Use your graphic design skills to create surface patterns designs.
As a graphic designer, you can create surface pattern designs buyers are looking for and use them to supplement your income, fill gaps in your design schedule, and explore your creative style. We’ll show you how!
Here's What You'll Learn...
Lesson One: Intro to Textile Design
You’ll get started by learning more about textile design, including the words and phrases buyers use. Then, we’ll share more info about the opportunity and help you see how to blend surface pattern design with your existing design work. You’ll start to get excited and see the possibilities for your work!
Lesson Four: Creating Great Repeats
A great design is one thing... repeating it over hundreds of yards of fabric is another. You'll learn how to repeat a pattern design beautifully while avoiding obvious breaks, repeats, or unintended directionality in your work.
Lesson Two: Pattern Layout Options
Time to get down to business! You’ll learn to recognize the types of pattern layouts used in fabric and how they are used in our industry. Then, you’ll start to see how you can transform your work into a pattern layout that works on hundreds of yards of fabric.
Lesson Five: The Production Process
What does it take to print a design on fabric? You'll learn the various printing methods and how they are used, and the challenges manufacturers face when using your designs. You'll learn how to prepare your patterns for production and gather the information you need to serve clients in the textile design industry.
Lesson Three: Elements of a Strong Layout
What’s the difference between a pattern that catches your eye and one that is flat and boring? You'll learn the little details that create a strong layout...and how to add them to your work. At the end of this lesson, you'll know how to make your designs stand out in the marketplace and catch a buyer's eye.
From Pattern Observer
In this five part course we walk graphic designers through the process of tailoring their work for the textile design industry. The course includes five video lessons, five video transcripts and our terminology guide. Everything is available for download immediately after checkout.
The Pattern Observer team created this course for graphic designers who want to begin creating professional textile designs. They have worked with such clients as Nike Swim, Columbia Sportswear, Pottery Barn Kids, and Pendleton, and are delighted to share what they know through this informative course.
