Registration for February 2017 design classes closes TOMORROW!

HURRY! Registration for Modules 1 and 2 from The Art & Business of Surface Pattern Design officially closes tomorrow!

Module 1: Designing your way and Module 2: Creating your professional identity are getting underway with a creative feast emerging right before our eyes.

Top L – R: Mari J Brown | Studio Schmidt | Rachael Taylor | Sandra Hearn

We are just loving all the sketches, paintings, doodles and ideas posted in the private Facebook group in response to the first creative exercises in each class. But don’t let that stop you from signing up today, we’re only 3 days in and there’s still plenty of time to catch up.

See what’s going on in class on Instagram

New friendships are forming and our private Facebook group is active, inspiring and very welcoming with hundreds of creatives from all over the world joining in the fun.

Why should you sign up for Module 1?

If your design enthusiasm has escaped out the window, you’re returning from a career break, are new to the surface pattern design and want to know if this exciting industry is for you, start here!

In Module 1: Designing your way you will learn everything you need to know to turn basic sketches into elements for pattern design. Find out more about colour and pattern, how to create moodboards and repeat patterns in Adobe Illustrator. Learn how to develop your signature style and get industry insider tips and tricks!

Module 1 offers a rich combination of design inspiration, practical advice, demonstrations, creative exercises, resources, weekly Q&A with Rachael Taylor, interviews with leading industry experts and more. It’s the start of your design journey to surface pattern success.

There’s no better place to start than at the beginning!

Find out more about Module 1

Why should you sign up for Module 2?

Module 2 is for you if you have a basic understanding of surface pattern design and now want to get noticed and make a name for yourself. Here you’ll join a community of like-minded people on a fun and inspiring creative journey and learn how to create more complex repeat patterns, build them into a sellable collection and put the foundations in place to pave the way for licensing and other exciting ways of selling your work.

In Module 2 ‘Creating your professional identity‘ you will learn how to develop your brand image, design advanced technical repeats in Photoshop and Illustrator, put a collection together and start your own label. You will also discover how to understand and predict trends, get noticed and attract the press, and protect your work.