Ian Dutton is a talented illustrator and designer based in the UK. His company ‘Ian Dutton Designs’ creates character designs, character licenses and surface pattern design. Ian designs for the greetings, fashion & textile industry, clientele examples include: Boots, Hallmark, Mamas & Papas, Marks & Spencer, Next, Sainsbury’s and Tesco’s.

Ian’s designs come in a variety of repeats, stripes, placements & with delightful number of colours. Although most of his designs are mainly for the younger consumers, there are a few for the older mature consumers. Ian is also one of the esteemed contributors for the The Art & Business of Surface Pattern Design (the e-course).You can follow Ian on Twitter @ian_dutton.

I love the aeroplane design featured below, it has beautiful simplicity, quirkiness & an effective colour palette. I hope you like Ian’s work too. Enjoy 🙂 Hannah