Dianne Stark is an Australian illustrator and surface pattern designer working under the brand Di Stark Creative. Her practice centres on whimsical, pencil-drawn patterns inspired by childhood daydreams, ancestral tales, and adventurous journeys. Stark offers two routes to market: a free print library (available to brands via registration on her website) and a custom pattern commission service. Her background in retail buying and merchandise planning at leading Australian retailers gives her work a commercially grounded perspective.

Stark's defining characteristic is hand-drawn pencil illustration - a medium that gives her patterns a distinctive textural softness. Selected patterns confirm a nature and folklore vocabulary: Tree, Eucalyptus, Palm, Mushroom, Fairy Garden, Mulberry, Little Bird, Swan. Colourways - off-white, flamingo pink, grey, cream, lilac, peach - are delicate and product-ready, suggesting deliberate colourway development across collections. The overall aesthetic is described as "timeless" and "whimsical."

Works primarily in pencil for initial illustration. Has a background in multimedia and graphic design. Custom commissions include moodboards, sketches, two rounds of minor revisions, and delivery of final digital repeat files. Process is collaborative and client-led.

Open to commissions and collaborative product launches. The free print library offers brands and makers access to ready-to-use designs via registration. Custom pattern service targets product brands and makers wanting one-of-a-kind hand-drawn prints. No specific commercial clients are documented.

Stark began her career in the world of retail buying, spending many years as a merchandise planner at leading Australian retailers. She maintained a passion for art and creativity throughout, drawing on a background in multimedia and graphic design. The commercial retail experience - developing what she describes as "a keen eye for commercial aesthetics" - later directly informed her surface pattern practice. She transitioned into full-time illustration and pattern design, building a studio around both a print library and custom commission work.

Selected patterns span botanicals (Eucalyptus, Mulberry, Fairy Garden), fauna (Little Bird, Swan), and textural nature subjects (Mushroom, Tree, Palm). Soft, named colourways - flamingo pink, lilac, peach, cream - suggest collection-ready thinking suited to children's and lifestyle product categories. The pencil-based technique gives each design a hand-crafted quality that distinguishes the work from digitally produced alternatives.