Hi.....I'm Nina a surface pattern designer and illustrator from Manchester UK, with a love for all things print and pattern with good mix of colour thrown in too! I studied Textile Design at University, since then I have worked as a childrenswear print designer for high street suppliers, and as an in house print designer for a high street retailer in the UK. I took a career break to have a family and over the last few years I have been enjoying developing my own style and designs and I am now working independently. I love creating bold and colourful patterns often inspired by nature or my surrounding landscape. I have recently licensed fabric collections with Dashwood Studios, Woodland Notions and Butterfly Fields for Summer 23 . My creative design process begins with a combination of different ways of mark making, pen drawings, painting, inky illustrations or paper collage. My next stage is to digitally render my designs, and working vector based. I like to keep the beautiful, organic forms, and textural irregularities so to keep the hand drawn feel. Then I combine a bold and colourful colour palette, resulting in my signature style of vibrant, contemporary designs.

Nina Raby-Jones's website: https://www.ninarabyjonesdesign.com