Vincent Desjardins - Illustrator

02/25/2026

Here are a few more of my recent experiments with drawing over gelli plate mono-prints. The first image in each of these is the gelli plate mono-print which is made using acrylic paint and hand cut stencils and masks on a gelli plate. The second image is after I have drawn on the mono-print using colored pencils and / or Posca acrylic pens. Click on the first image to see it in full and then click the arrows to navigate through all of them.

02/01/2026

Over the past couple of years I have been experimenting with gelli plate printing. I'm usually not too happy with the results, so I tend to use my prints as underpaintings for drawings that I create using colored pencils and Posca pens over the acrylic paint prints. Here are a few. On the left of each post, is the original gelli print, on the right is the result after I drew over it. I enjoy working on these as they are very meditative and really help block out, at least temporarily, all of the bad news that is happening in the world.

01/07/2026

After 14 or 15 years (don't remember exactly which year I joined) as a designer/seller on Spoonflower, I reached a milestone today. I reached 3000 designs available as fabric in my shop (actually 3003 since I uploaded a few more after I passed the milestone). I have close to that many also available as wallpaper.

My work is inspired by vintage children’s books, mid-century design, animals and gardening. For licensing inquiries or scale changes, email me at: [email protected]

12/19/2025

Here are some original watercolor/gouache paintings that I created for a new pattern I have uploaded to my Spoonflower shop for one of Spoonflower's bi-weekly challenges. The challenge was to create some faux Delft Tiles. I decided to do some scenes from the Fairy Realm. I had various inspirations for my paintings, including the Victorian Fairy paintings of Richard Doyle and the cottage in the woods in "Sleeping Beauty." There is also a detail of a portion of my design after the paintings were cleaned up and I added a border and a faux crackle glaze. I created 12 paintings in total for this design. To see the finished design on fabric and wallpaper, you can visit my Spoonflower shop: https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/20960125