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Tara Jacobsen - Surface Pattern Designer

My quirky and fun hand painted artwork is great for all kinds of products including greeting cards, fabric projects like bags or pillows, office supplies and journals and so much more!

Surface design illustration of a cat riding on a polar bear by Tara Jacobsen
Always choose the unicorn! Surface Design By Tara Jacobsen
Makeup Circles - Part of My Spots and Dots Surface Pattern Collection
Glamour Gal - Hand Painted Surface Design By Tara Jacobsen
Makeup Mixup - Super fun surface pattern design from Tara Jacobsen!
Navy Background with Pink and Mauve Dots by Tara Jacobsen
Petunia Pelican Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Flower Chains - Surface Pattern Design By Tara Jacobsen
Fun harlequin surface pattern design by Tara Jacobsen. Floral, pink, teal and purple.
Watermelon Pink Mashup Surface Pattern Design By Tara Jacobsen
Amazing Watermelon Flower Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Watermelon Circles - Part of My Spots and Dots Collection! By Tara Jacobsen
Amazing Watermelon Flowers With Black Background - Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Watermelon Woman - Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Watermelon Slices - Great Food and Beverage Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
A Flamboyance Of Flamingos - Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
A Murder of Crows - Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
A Parliament of Owls - Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Fruity Paisley Surface Pattern Design on Dark Background
Fruity Ditsy Surface Pattern Design By Tara Jacobsen
Fruity Citrus Flowers - Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Orange, Pink and Blue Paisley Flowers! Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Green and Orange Paisley on White Background - Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Fruity Citrus Flowers - Food and Beverage Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Green Twee Ditsy Pattern In Citrus Colors - By Tara Jacobsen
Orange and Green Paisley Flowers on Black Background - Surface Pattern Design
Victorian Curls Edwardian Steampunk Woman by Tara Jacobsen
Mad Hatress Alice In Wonderland Themed Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Blue Steampunk Girl Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Red White and Blue Paisley - Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Yellow Bees and Flower Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Colorful Pink and Yellow Flowers on Blue Hand Painted Backgrounds
Rainbow Woman Surface Design Collage - Feminist Lesbian Gay Pride
All The Flowers - Hand Painted Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Bloom Surface Design Collage - by Tara Jacobsen
Manley Spots - Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Boys Child Surface Pattern Design - Hand Painted Cars and Wheels
Purple and Teal Fleur De Lis Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Wally Whale Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Lady Llama Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Lady Bee Bear Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Betty Bulldog Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Groovy Hippie Chick Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Female Photographer Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
African American Woman Surface Pattern by Tara Jacobsen
Hand Painted Birthday Candles Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Birthday Girl Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Purple Birthday Cake and Candles Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Christmas Reindeer Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Christmas Elf Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Candy Corn Surface Pattern Design by Tara Jacobsen
Halloween Pumpkin Surface Design - Orange, Yellow and Purple
Scaredy Cat Halloween Surface Design by Tara Jacobsen
Happy Easter Bunny Greeting Card Surface Design
Boys Child Surface Pattern Design - Hand Painted Cars and Wheels
Cute Easter Bunny Sitting In Easter Egg Surface Design

A Little Surface Designer History

My path to surface design is a winding one, starting over 20 years ago! In the late 1990's I found and fell in love with graphic design and marketing, spending the next 18 years working in the web and print industries as a designer and marketing expert.

Then in the mid 2010s my husband and I adopted 3 kids from foster care and my marketing career came to a crashing end as I needed to focus on those gremlins and help them grow into the amazing young adults they have become!

Fast forward to the pandemic years and I started doing art... in fact I did a video a day for a year on my Youtube channel doing magazine collage art and making great friends with the gals like me who were all stuck at home!

But being a marketing gal at heart, I was super frustrated by not being able to sell magazine collage images because the copyright lived with the photographers or magazines.... so I started painting... whoo whoo!

And painting, and painting. I LOVE how fun painting my unusual women, animals and patterns has become... and ONLY THEN did I find out that you could license that art to manufacturers and design shops.

My Surface Pattern Design Process

I am probably a little weird in the art world... I am not precious about my art, I tend to try and find designs that will have a commercial reception either on my own store, or as a hero piece or fun pattern that will suit for a large scale production.

My Surface Pattern Design Process

Choosing to paint a llama was a no-brainer currently (although they may fall out of favor sometime!)

I use matte acrylic paint from Ranger Ink, a US based paint manufacturer, that has no dimension or texture, so it scans and photographs beautifully.

One of the most distinctive features of my paintings is that I leave all the unique touches like the background pencil lines and brush strokes in so that they keep their hand painted look!

All Surface Designs Available for Exclusive, Buy Out or Single Use Licensing

I love seeing my work made into everyday products that people use and love!

All of my art is available for licensing for your products! Good categories include:

  • Home Decor
  • Greeting Cards
  • Notebooks or Journals
  • Fabric like Pillows or Towels
  • Printed fabric
  • Wallpaper
  • Fashion
  • Purses and Bags

Please feel free to reach out to me if you have something in mind! I am always happy to consider making a design that will fit your needs! Any of my work is available for licensing...email me to find out more! This is just a small sampling of the work I have available, please click through to the pages for specific surface pattern categories!

If you love my patterns and would like to purchase them on products, many are available on my store, Wizard of Alice!

Surface Pattern Designer - Tara Jacobsen
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Tara L. Jacobsen, PA
tara (at) marketingartfully.com
(727) 415-9165 (text please)

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