Have you always dreamt of becoming a successful surface pattern designer? Have you wanted to know the ins-and-outs of creating pattern, selling and licensing your work, manufacturing, or even collating a comprehensive commercial portfolio? If so, we’ve got some fabulous courses coming up this September and we’re inviting you to join us!
Upcoming Courses
Module 1: Designing Your Way: September 25th
Live class time: 5 Weeks
Including:
- How and where to seek out design inspiration
- How to work with colour
- How to create moodboards
- How to build a pattern
- How to develop your signature style and use this to brand your business
- How to turn elements of a mixed media painting into a pattern (featuring the work of Kelly Rae Roberts)
- How to create repeats in Adobe Illustrator
- Time-saving tricks and industry insider tips
- The secrets of successful surface pattern designers
- Downloadable pattern source guide
PLUS *NEW* BONUS TECHNICAL WORKSHOP VIDEOS giving you a step-by-step guide to scanning images and basic manipulation in Photoshop and Illustrator, playing with colour and sketching and creating repeats on your computer. See the whole list on our Technical Workshops page.
Not only this, you also get a peek behind the scenes of Rachael Taylor’s life as a dynamic and successful professional surface pattern designer and a glimpse at some previously unpublished designs!
AND… anyone joining us in our February 2017 class will also have the pleasure of Rachael Taylor’scompany as she’ll be an active participant in this class too as well as your course leader!
See the ‘What’s in store‘ section below for a week-by-week breakdown of the course content and check out our 50 reasons why this course is awesome!
Module 3: Monetising Your Designs: September 25th
Live class time: 5 Weeks
Including:
- How to identify multiple streams of income for your designs
- How to sell and license your designs (what they don’t teach you at art school)
- The ins and outs of freelancing
- How to get into manufacturing your own product
- How to choose the right distribution channel for you
- How to negotiate a contract that is right for you
- How not to get ripped off
- How to manage your time and money
- How to manage stock levels
- How to get a job in design
- How to stay motivated
PLUS…
- How to create a pattern portfolio to show to potential clients
- How to apply patterns to mock up product templates and room sets
- How to turn a placement print into a technical repeat for wallpaper or fabric
- Everything you need to know about getting in, getting ready and attracting customers at trade shows
- How to design a Trade Show Brochure in Adobe Illustrator
- Invaluable industry info such as colour print specifications for both paper goods & textiles
You will do this by actually creating a mini portfolio for potential licensing clients, a trade show plan and a business development plan.
PLUS *NEW* BONUS TECHNICAL WORKSHOP VIDEOS giving you a step-by-step guides to surface pattern design using Photoshop and Illustrator. Find out more on our Technical Workshops page.
AND our money-can’t-buy bonus little black book of industry contacts!
And if that wasn’t enough, you also get full access to leading trend forecasting site WGSN for 90 days (this alone is worth more than the entire cost of the course!)
The Ultimate Portfolio Builder: September 11th
Live class time: 5 weeks + 2 weeks of reviews
Including:
- Five weeks of exceptional in-depth teaching on various subject matter (objects, characters, nature, geometrics, typography and abstract), colour and media, the power of recolouring, designing for occasions, genre and style, audience and market and so much more
- A series of fun creative design challenges to help you grow as a designer and build a strong, rounded portfolio
- LIVE briefs from real companies including DENY Designs, Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine, Really Good and others looking to sign the next big talent. They’ve already signed up a number of our students, could you be next?
- A series of video based technical masterclasses from guest designers on typography, characters, photography, mixed media collages and more, to hone your professional design skills. Find out more on our Technical Workshops page
- Invaluable individual work reviews from industry experts such as the fabulous Rachael Taylorand Janine Burrows so you can understand where you are now and how to move forward
- Insight into the practicalities of managing a growing design studio
- Trade show planning advice direct from Printsource New York
- Opportunity to put questions to Rachael Taylor
- Free access for 90 days to the top trend forecasting site WGSN
PLUS
- An incredible four-part creative brief from Printsource to help you attract the clients you want and the kind of work you dream of
- Bonus material on managing your finances, how to be your own career strategist and thinking outside the box
- Access to a huge library of textures to give your work depth and distinction
- Access to exclusively styled room set and product images ready-made for you to render your designs on
- A selection of colour palettes intended to help you push your colour choices
- one awesome global design community
- And a whole lot more – this course really is jam-packed full of goodness!
Check out our 50 reasons why this course is so AWESOME
Why wait? Whether you’re hoping to start from scratch and learn the basic (and very essential) elements of surface pattern designs, you’re ready to start selling, licensing, and manufacturing your work, or you are eager to present a commercially viable portfolio to clients, one of these modules is sure to boost your design career.
Be sure to read up a bit more on each module to ensure you embark on the right course; each one is jam-packed with valuable information and are to be taken at different levels in your surface pattern journey! Please feel free to ask the team any questions by emailing [email protected] – be sure to also check out our helpful FAQ section and our T&C’s.
We hope to see you in class!
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