…until the start of The Ultimate Portfolio Builder
We’re counting down to the start of one of the most exciting and powerful courses in the surface pattern world today; The Ultimate Portfolio Builder brought to you in association with Printsource New York!
MASTERCLASSES – A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Throughout this course, we include a series of video-based technical masterclasses led by four brilliant designers.
These are designed to give you in-depth knowledge in a specific area of design including: Character design, typography, using mixed media and photography in pattern design, repeats and mock-ups.
Every designer works differently and has their own preferred methods, and watching your peers at work can be invaluable for picking up new hints and tips to grow as a designer and streamline your own design processes.
Here’s what’s in store:
Week 1
Masterclasses presented by Allison Cole:
- Tips For Creating a Successful Character Part A – Learn the basic elements of building a character design
- Tips For Creating a Successful Character Part B – Hints and tips for working with scanned, hand-drawn imagery for successful character design
Week 2
Masterclasses presented by Faye Brown:
- Working With Typography Part A – Hints and tips for creating graphic styles of typography
- Working With Typography Part B – Learn how to create and illustrate your own lettering and typefaces
Week 3
Masterclasses presented by Adrian O’Meara:
- Working With Mixed Media Part A – Hints and tips for working with mixed media art originals (demonstrated with the work of Kelly-Rae Roberts)
- Working With Mixed Media Part B – Learn how to create a half-drop repeat from your mixed media art originals (demonstrated with the work of Kelly-Rae Roberts)
- Working With Photography Part A – Hints and tips for editing and manipulating photography
- Working With Photography Part B – Learn how to create seamless repeats with your own photography
Week 4
Masterclasses presented by Jessica Hogarth:
- Working With Repeats Part A – Hints and tips for creating a technical half-drop repeat tile
- Working With Repeats Part B – Hints and tips for creating a half-drop repeat suitable for wallpaper
Masterclasses presented by Adrian O’Meara:
- Creating Mock Ups Part A – How to render patterns onto stock photography (demonstrated using Rachael Taylor’s artwork)
- Creating Mock Ups Part Mock Ups B – Learn how to use different techniques and effects to create a realistic fabric product mock-up and create a fill a whole room set with your designs (demonstrated using Rachael Taylor’s artwork)
Meet the tutors
We know that you will absolutely love watching our masterclass leaders in action. You’re guaranteed to learn so much no matter how experienced you already are.
Each video is supported by a PDF transcript including step-by-step visuals and you’ll have access to these masterclasses for up to six months after the class ends so you can really take your time and refer back to them.
The Ultimate Portfolio Builder starts tomorrow – get in quick and join us for a wild portfolio building adventure!
BE A TREND AWARE PROFESSIONAL DESIGNER – WE’LL GIVE YOU FREE ACCESS FOR 90 DAYS TO WGSN
WGSN is one of the world’s leading trend resources, and is usually only accessible to people working in companies with big budgets. However we are thrilled to be able to offer The Ultimate Portfolio Builder students 90 days’ free access and know you’ll be blown away by what the site offers.
We are committed to giving you the best possible grounding as a surface pattern designer and have invested significantly in it on your behalf. This will enable you to get free access to accurate trend information to support your design decisions and give you a competitive edge.
You’ll get full access to the sites amazing resources including; Trend Reports helping to give you clear direction and inspiration to create leading edge, market-right designs, an enormous Image Library containing over 10 million high-res images covering catwalks, global retail and trade shows and invaluable tools such as Design Tutorials.
The Ultimate Portfolio Builder in association with Printsource New York, supported by industry experts and complete with WGSN is a powerful combination that will give you all the tools you need to be a professional surface pattern designer.
We hope you can join us for The Ultimate Portfolio Building experience starting March 21, 2016
We’re on the official countdown to the next The Ultimate Portfolio Builder brought to you in association with Printsource New York.
This advanced seven-week on-line professional surface pattern design course kicks off on Monday March 21, 2016, and in this 10 day countdown we’ll be sharing tales of fun, friendship and fortune that can be had from it!
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