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Tortoiseshell Butterflies Celtic Spirals Art

2/3/2021

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Pretty tortoiseshell butterflies against an intricate knotwork of Celtic spirals and swirls...
Tortoiseshell butterflies with Celtic Spirals Knotwork
Tortoiseshell Butterflies with Celtic Spirals and Swirls
Buy Tortoiseshell butterflies here
Feeling inspired by Medieval illuminated manuscripts, and following my recent 'Blue Butterflies Celtic Knotwork' artwork, I decided to work on a piece with tortoiseshell butterflies, which I think are one of our prettiest butterflies...

I create my pieces digitally from elements that I've hand-drawn individually - I scan them into the computer and put them together in Adobe Illustrator - here's how it went...
Tortoiseshell butterfly drawing
Tortoiseshell butterfly drawing
Creating my Celtic knotwork design for the surround
Creating the Celtic knotwork for the surround - working out my design, then tracing it out and inking it neatly
Circular knotwork design from the Book of Kells
Creating circular knotwork for the centre - this is based on a design from the Book of Kells
Flower drawings as embellishments
Flower drawings to add some embellishments
Drawings scanned into Adobe Illustrator
Drawings all scanned in, imported into Adobe Illustrator and ready to go!
Working out the composition
Working out the composition and trying to get everything straight - initial design idea
Adding extra flowers
Adding extra flowers!
Experimental phase - playing with colour and composition digitally
Experimental phase! Playing with colour and composition digitally
Making the colours calmer.
I felt like the colours needed a LOT of calming down!
So here's what the finished artwork looks like - I went few quite a lot of different versions to get here. Ultimately, as there's so much detail, I think the calmer, more neutral colours work so much better...
Celtic spiral knotwork and Tortoiseshell butterflies artwork
Completed - Celtic spiral knotwork and Tortoiseshell butterflies artwork
I think it's ended up really pretty with a lacelike effect and a Celtic or Art Nouveau style that feels quite organic and fluid...
Celtic Art Nouveau Tortoiseshell Butterflies art print
Celtic Art Nouveau Tortoiseshell Butterflies art print

How to Buy

My Tortoiseshell Butterflies are available as cushions, T-shirts, mugs, phonecases, shower curtains, journals, notebooks, bags, clocks and much more in my Redbubble store here...

​Worldwide delivery is available from manufacture-and-print centres in UK, Europe, USA, Canada & Australia and customs charges will be refunded if you're unlucky enough to be charged...
Buy my Celtic Tortoiseshell Butterflies here...
Buy Tortoiseshell butterflies art here
Tortoiseshell Celtic Art Nouveau detail
Showing detail from the artwork
Here are a few ideas to get you started...
Art nouveau Celtic Spirals butterflies large cushion for the floor
Butterflies Art Nouveau Celtic Spirals large cushion - click to see...
Art nouveau tortoiseshell butterflies throw blanket
Art nouveau Tortoiseshell butterflies throw blanket - click to see...
Tortoiseshell butterflies Celtic spirals tote bag
Tortoiseshell Butterflies Celtic Spirals tote bag - click to see...
Art nouveau Tortoiseshell butterflies silky scarf square
Art nouveau Celtic scarf with Tortoiseshell butterflies design - click to see...
Celtic spiral art nouveau butterflies hoodie
Celtic Butterflies lightweight hoodie - click to see...
Art nouveau Tortoiseshell butterflies hardcover journal notebook
Art nouveau Tortoiseshell Butterflies hardcover journal - click to see...
Tortoiseshell butterflies art nouveau apron
Tortoiseshell Butterflies art nouveau apron - click to see...
Shop All Butterflies Prints & Products Here!
Shop all prints and products here...
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Also available at:

  • Redbubble (as on this page)
  • Society6
  • Displate 
  • Etsy
  • Pixels.com
You can see more of my Celtic art here...

And my recent butterflies artworks here... 

​You might also like this 'Blue Butterflies and Celtic Medieval Knotwork' piece...

And you can find out all about butterfly myths, meanings, and folklore here...

Browse all my artwork here!
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