This blog hasn’t been getting a lot of love from me lately but I really want to be better about posting more regularly in 2024. It’s been a creative diary for me for a long time and I enjoy looking at old posts from time to time to bring back memories and revisit ideas.

I’m still designing paint palettes but I took a break from the seasonal palette series to design this Octopus Palette. I’ve been wanting to design another octopus tile for a long time. My original octopus is very “reserved” with his simple figure 8 shape and prayer like pose. This octopus, while contained in a simple circle, is more active than his predecessor. His long expressive arms spread out to create a variety of wells for separating and mixing colors.

The octopus’s two front arms meet to form a heart. A notch beneath the heart provides a place to rest one’s brush.