because I was getting interested into moving towards signage. I gifted the little machine and all the goodies to my MIL in the end after my trial period. She may or may not have needed a suitcase packed full of vinyl rolls (granted, they're thickly packaged) to go back to the NE... :laugh: (I may or may not have a problem)

…well, technology may have enabled more possibilities but a great creative talent is still required also, which you most definitely have, Maru…:love:…I love your designs …and that sounds like a fabulous suitcase that you gifted to your mother in law, I would say that most people would love to be given a suitcase like that and I think that your family/friends etc will feel that your problem is a pretty glorious one…I think that this is going to be one of my all time favourite threads …:love:…

[Maru]

Adding to my collection of bookmarks (not trimmed yet)

https://i.postimg.cc/8TWBgFpM/250918-bookmarks.png

[Maru]

Made this to hold a treasured gift for a friend. The design is my own... except I forgot to mirror it :skull:

It's the first time I've pressed to this material so I had some minor issues with it applying, but otherwise, happy with it:
https://i.postimg.cc/nx2D9y0y/250918-baggy-2.png

This is the second one I did (this bag was not big enough), so I did it in the correct orientation... :
https://i.postimg.cc/rcpt1fHK/250918-baggy-1.png

I prefer the coziness of the 1st bag personally. It's more opaque. I just had issues with pressing it. I did make a lavender sachet out of one of them... I have 18 more of them to do whatever I please :laugh: and now also 19 more of the bigger ones because I had buy a whole pack...

I also got some silky lavender drawstring bags for blanks. I only have 3 of those, but I'll put some designs on them and maybe give to child to store her favorite things in since it's a "cuter" material.

[Benjamin]

Made this to hold a treasured gift for a friend. The design is my own... except I forgot to mirror it :skull:

It's the first time I've pressed to this material so I had some minor issues with it applying, but otherwise, happy with it:
https://i.postimg.cc/nx2D9y0y/250918-baggy-2.png

This is the second one I did (this bag was not big enough), so I did it in the correct orientation... :
https://i.postimg.cc/rcpt1fHK/250918-baggy-1.png

I prefer the coziness of the 1st bag personally. It's more opaque. I just had issues with pressing it. I did make a lavender sachet out of one of them... I have 18 more of them to do whatever I please :laugh: and now also 19 more of the bigger ones because I had buy a whole pack...

I also got some silky lavender drawstring bags for blanks. I only have 3 of those, but I'll put some designs on them and maybe give to child to store her favorite things in since it's a "cuter" material.

Oh they’re cute. I could see that on a tote bag or in a picture frame.

[Niamh.]

Very nice work Maru :love:

[Ammi]

Adding to my collection of bookmarks (not trimmed yet)

https://i.postimg.cc/8TWBgFpM/250918-bookmarks.png

Made this to hold a treasured gift for a friend. The design is my own... except I forgot to mirror it :skull:

It's the first time I've pressed to this material so I had some minor issues with it applying, but otherwise, happy with it:
https://i.postimg.cc/nx2D9y0y/250918-baggy-2.png

This is the second one I did (this bag was not big enough), so I did it in the correct orientation... :
https://i.postimg.cc/rcpt1fHK/250918-baggy-1.png

I prefer the coziness of the 1st bag personally. It's more opaque. I just had issues with pressing it. I did make a lavender sachet out of one of them... I have 18 more of them to do whatever I please :laugh: and now also 19 more of the bigger ones because I had buy a whole pack...

I also got some silky lavender drawstring bags for blanks. I only have 3 of those, but I'll put some designs on them and maybe give to child to store her favorite things in since it's a "cuter" material.




