Nicole Borjas is a San Francisco-based graphic and textile designer and product developer with extensive freelance experience across the US fashion and home industries. Originally from Honduras, she works across hand and digital mediums, drawing from a nature-focused sensibility grounded in botanical and tropical observation.








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Nicole Borjas is a San Francisco-based graphic and textile designer and product developer with extensive freelance experience across the US fashion and home industries. Originally from Honduras, she works across hand and digital mediums, drawing from a nature-focused sensibility grounded in botanical and tropical observation. She offers freelance design and development services from concept to production, and is open to commissions.
Borjas works in saturated, joyful colour - her Instagram bio positions colour as "the whole story." Her portfolio spans tropical and botanical florals, cultural illustration (San Francisco Parrots, Maracuya Fruit - a Honduran passion fruit), and classic all-over florals (Magnolias in the Spring, Blue Spring Peonies, Vintage Tulips). The portfolio features loose painterly marks alongside clean repeatable structures, with range across bedding-scale compositions and apparel prints. Selected placements indicate product mockup experience across apparel and home formats.
Works in both hand and digital mediums. Uses Procreate for illustration and digital pattern development. Uses gouache painting as a process starting point (Magnolias original gouache painting), then translates to production-ready repeat and colourways. Capable of taking design from painted original through to product mockup.
Freelance client history includes Dolls Kill, Savage x Fenty, ThirdLove, Minted, Nine West, and Tory Burch - spanning contemporary fashion, lingerie, gifting, accessories, and footwear. Currently freelances across apparel, accessories, and home categories. Open to commissions.
Based in San Francisco with prior experience in New York. Grew up in Honduras; tropical and Latin American motifs (Maracuya, Mexican Sunflowers) appear alongside California botanicals (Half Moon Bay Fern, Magnolias) throughout her portfolio. Multi-year industry background as in-house and freelance designer and product developer across major US brands.
Specialises in nature-inspired surface prints: tropical botanicals, florals, fruit, and birds. Also works in abstract/painterly surface treatments (Mocha Marble). Selected patterns span botanical all-overs and large-scale tropical compositions; selected placements suggest experience with apparel and lifestyle product applications.













Nicole Borjas is a San Francisco-based graphic and textile designer and product developer with extensive freelance experience across the US fashion and home industries.
" Her portfolio spans tropical and botanical florals, cultural illustration (San Francisco Parrots, Maracuya Fruit - a Honduran passion fruit), and classic all-over florals (Magnolias in the Spring, Blue Spring Peonies, Vintage Tulips).
Pattern Focus Specialises in nature-inspired surface prints: tropical botanicals, florals, fruit, and birds. Also works in abstract/painterly surface treatments (Mocha Marble).
Markets and Clients Freelance client history includes Dolls Kill, Savage x Fenty, ThirdLove, Minted, Nine West, and Tory Burch - spanning contemporary fashion, lingerie, gifting, accessories, and footwear. Currently freelances across apparel, accessories, and home categories. Open to commissions.
Techniques and Tools Works in both hand and digital mediums. Uses Procreate for illustration and digital pattern development. Uses gouache painting as a process starting point (Magnolias original gouache painting), then translates to production-ready repeat and colourways.
Use the contact links on this profile to reach Nicole Borjas directly about your brief, timeline and budget.
Career Path Based in San Francisco with prior experience in New York. Grew up in Honduras; tropical and Latin American motifs (Maracuya, Mexican Sunflowers) appear alongside California botanicals (Half Moon Bay Fern, Magnolias) throughout her portfolio.
Nicole Borjas is a Illustrator. Browse their portfolio and contact them for projects.