I got used to using Adobe Illustrator when I was a young newspaper graphic designer, using it to build all manner of ads, coupons, and promotional graphics. It’s really fun once you get the hang of it, would recommend.
(Oh man, I just had a horrible memory of listening to a much cooler graphic designer who worked at a skateboard apparel company tell me that he would routinely design 60-page catalogs in Adobe Illustrator, something it was not built to do and at the time not really capable of doing. [for reference, you should use a document design program like InDesign] I was appalled, and frankly, concerned for his health. I hope he’s doing better now.)
Anyway, I made some color doodles while trying to make this blog yesterday. I had fun and they look cute.
![Color field of lurid wavy wide green and orange lines.](https://blog.stevievanb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/lurid-pattern-orange-green.png)
![Color field of a teal background with lime green spots scattered below wide pink ribbons looping from left to right asymmetrically, and a top later of thin white wavy lines running parallel across the entire field.](https://blog.stevievanb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/lurid-pattern-pink-teal.png)
![Color field of lurid green and white lines snakingback towards and away from themselves with sharp angles on a purple background.](https://blog.stevievanb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/lurid-pattern-purple-green.png)
I hope to do more later, but we’ll see.