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Designing My Own Victorian Wallpaper Border - From the Mind of Christine McConnell

🕑 Added 2022-03-29 15:20:22 +0000 UTC

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Rebekah Essick

I know it has been a while and not sure how much you check comments on older videos. I just came back to this one because I'm getting ready to buy a house that needs a lot of love. Like you, I thrive on home projects so I'm very excited. I have a vision for one of the rooms that would be great with this border. I know you put the bedroom wallpaper up for purchase. Are there still plans to put this one out for purchase as well?

Jennifer

Can this border be purchased yet love it too?

Ashley Young

I would 100% buy this!!

Falyn Jarvis

I cannot wait to buy this wallpaper 😍

Jennifer Carter

I just want a good pic of the border and section of wallpaper to frame- I love these so much!

Shelley Anders

I was wondering if you were going to incorporate 🧜‍♀️’s! This is so eerie and ghostly, like a haunted shipwreck🌊I love the colors-superb! You are truly a master artist for our generation.

Amanda Williams

That was wonderful! XD

Benjamin Arnold

Glad it helped someone. Haha. I don't know how long it's been there, but it's been a great help with my concept art designs. Cheers!

Cora Kathlea

The mermaid you drew is beautiful! And in my opinion looks so much like you. I am seriously in awe of your skills.

Andrea Crabtree

ohhhhh sweeeet lord, I am a proffesional retoucher and did not know about this feature in photoshop, I wonder when that got there??? its so cooool! Im glad I read your post Benjamin. Thank you.

Rochelle

Such a great idea!

Maria

Hi Christine ! I think you are going to like this tiktok video https://vm.tiktok.com/ZML4GwuFY/

Benjamin Arnold

Not sure if someone mentioned this already, but in Photoshop, when you select the brush tool, there is a butterfly icon that pops up on the tool options that you can use to mirror your drawings. Or make patterns depending on the option you choose.

Lisa Kay Brown

I absolutely adore your creative twist on a nautical theme... it's very beautiful!

Paranormal Kativity

This is so incredibly beautiful! Cannot wait to see an entire room adorned with this gorgeousness!

Jordan Nuckels

This is so beautiful. I can’t wait to put it in my home!

Ghoulella

Love this episode.

Christine Peterson

I want to buy this so badly! ❤️

Kirsty Walker

I live in a mid 90’s modern rental so don’t have the ability to hang paper like this, not would it suit. But I’d buy even a small section of that border and frame it as art, the mermaid is both enchanting and haunting.

Vicky

I truly enjoyed watching this episode you have inspired me to do this in my home thanks you Christine.

Marina salinas

My husband decided this needs to be in our home! This is way too delightful to admire. Thank you for showing us how to create our own masterpieces as well ✨🖤

Marie Kirby

Watching this made me hope you will draw a coloring book someday! You are incredible!

Wendy Litteral

I'm not sure if you know this or not, but Photoshop has a repeating pattern tool for creating pattern libraries: https://youtu.be/mILpMcof1xw?t=420 Kind of handy for what you're doing, but also limiting in many ways. But when you do go to Illustrator: https://youtu.be/n34-YmNJMrc?t=18 It's SOO much easier in Illustrator, but you're right the learning curve for Illustrator is intense.

Cathleen Murray

How long did it take you to develop the deep sea concept @ChristineMcConnell?

Katie Milone

Yes! Thank you for noting this. I see the same illusion in her eyes as well. Very fitting for mermaids and their mysterious nature. I wonder if this is as present when viewing it in person. Christine, I am all about the spook lifestyle and just so grateful for your creativity continually inspiring me to create. My primary bath is all mermaid…looking forward to the day I can incorporate your beautiful paper!

