At our recent NEOS show, someone asked me if I could digitise and stitch a gecko. Nothing simpler, I said cheerfully. There is nothing I enjoy more than drawing and digitising animals, and little lizards can be a lot of fun to do. I used to keep lizards as pets so I have a good idea of how they look and move. So I did a simple decorative little gecko – but the customer didn't really like it: it was too much like tiger stripes.
Tiger stripes…
So I tried to think of something different, but it's difficult to come up with ideas in a vacuum. I had no problem with her not liking it – that didn't bother me at all. After all, tastes differ! But I really didn't know where to go for the right idea. But then the customer reminded me of an old lizard design that I'd done some time ago, which she liked.
The right lizard…
So I adapted it to the little gecko, and everything was fine.
The right gecko
The gecko is now adorning the cover of a notebook that she made for a friend. I just hope the friend likes geckos!
“The right gecko” is beautiful. Think of all the colors she could be…
I like both geckos, but I like your original lizard better. I think it’s a combination of things: we have geckos here all over the place so I’m out of love with them, your original lizard’s head, tail, and feet are really interesting, and I love the sparkly, zigzag divider running down its back.
Hi Mia, I love all three of the designs, but my favorite is your original lizard. It has a creative southwestern triangular pattern that is emphasized and incorporated in the head, that I find gives the lizard an intriguing appearance .
I love all three of your designs. You’re always so creative with your designs.
I love these designs and particularly the original lizard. May be the texture of the design…
I like all 3 to. But have to say I like the first one best. I have never seen a live one only in pictures or on T.V