TDL News 5-26-20 - Textile Design Lab

Upcoming Event: TDL Coloring Hour

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our second TDL Coloring Hour. It was a wonderful chance to come together and chat about life and art! Please join us this Friday, May 29th at 1pm Eastern for another coloring event.

Remember, you are welcome to work on your own art project during this time or you can use the downloadable coloring sheet that will be sent out on Friday morning.

Recording Posted: Working with Print Studios by Fizah Malik

Fizah Malik‘s live presentation was such an inspiring treat!

You can watch the recording to learn more about the process of working with print studios, how to find print studios to work with and how Fizah stays productive!

Watch the recording here.

Speedy Design Challenge: Good Vibes

Need design inspiration? Check out our latest Speedy Design Challenge.

The goal of this design challenge is to train yourself to design in a more efficient manner, much like you might experience if you worked as an in-house designer. It’s also an opportunity to focus on completing a pattern within a certain time frame, allowing you to let go of the pattern being perfect and spending days moving pixels around and around. Just get it done! LOL!

See the full challenge here.

Recording Posted: Working with hand-drawn motifs in Illustrator with Laura Coyle

In today’s presentation Laura answered questions about working with hand-drawn motifs in Illustrator and how to get rid of the “funky parts” that are created when using the Image Trace tool. She also explored compound paths and working with purchased mockups in Illustrator.

Watch the recording here.

New: TDL Community Connect

Our TDL Video Chat room will now be open all day, everyday. Feel free to stop by while you are working on a project or to simply chat with your fellow members!

In the future we might need to have specific meeting times, but I wanted to open this opportunity up to people across various time zones and with different schedules.

Members can grab the link here.

New Design Tutorial: Developing Ornamental Floral Patterns

In this new design tutorial Chelsea walks you through her process for creating ornate floral patterns. She’ll take you through the entire process-from sketch to final design.

Learn more here.

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.

May 26, 2020

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