Smitten Kitten

Have you thought of creating textiles? There are places such as Spoonflower that do on-demand printing for a variety of fabrics, and I'll speak for myself when I say that I'd love to get my hands on some of your absolutely beautiful, whimsical, and unique designs on fabric! I know you mentioned in the recent publicly posted video that you might make the wallpaper available for purchase, but you could hand off the files to a textile printing place for those of us who love to work with fabric! Perhaps this is bold to suggest, but I would imagine a company like AGF (Art Gallery Fabrics) would DIE to have you design for them. It's not like you have a million irons in the fire as it is! :D

Sam Gajdos

Ohhh I didn't realize. Thank you!

Angela Pogue

A couple Shane Greco commissioned pieces would be great accents. While you could definitely do some yourself it'd be cool to support an artist well known for some Octos.

Laura Chambers

It turned out so beautiful! I absolutely love it!

Jess Meister

Absolutely stunning work. :-) Also the house in the snow is even more magical!

Linda

Amazing!! So much complexity!

Peaches McDrools

and I love the art nouveau/Belle époque gilded age feel of the design - and those colors! Have you thought about designing and cutting your own crystal? Might be a great one for the books!

Peaches McDrools

❤️YOU ARE A DEVOTED ARTIST❤️ it just so inspiring! I

Michelle Wilson

Lovely and etherally forlorn, what lurks in the depth of the sea's mystery...

Jenna Homan

Didn’t the gramophone used to be pink? …

Sarah

My dad passed away last month and I haven't been able to find the urge/inspiration to draw at all, even though I know it's part of how I process and cope with things. This really made me want to get back into it. It's so beautiful!

Shanda Jones

Mind. BLOWN. Both the border AND main wallpaper patterns are stunning and exquisite, and I'm madly in love ♥️ I literally squealed when you announced that (if you love how it turns out) you'll be selling the pattern! I know exactly where I'm going to hang it! I can't freaking wait!!!

Imperial Girl

I truly am in awe of the border you designed. It is glorious!

Leslie Langenegger

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Savannah Alexandra

My mind is constantly blown away by the mind of you, Christine McConnell! This is simply stunning and I cannot wait to see it printed/installed in your home. I can only imagine how fragile that paper was from the 1880's that you found on your walls. I recently purchased a 1970's home and have been installing wallpaper that I found at various estate sales that date back to the 1960's-70's....and that paper was incredibly fragile + difficult to work with! Adding on another 100+ years to that and I would think that paper is basically almost dust lol

Sam Gajdos

Is anyone else getting ads on the videos watching via YouTube?? I've never had ads interrupt my Patreon viewing before.....

Alexia Wilson

Your work never ceases to inspire and amaze me. I cannot wait to buy that gorgeous wallpaper. Please don't make it a limited edition for the few to get! At least enough for all of us here. I NEED it for my bedroom. My velvet comforter already matches the color scheme so perfectly! <3 it so much!

Tammy R Dowden

'I'm not very good at drawing human figures'. Proceeds to draw the most incredible mermaid ever! BEAUTIFUL frieze!

Deb McGrath

This is incredible! I love the mermaid. I also love the emerald green dress you're wearing in this. I was wondering if you could post a link to the Wacom tablet you are using?

Glenda Sotolongo

This is the most stunning wallpaper I've ever seen! Thank you so much for sharing. I'd LOVE to purchase this for my own home :)

Melody Pilotte

I just love watching you DO stuff, even if it's far beyond any of my capabilities. It's so soothing.

Eva

This is absolutely stunning! For anyone wanting to make their own repeating patterns, I recommend you search how to do a SWISS REPEAT. You can use the offset function in Gimp or Photoshop to make your life a lot easier. :)

Lucy Wolski

Incredible! I want this in my 1850 house.

Nora Dallaire

I adore the way you subverted the slightly swatstika-esque frieze by just sliding it to the side to lock together differently but still contain all the parts of the original. I just love that the finished border brings to mind a sunken greek kingdom, overgrown and taken over by sealife, aged and worn down. Very, very cool.

Ellerie “Sit in Your Tears” Maddox

I wholeheartedly agree with this!

Ellerie “Sit in Your Tears” Maddox

I’d love one of the octopus!

