I recently designed an exclusive butterfly and peony pattern for a jewellery box for tmtplaza in Hong Kong, for their spring beauty promotion.
I was asked to create something feminine and elegant, to match with this season's beauty products and cosmetics.
The illustration started out as pencil sketches of peonies in pale colours, with detailed monochrome butterflies and shadows.
This then gradually turned into a more colourful solid background with smaller butterflies...
...and I then developed the butterflies into more colourful versions, with stronger patterns and outlines. I chose a limited colour palette of pinks and greens to give the feminine feeling a contemporary twist.
I tried more detailed peonies, in richer colours...
...but in the end it went with the paler, more loosely-drawn flowers and more fully detailed butterflies. 
If you spend over HK$1,500 at the mall, from 23 April, you can get my box as a VIP gift, while stocks last! Hurry!
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Victoria and Albert museum
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I visited the Victoria and Albert museum this week, and pottered about the ceramics galleries thinking of ideas and doing little sketches.
If I could only go to one museum in London per visit, it would definately be this one. My head is filled with teapots, birds and butterflies...