I am beyond pumped to finally announce the lemon decals I designed are finally for sale in my online store after more than a year after the initial concept.

Let me take you back to the beginning….

If you have been following my design journey you would know I have a love for colour, especially pink, yellow and blue. That love only blossomed more when I had the opportunity to design a decal for my daughter room. I knew I wanted something yellow to pop against the pink panelled wall but wasn’t sure of anything past that point. (flowers, bananas with faces, lemons, bumble bees)

I quickly started sketching and decided zesty lemons would be the first of many fruit decals to come.

Below is a little walk though of how the lemons came to life.

1. I did a couple of quick rough sketches to see what multiple lemons scattered onto a wall would look like. I loved how it was so organic but knew it needed more variety and detail.

2. Finalised a more realistic lemon shape after looking a way too may lemons on google.

3. Now came the fun part of adding detail. I wasn’t sure if I wanted a gradient or shadow or little dots. Once I finished about 10 different lemon detail I sat on the project for about a month. I didn’t want to rush into picking one.

4. Once I had FINALLY chosen one, I added the 5 different leaves to the lemons, leaving one plain. Then the last part was just choosing the final Pantones for the greenery.