Chandra Lewis

I am absolutely obsessed with this! I definitely hope you make this pattern available for purchase. Because it’s perfect!

Monica Adams

I love this border and hope it does work out so I can purchase it for my house. It's beautiful thank you for sharing.

Carl P Crossgrove

Christine, I don't know how much this is intentional, but you got a very intriguing, ambiguous and delightful detail in your Mermaid drawing: I think you planned for her eyes to be milky and dreamy, looking straight forward. But it is very easy, when looking at the pattern, to see her eyes as dark, and distracted, looking leftward, with the same curious expression on her face. It's as though as an undersea creature like an octopus has appeared and caught her attention. Look at the pattern at different distances and see if you don't notice this. It's an incredible and wonderful ambiguous quality that is very intriguing. Brava! and I can't wait to see the finished papers. If you would be willing to share source info for the printers who produce the papers, it might be useful for others.

Lisa Nelson

Is this Christine’s new house?

Angela Pearson

Pretty Fricken Amazing!! Also you are stunning in that green dress

Tim Metcalf

Wow! That is amazing! Love the wallpaper! Saw one of the really nicely made but repro diving helmets at an antique mall In St. Louis and thought of you, Christine...

Terry L. Steffen

I see a lot of "Christine" in your mermaid! Patrice (on YouTube) sees it, too! Anyone doing restoration work would love to have you on the project!

Alyne Whiteswan

Gorgeous! It looks the spirit of Christine part of the house now. Forever!

Jassy Dallas Morton

You're my creative fantasy...whenever I watch, only my imagination is allowed to be present...not responsibilities, family...nothing...only the reminder of what is possible...thank you.

Lucía

Awesome! So exquisite

Brandon Grew

Uhhhh both the wallpaper and the frieze are cool as hell. Christine these sick. Like seriously. 🧜🏻‍♀️😍

Mina Murray

Mermaids should always be topless. At least in my world. ;-)

Alyse Kiyuna

The wallpaper is amazing but that border though……😭 SO OVERLY GORGEOUS!!!!! I wants it!!!

Maria L.

incrível como sempre. Obrigada por compartilhar conosco, Christine!

Allison Pagano-Speers

Ahhhhh!! I want a tattoo of this!!

Colleen Diane Sakane

Mermaids are my spirit animal! When I was little, I use to say I wanted to be a mermaid when an adult would ask what I wanted to be when I grow up. My 12-year-old neighbor said I could not so I got mad at her and said yes, I CAN! haha! Beautiful border! I'm in awe! Again. <3

Anna Radaelli

I love, love your wallpaper and border!!! It's totally my jam and you are so talented and inspiring! I think you drew yourself as a mermaid ... she was stunning!

Gypsy426

The mermaid border is giving me life!

Leslie Langenegger

Watching you work is mesmerizing and inspiring. Everything came together so beautifully and with such detail, as always. And that gorgeous mermaid reminds me of you.

Lorena zitelli

I absolutely love it 😍 and the mermaid 🧜🏻‍♀️ so amazing 😻 work I definitely want to purchase I hope 🤞🏽

VStreet

Just watched both episodes and it’s all come together so so beautifully. It is a masterpiece, love it. ❤️

Karysa HorrorHoneysKitchen

You’re are just so incredible!! This is all so stun!! I look sooo forward to seeing your projects every month because you turn it out every time.💖🖤

Mononoke Adams

Very excited to see this episode. Thank you, Christine!

Samantha Cooper

This is absolutely beautiful! But, I wouldn’t expect anything less from you. You are so talented and I cannot wait to see what you are going to do next. I really want to purchase this wallpaper!! 🖤🖤

Roxanne Araña

Simply phenomenal my dear, you inspire me every day to be a more ambitious and spooky creator who just follows her art heart whatever it takes me. For someone who claims to not be super confident in your illustrative talents, you've produced some beautiful and aesthetically pleasing work. I can't wait to see the rest of this build!