The Year of the Snake has begun

About snake designs and changes 😁

I wish you a Happy Year of the Snake!

Before updating my Substack (it’s been a while), I read that the Year of the Snake is believed to bring wisdom, transformation, and strategic growth. It’s a time for patience, planning, and making thoughtful decisions for long-term success. And as I took this in, something clicked because, just last night, I actually made a tough career decision myself, not realizing it was the very same day the Year of the Snake began.
Was it just a coincidence, or was the universe talking to me? I don’t know.

Revisiting old snake designs.

Snakes have always fascinated me, although I don’t draw them very often. Twelve years ago, I created a pattern collection for a design challenge on the Spoonflower website. They still organize these challenges to this day. Back then, the theme was, of course, the Year of the Snake. I designed the main pattern along with a set of coordinating designs using warm-toned colors. I worked in Adobe Illustrator back then (so vectors). My old collection is still there

And now, twelve years later, the Year of the Snake has come around again and I decided to revisit my old design. At the moment, I’ve been learning new skills in Procreate, and as a fun way to practice, I figured: ‘Why not borrow from my own work and give it a fresh new look?’

So here goes:

I’m sharing my ‘old and new’ Year of the Snake designs for 2025 first, and you can find the one from 2013 below.

There are both similarities and changes - can you spot them?

I hope to be updating my Substack a bit more often than I’ve done in the past.
At the moment, I’m trying out new platforms to share my work.

Wishing you a lovely and creative day!

With love,