…I want a Maru designed art piece…:lovedup:…honestly I could put one of your gifts in all of my friend’s Christmas stockings and they’d be thrilled with them…I love your designs…:love:…

[Maru]

…I want a Maru designed art piece…:lovedup:…honestly I could put one of your gifts in all of my friend’s Christmas stockings and they’d be thrilled with them…I love your designs…:love:…

I can add you to my mailing list when I do them again. Most of the things I make do end up as gifts :love:

[rusticgal]

You are very talented Maru....nice work x

[Maru]

You are very talented Maru....nice work x

Thanks rustic :love:

[Ammi]

I can add you to my mailing list when I do them again. Most of the things I make do end up as gifts :love:

…that’s such a lovely aspect as well, that you create all of these wonderful designs for the pleasure of others …to gift to your friends/family..
:lovedup:…

[Maru]

Worked on a design to put on a bag/t-shirt, but this time for child... the baggy is for putting her favorite knicknacks in... I was a little surprised by the Rainbow material. It's very thick, but I think she will love it. It has a different effect depending on the lighting:

https://i.postimg.cc/26skYv6D/250924-lavender-bag-umbrella-2.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/CM8MNvPL/250924-lavender-bag-umbrella-1.jpg

The only thing about the lavender satin material is satin REALLY moves when pressing, so it's not ideal for layering as it will be offset just a bit (not as accurate)...


I have another rainbow HTV to try, but I thought I will save it for another shirt. So I reused the same rainbow effect :love: It being yellow since it'll be a different color for her to wear:

https://i.postimg.cc/Hnbpkxc7/250924-t-shirt-umbrella.jpg

[Benjamin]

Oh those are cool! :clap1:

[Maru]

I forgot to add this. Crimson Dynamo / LT was obviously Taskmaster, so we had this task to try to draw him so I gave him the comic job... hysterically, he avoided NOT showing up to vote & participate in his own final/reveal... so I post this now to shame him so that we can be unburdened by what has been:

https://i.postimg.cc/PrqvnNVJ/tm-small-12-5.png

Full image: https://i.postimg.cc/1X3hXkb0/tm.png

[Maru]

Oh those are cool! :clap1:

Thank you :love:

[Ammi]

Worked on a design to put on a bag/t-shirt, but this time for child... the baggy is for putting her favorite knicknacks in... I was a little surprised by the Rainbow material. It's very thick, but I think she will love it. It has a different effect depending on the lighting:

https://i.postimg.cc/26skYv6D/250924-lavender-bag-umbrella-2.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/CM8MNvPL/250924-lavender-bag-umbrella-1.jpg

The only thing about the lavender satin material is satin REALLY moves when pressing, so it's not ideal for layering as it will be offset just a bit (not as accurate)...


I have another rainbow HTV to try, but I thought I will save it for another shirt. So I reused the same rainbow effect :love: It being yellow since it'll be a different color for her to wear:

https://i.postimg.cc/Hnbpkxc7/250924-t-shirt-umbrella.jpg

…honestly, gorgeous…:love:…you’re so talented, Maru…

[Maru]

…honestly, gorgeous…:love:…you’re so talented, Maru…

She got her "surprise" this morning and then told me I needed to make "a surprise" for daddy. Then we went and picked up some kolaches & donuts :love: Kids are great.

[Ammi]

She got her "surprise" this morning and then told me I needed to make "a surprise" for daddy. Then we went and picked up some kolaches & donuts :love: Kids are great.

…yeah, children are the best…:love:…I’m sure that was daddy’s thought as well when he was enjoying his treats…:love:…

[Niamh.]

Worked on a design to put on a bag/t-shirt, but this time for child... the baggy is for putting her favorite knicknacks in... I was a little surprised by the Rainbow material. It's very thick, but I think she will love it. It has a different effect depending on the lighting:

https://i.postimg.cc/26skYv6D/250924-lavender-bag-umbrella-2.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/CM8MNvPL/250924-lavender-bag-umbrella-1.jpg

The only thing about the lavender satin material is satin REALLY moves when pressing, so it's not ideal for layering as it will be offset just a bit (not as accurate)...


I have another rainbow HTV to try, but I thought I will save it for another shirt. So I reused the same rainbow effect :love: It being yellow since it'll be a different color for her to wear:

https://i.postimg.cc/Hnbpkxc7/250924-t-shirt-umbrella.jpg

Oh I love those :lovedup: