Katie O'Shea is a freelance surface pattern designer and illustrator based in Marin County, Northern California. She holds a BFA in Graphic Design from RISD and has built a portfolio of over 500 designs across fabric, wallpaper, calendars, and books. With 70,000+ Instagram followers and an established licensing client list spanning wallpaper manufacturers, card publishers, and apparel brands, she is one of the more commercially active independent designers in the floral botanical space.

Katie's signature is precise pen-and-ink botanical illustration with an etched, engraved quality-fine-line drawings of flowers, birds, and marine life built in layered, deliberate strokes. Selected Instagram patterns confirm dense floral compositions and intricate botanical arrangements, occasionally incorporating nautical subjects. She works in both natural colour ranges and graphic black-and-white line treatments.

Blends traditional pen-and-ink drawing with digital finishing-a daily sketching and inking practice keeps the portfolio active. BFA in Graphic Design from RISD. Works across illustration, surface pattern design, licensing, and custom commission. Offers illustration, surface pattern, graphic design, logo design, and packaging illustration as services.

Home decor, stationery, wallpaper, apparel, calendars, and gifting. Documented clients: Trader Joe's (sympathy card and hummingbird card designs), Milton & King (Neptune's Necklace, Manta Ray, and Dark Blue Brush wallpaper), Love Vs. Design (flamingo wallpaper), HappyWall (wallpaper), rockflowerpaper (bag designs and hydrangea line), Pictufy, World Art Group (peacock art), Michael Gray Footwear (leather tote, floral Birkenstocks), Yiume (Hawaiian-style shirts), Amber Lotus Publishing (2025 calendar cover illustration), Custype (phone cases across multiple designs), Coco De Mer. The portfolio features fabric, wallpaper, and consumer product applications.

Based in Marin County, Northern California, drawing sustained creative inspiration from coastal plant life encountered on daily outdoor walks. Graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design from RISD. Has built a substantial independent licensing and commission practice, developing a catalogue of 500+ designs. Work has appeared in a published book about chickens and on nationally distributed Trader Joe's greeting cards.

Botanical pen-and-ink illustration for fabric, wallpaper, and paper goods. The portfolio shows dense floral arrangements and precision-drawn nature subjects. Known for floral, botanical, and nautical motifs in an etched line style. Full collections have appeared in home decor sector product lines.