Crocodile with Flowers Embroidery Design, Tropical Pattern

Okay this one is bold, fair warning. Heres a crocodile head in side profile, mouth open showing white teeth, but instead of going realistic green I went full pop-art with teal turquoise for the body and hot pink for the inside of the mouth and the tongue. The contrast just slaps.

Heavy black outlines hold the whole thing together, comic book style. Theres slight halftone dot shading on the body to give it dimension without going overly painterly. The yellow eye is bright and sharp, gives the croc a cheeky expression like hes smirking at you.

Around the head I built a half-wreath of leaf green foliage with 4 magenta pink daisies tucked in, softens the aggression of the croc just enough so it reads tropical instead of scary. The wreath wraps under and behind so the head sits inside it like a frame. 6 colours total.

Last spring a customer wrote me asking for the design sized for a tote bag launch and she sold 30 in two weeks at a Miami flea market. The teal and pink combo apparently caught everyones eye walking past her booth. Hot pink was the colour her buyers kept commenting on.

Stitch on a denim utility jacket back, a black canvas tote or a charcoal hoodie chest. Skip thin jersey, the 55,000 stitch density on the biggest size will pucker lightweight fabric. Use a heavy cutaway stabiliser. Pop the smaller 4 inch piece on a hat front, run polyester thread so the saturated colours hold up wash after wash. Drop a quick chat note if anythings off, ill sort it.