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Browse & hire professional surface pattern designers for fashion, textiles, interiors & product design.
Melanie Miles is a Melbourne-based illustrator and surface pattern designer creating colour-rich artwork for textiles, homewares and lifestyle products. Combining hand-painted illustration with digital design, her work celebrates colour, nature and the beauty of everyday life.
Melanie Miles is a Melbourne-based illustrator and surface pattern designer creating colour-rich artwork for textiles, homewares and lifestyle products. Combining hand-painted illustration with digital design, her work celebrates colour, nature and the beauty of everyday life. With experience in commercial licensing, commissioned illustration and her own Australian-made product collections, Melanie brings an artistic and considered approach to creating designs for a variety of applications.
Style and Aesthetic
Colour-rich illustrations and patterns inspired by florals, nature and everyday observations. Melanie's work is characterised by hand-painted details, playful compositions and a love of exploring colour relationships. Her designs often combine organic forms with unexpected colour combinations, bringing a sense of joy and personality to both standalone illustrations and repeat patterns.
Techniques and Tools
Working primarily with gouache and traditional painting techniques, Melanie develops her illustrations by hand before refining and adapting them digitally. Her process combines the expressive qualities of painted artwork with the versatility of digital design, allowing her to create both individual illustrations and seamless repeating patterns. With extensive experience in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, she prepares artwork for a range of print and product applications.
Markets and Clients
Melanie's surface pattern designs have been licensed for wallpaper, textiles and lifestyle products, including collaborations with Emily Ziz and SHO Reusable. She has also developed her own range of Australian-made accessories and homewares featuring her original artwork. Her work has been showcased at leading curated Australian design events, including The Big Design Market and Finders Keepers.
Her commercial illustration work includes commissions for local councils, creating large-scale window illustrations and public art installations for seasonal celebrations.
Her designs are suited to a wide range of applications, from fashion and accessories to homewares, interiors and textiles.
Career Path
With more than 20 years of experience in graphic design, Melanie brings a strong foundation in visual communication, composition and colour to her illustration practice. Her growing interest in traditional painting led her to pursue illustration and surface pattern design, gradually shifting her focus towards creating original artwork for commercial and creative applications.
Over the years, her practice has expanded to include licensed collections, illustration commissions and the development of her own design label. Today, her focus is on further developing her illustration and surface pattern portfolio, exploring new licensing opportunities and collaborating with brands that share her appreciation for thoughtful, original design.
Pattern Focus
Floral, botanical and nature-inspired surface patterns, with an emphasis on beautiful forms, rich colour palettes and hand-painted details. Collections often explore contrasting and harmonious colour combinations, with designs developed across different scales and colourways.
Her portfolio includes both seamless repeats and placement artwork, suitable for textiles, fashion, accessories, homewares, stationery and interior applications.
Explore more of Melanie's illustration and surface pattern work through her website and Instagram, where she shares finished artwork, works in progress and glimpses into her creative practice.
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Melanie welcomes enquiries for artwork licensing, illustration commissions and creative collaborations with brands both locally and internationally.
Website: www.melaniemiles.com.au
Instagram: @melaniemilesdesign
Melanie Miles is a Melbourne-based illustrator and surface pattern designer creating colour-rich artwork for textiles, homewares and lifestyle products. Combining hand-painted illustration with digital design, her work celebrates colour, nature and the beauty of everyday life.
Style and Aesthetic Colour-rich illustrations and patterns inspired by florals, nature and everyday observations. Melanie's work is characterised by hand-painted details, playful compositions and a love of exploring colour relationships.
Pattern Focus Floral, botanical and nature-inspired surface patterns, with an emphasis on beautiful forms, rich colour palettes and hand-painted details. Collections often explore contrasting and harmonious colour combinations, with designs developed across different scales and colourways.
Markets and Clients Melanie's surface pattern designs have been licensed for wallpaper, textiles and lifestyle products, including collaborations with Emily Ziz and SHO Reusable. She has also developed her own range of Australian-made accessories and homewares featuring her original artwork.
Techniques and Tools Working primarily with gouache and traditional painting techniques, Melanie develops her illustrations by hand before refining and adapting them digitally.
Melanie Miles works in adobe illustrator, adobe indesign, adobe photoshop, and procreate.
Explore more of Melanie's illustration and surface pattern work through her website and Instagram, where she shares finished artwork, works in progress and glimpses into her creative practice.
Career Path With more than 20 years of experience in graphic design, Melanie brings a strong foundation in visual communication, composition and colour to her illustration practice.