Chelsea’s Challenge: Bed & Bath
For this month’s Chelsea’s Challenge we are going to be designing a pattern collection for bed and bath products for the A/W 23/24 season. Laura Olivia has a great video training on designing for bedding that you can check out here. There are 3 trend directions to choose from, all with very different vibes and curated from the WGSN trend reports.
Upcoming Monthly Events: Community Conversations
Upcoming Event: March will be Applying to Print Studios and Agencies Month We have our final guest expert presentation on March 15th at 9am EST from Australian print studio Kukukachu. (Our apologizes to those of you on the west coast, we know this is early for you but this was the best time that could work for the studio) You can submit questions ahead of time using our form here. You can also ask questions live during the presentations. Sign up for specific emails for this group study and access to WGSN right here. Both Sherry London and Laura Coyle will be presenting tips later in the month for organizing and preparing your portfolio to apply to studios using Photoshop and Illustrator.These are links to the recordings of the past presentations from Din + Bloom and Periscope Art Agency
New Tutorial: Designing Patterns with 3D Materials
This tutorial explains how to make a pattern in Photoshop using 3D materials, for this example Chelsea used Lego Dots but for more ideas check out the link to Chelsea’s pinterest board on 3D patterns. She also included lots of helpful links for additional learning. FUN!!!!
If you ever have an idea for a tutorial that you want covered feel free to email Chelsea at [email protected]!
Recording Posted: Exploring Photoshop with Sherry London 
On February 21st Sherry went over the best practices to fix missing pixels from capture and scans. She also included some helpful files you can download for Photoshop to quickly fix your scans. Watch it here. If you have questions you can ask them in the tech talk forum and tag @prancingpixel Sherry’s next Exploring Photoshop Event will take place March 21st at 11am.
January’s presentation was on scripted pattern fills in Photoshop and some third party Symmetry programs right here. Also take a look at the PDF below the video for helpful links she mentions.
Recording Posted: Illustrator Live with Laura Coyle
Laura’s February Illustrator Live event was the 22nd here is the recording. She discussed creating with Live Paint in Illustrator. There are several useful links below the chat for extended help with this complex Illustrator tool. Her next Illustrator Live Event will take place March 22nd at 11am
In January Laura did a deep dive into using gradients in Illustrator on the iPad and the desktop. Here is the link for the recording.
If you have suggestions/questions for future sessions, please add them to this thread.
Recording Posted: Chelsea’s LIVE One Hour Challenge
Chelsea’s next one hour live Challenge was February 22nd. If you want to participate the supplies you will need are paper and any drawing medium, although she suggested paint would be particularly fun for this challenge! Watch the recording here.
There was so much buzz about the success of the January live challenge, check it out here! If you plan to join the materials are simple, just paper and any drawing medium you want with 4-5 color options.
New Repeat Feat Released
Every month a Lab member’s pattern will be chosen to demonstrate different repeat techniques. February’s Repeat Feat features artwork by Linda Hoetink. Check out the video here!
Interested in being published on the Pattern Observer blog?
We would love to have you submit! It is very important you read our guidelines before you being writing. You can find them here. We are looking for two types of posts: Designer Features, you can write about your own art or someone you admire, with their permission. Also Guest Posts, where you write about industry related topics or experiences you would like to share with the community. The posts will also be featured on our social media. Please thoroughly read the guidelines before jumping in! You can submit your proposal here.
Here are some of the events happening this month. All times are Eastern and all live events will be recorded.
3/7/22- New Chelsea Challenge Released today
3/9/22- Community Conversation with TDL member Esther Jongste
3/10/22- Art Critique with Lise Gulassa at 1pm
3/11/22- Coloring Hour 1pm
Weekly Art Critiques. Please join the TDL community on THURSDAY at 1 PM Eastern for a live art critique. Our art critiques are fun events where Lab members come together to review artwork and ask questions about pattern design, marketing, and sales. A registration link will be emailed the morning of the critique and will also be posted in our Weekly Art Critique forum. Textile Design Lab members can watch past critiques here.
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