Chelsea’s Challenge: Natural Textures
Our new Chelsea’s Challenge is now available! This month we are going to be focusing on textures from the natural world, including those inspired by water, cells, and the landscape of Mars. Some of the most beautiful textures make use of hand-done artistic techniques, but there are also so many amazing ways to create textures digitally! Within this post there are links to a number of different TDL tutorials to help you get started.
Check out the full post here which includes three inspiring trend boards and downloadable color swatches from WGSN’s A/W 23/24 palette.
Upcoming Event: Chelsea’s LIVE One Hour Challenge
Chelsea’s next LIVE one hour challenge will be April 5th at 1pm EST. Please be prepared with the following materials: Scissors, paper, drawing materials of your choice in multiple colors, and something round to help trace circles, like a bowl or small plate.
If you want to participate in the February One Hour Challenge 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.
Current Course: Illustrator A Fresh Look with Laura Coyle 
Illustrator: A Fresh Look is a 5-week course that started March 28th taught by Laura Coyle. The course is for new or occasional Adobe Illustrator users, Photoshop users, and anyone who wants a refreshed perspective to better understand how Illustrator works from the ground up, and how it functions alongside the other apps in the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem. We’ll combine self-paced learning with a weekly live workshop. When you sign up for the course you will get a 40-page Illustrated PDF Course Guide, short video tutorials will be available every Monday to give you a head start for the week, and every Wednesday Laura will present a 2-hour zoom workshop with exercises, concepts, and Q&A – recordings are posted afterwards, so you can always watch and review. You can read about Laura’s five new favorite Illustrator features for 2022 on the Pattern Observer blog right here and you can sign up for the course right here!
Recording Posted: Exploring Photoshop with Sherry London 
In March 21st’s Exploring Photoshop class Sherry discussed creating a website on the Adobe Creative Cloud Portfolio platform, which tied in nicely with our month of considering applying to studios and agencies. You can watch the recording here.
In February 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
Recording Posted: Illustrator Live with Laura Coyle
Laura’s March Illustrator Live Event was the 22nd. She gave us tips for using Illustrator and InDesign to organize and prepare your files for an exportable, linkable PDF portfolio so you can easily apply to studios and job offerings. Find the recording here.
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.
If you have suggestions/questions for future sessions, please add them to this thread. You can ask her questions by tagging @laurac
New Repeat Feat Released
Every month a Lab member’s pattern will be chosen to demonstrate different repeat techniques. Our March Repeat Feat features artwork by Andrea Kauffmann.
Recording Posted : Community Conversations with Esther Jongste
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]!
Here are some of the events happening this month. All times are Eastern and all live events will be recorded.
4/4/22- New Chelsea’s April Challenge Released
4/5/22- Chelsea’s One Hour Live Challenge 1pm EST
4/6/22- Illustrator A Fresh Look Live presentation with with Laura Coyle at 1-3 pm EST
4/7/22- Art Critique with Melissa Schulz at 1pm
4/8/22- 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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