#5SummerThings
We have an incredible community over at Adobe Live UK. And when Adobe said they were taking a (well deserved) break for two weeks, our guys in the community decided to do something themselves.
Setting up a challenge to keep us all busy through July, by creating 5 things that say summer to us. A board of prompts was contributed to by some of the members of the community, or you could choose your own things to create. And when I say 'create', this has been illustrations, music, photography, composites, patterns... lots of interesting creations.
Knowing that I didn't have a lot of time to get mine completed. I used the prompts of:
flip flops
hat
seagulls
white
picnic blanket
flowers in bloom
deck chair
tall cold drink
blue
sunglasses
beaches (kind of) and
ice cream
I hadn't intended to use so many....it just happened.
![repeat pattern of seagulls having fun in summer](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a56e8d3-1ce9-45d6-8456-6d45f44bb0cd/b7d0ede2-f6fb-4430-a6ea-0698600a21b9_rw_1920.jpg?h=45ab4e5552a4c9316e036adb03bf563e)
I had always intended to create a repeat pattern, but initially thought it would be of just the items. Once I started drawing the seagulls though, they brought their own ideas!
![seagull sitting in deckchair eating chips](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a56e8d3-1ce9-45d6-8456-6d45f44bb0cd/27a36a98-1553-4f20-a755-2c3c32ba6bc8_rw_1920.jpg?h=03764e23d05647d8a0294389f04eed2c)
seagull sitting in deckchair eating chips
![seagull sipping drink on a picnic blanket](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a56e8d3-1ce9-45d6-8456-6d45f44bb0cd/7a6d8d2c-ee84-4328-948f-5facca232b28_rw_1920.jpg?h=8446de995667e905e968cbf3d4590376)
seagull sipping drink on a picnic blanket
![seagull with hat on next to a sandcastle](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a56e8d3-1ce9-45d6-8456-6d45f44bb0cd/beb695f6-905b-489e-ba7b-ab895fa18a0c_rw_1920.jpg?h=6ee84e0917fe838ced1e90e623c270bd)
seagull with hat on next to a sandcastle
![flying seagull has lost the ice cream from his cone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a56e8d3-1ce9-45d6-8456-6d45f44bb0cd/4d28f872-d799-47e4-9811-4d2e934aa39b_rw_1920.jpg?h=d24210c4a0045e68e0aa77f0ef108db1)
flying seagull has lost the ice cream from his cone
![seagull sunbathing on a picnic rug](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a56e8d3-1ce9-45d6-8456-6d45f44bb0cd/24ab58a5-1ee1-4fdc-a887-2d7f4e9590a2_rw_1920.jpg?h=8121d57ed7de7b9750d5c24311684cbe)
seagull sunbathing on a picnic rug
![seagull carrying a bunch of flowers](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/5a56e8d3-1ce9-45d6-8456-6d45f44bb0cd/3e023948-e0c7-4442-8b63-29ed1ba97541_rw_1920.jpg?h=add6ca8edb1ee846ddfdeb0738ca31b9)
seagull carrying a bunch of flowers
Thank you Shawn Kosel and Gareth Hanks for putting this together for our community x