Illustration of a brown maple seed with two wing-like extensions

JANE MCCARTHY

Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator

Hi, I’m Jane — the artist and surface pattern designer behind Just Love Designing. I create bold, layered artwork inspired by botanicals, storytelling, vintage color palettes, and everyday moments of joy. My work blends illustration, texture, and color into surface designs for fabric, wallpaper, home décor, and lifestyle products.
Before focusing on surface pattern design, I spent many years working as a graphic designer and art director, creating branding, catalogs, packaging, and large-format graphics — especially within the toy and specialty retail industries.

That experience continues to shape the way I approach composition, color, storytelling, and collection building today.
In recent years, I returned to my first love: drawing, watercolor, and illustration. Surface pattern design became the perfect intersection of my artistic voice and decades of design experience.

Smiling woman wearing a black shirt outdoors

Through illustration and surface pattern design, I create layered artwork filled with color, texture, storytelling, and a sense of joy