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I’m Vanessa Waller, a pattern designer and illustrator based in Berkshire in the UK. Mondaland is my creative world, so called because Monda was something of a nickname of mine when I was a little person. As well as being a designer, I’m also being a mummy.
My blog follows my creative journey. This is where you will see my own work, occasional snippets of my everyday life, as well as things that I love or that inspire and fuel me along my journey.
For as long as I can remember I’ve loved to draw, paint, and cut things up, and so it seemed almost inevitable that on leaving school I would choose a creative route at University. I gained a BA (Hons) in Design Crafts where I specialised in printed textiles and multimedia textiles. On leaving university I worked in several non-creative (paying the bills) roles whilst I looked for my dream job as a designer. I had my first freelance piece commissioned at this time in the form of a greetings card design. I continued to work in non creative roles for a number of years until a point came in 2010 where I felt I needed to have a good go at following my dream, so left my well paid job at a well respected company and took myself on a course where I learned how to design digitally. These were the skills I didn’t have but felt I needed to continue along my creative path and perhaps be able to make some money doing what I love too. I sold my work through a couple of online shops and worked on the occasional freelance job alongside this until 2 years later when I became a mummy for the first time.
I now work part time, with my little person alongside me to distract and inspire me along the way. I am open to commissions and freelance projects so please do get in touch (via the contact page) if you like what I do and would like to work with me.
You can also find my work published in Print and Pattern Kids (Bowie Style).
My blog follows my creative journey. This is where you will see my own work, occasional snippets of my everyday life, as well as things that I love or that inspire and fuel me along my journey.
For as long as I can remember I’ve loved to draw, paint, and cut things up, and so it seemed almost inevitable that on leaving school I would choose a creative route at University. I gained a BA (Hons) in Design Crafts where I specialised in printed textiles and multimedia textiles. On leaving university I worked in several non-creative (paying the bills) roles whilst I looked for my dream job as a designer. I had my first freelance piece commissioned at this time in the form of a greetings card design. I continued to work in non creative roles for a number of years until a point came in 2010 where I felt I needed to have a good go at following my dream, so left my well paid job at a well respected company and took myself on a course where I learned how to design digitally. These were the skills I didn’t have but felt I needed to continue along my creative path and perhaps be able to make some money doing what I love too. I sold my work through a couple of online shops and worked on the occasional freelance job alongside this until 2 years later when I became a mummy for the first time.
I now work part time, with my little person alongside me to distract and inspire me along the way. I am open to commissions and freelance projects so please do get in touch (via the contact page) if you like what I do and would like to work with me.
You can also find my work published in Print and Pattern Kids (Bowie Style).
