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E-Book | Pattern Design & Beyond
$24.95PATTERN DESIGN & BEYOND
An Insider’s Guide to Creating and Managing Your Own Surface Design Career – revised edition
Claudia Brown & Jessie Whipple Vickery of Pattern PeopleHow do you turn your love for patterns into a functional business? Claudia Brown and Jessie Whipple Vickery of surface design studio, Pattern People, share their insider secrets in the revised e-book, Pattern Design & Beyond: An Insider’s Guide to Creating and Managing Your Own Surface Design Career. With how-to pattern design guides, a thorough break-down of how the print industry operates, and loads of helpful resources, this publication provides a wealth of information for the burgeoning surface designer. The book also showcases over 80 international artists whose work illustrates the many print styles found in the market. Pattern Design & Beyond is an inspirational guide for students, professionals or anyone else with an appreciation for pattern design.
Download all 50 pages in pdf format for only $24.95 (e-book format)
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E-book | Repeat After Me
$24.95Automated techniques for creating repeats abound. But there comes a time when you need to be able to create your own repeat manually, especially in the case of more complicated files. In this collection of tutorials, we take you through the most efficient techniques to create seamless,flowing and sellable repeats, step by step.
Once you are proficient in these techniques, you’ll be able to create any repeat you want, both in Photoshop and Illustrator.
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Print Tutorial | Floral Geometric Prints
$9.95Always in demand, floral prints have universal appeal appearing on a range of products across a variety of markets. As designers, we’re given the task of keeping this category looking fresh by using new techniques and design tricks. In our Floral Geometric Print Tutorial, we’ll show you how to create the ever popular floral geometric print. Our easy to follow step-by-step guide will show you how to first create a dynamic photographic floral pattern, then a bold geometric print, followed by tips on how to blend the two designs together for the most impact.
Whether for commercial or personal use, these methods can be applied to create your own visually dynamic collection of floral geometric prints.
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Vintage Resource | Floral & Tropical Prints
$15.95Tropicals and florals never go out of style. While some of these vintage prints are timeless and classic, others take on bold and unique directions. Whichever way you’re skewing, you’ll find an array of visual styles and techniques to inspire your next collection.
Curated vintage textile prints for your design inspiration
Featuring 50 high resolution images per collection – 100 total
Visual guides included for quick file reference
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Designer Tools | Spring Florals Photo Pack
$19.95Adding to our e-books and trend reports, our newest offering includes photo packs especially tailored for the surface designer. As print designers, we know how difficult it is to find the right source of imagery or inspiration for creating designs. This first pack, Spring Florals, features over 250 high resolution photos of the many flowers that pop up in the lush Northwest Spring landscape, including tulips, crocuses, daffodils, poppies, camellias, lilacs, iris, magnolias, dogwoods, and many more. We’ve captured a range of angles—with full flowers shown—so you can create theme-based prints using the same flower type. These images are copyright free and yours to use as you wish once purchased. Use the photos as is or simply as inspiration for your many projects.
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Designer Tools | Romantic Blooms Photo Pack
$19.95Whether you’re designing a dramatic winter floral or a happy summer print, our new Romantic Blooms photo pack is the perfect resource created with you – the surface designer – in mind. In this set, you’ll find over one hundred high resolution photos that make a great starting point for all your pattern needs. Portland’s nickname is City of Roses, and for a good reason! Summer brings us an amazing amount of roses, peonies, hydrangeas, and other big, romantic blooms. Thanks to our lovely city, we have been able to capture these luscious petals in vivid color, individually or in clusters, in bright sun or sparkling in the rain. A visual reference guide is included to help make the process of choosing an image even easier. These photos are royalty free and yours to do as you wish once purchased. Use the images as is or simply as inspiration for your many projects.