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Category: Resources

  • Pattern Camp with Jessica Swift

    Pattern Camp with Jessica Swift

    Today I have for you a pattern workshop run by designer and artist Jessica Swift. So, if you’ve been wanting to dip your toes in the wonderful world of surface pattern design, this is your chance.

    Pattern Camp is a virtual, online 2-day, weekend-long pattern design workshop taught by full-time artist and surface pattern designer, Jessica Swift. Participants will leave the workshop with the confidence and skills to create their own beautiful repeat patterns using both Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

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  • Illustrator classes by Laura Coyle

    Illustrator classes by Laura Coyle

    I believe that one of the most important things as a designer is to keep honing your skills for as long as you’re at it. No way around it. If you want to stay in the race and have a chance against competitors you have to constantly get better at what you do, otherwise you’re going to be left behind, and that’s not where we want to be, is it?

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  • To all my fellow creatives: say NO to spec work!

    To all my fellow creatives: say NO to spec work!

    Let’s get it straight, spec work damages the design profession, big time! It’s about time we creatives got together to say NO to everyone expecting free design work from us, including spec-based design contests…

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  • New Design Resources section on the blog

    New Design Resources section on the blog

    Today I want to share with you the new section on the blog: Design Resources. You can find it on the main menu of the blog, on the top right corner.

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  • Issue 8 of Moyo magazine

    Issue 8 of Moyo magazine

    Issue 8 of Moyo magazine is out now!

    Moyo is the world’s first magazine dedicated to surface pattern design, brought to you by the founders of The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design and Make it in Design, Beth Nicholls and Rachael Taylor (Moyo is Japanese for ‘pattern’ and is pronounced mo-yor). Best of all, it’s completely free. Read on…

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