Enrollment for Pattern Camp is OPEN!
​Doors close on August 2nd.

Hi Reader,

​Pattern Camp is starting in just 8 days!

When I was just getting started as a pattern designer many years ago, I exhibited at a trade show called Surtex in New York City. One of my most vivid memories is of an art student who walked into my booth, already jaded and full of doubt, and asked me if I really thought I could make it as a successful pattern designer in a world that was already so saturated with pattern designers. I remember feeling so sad because it was so clear to me that she'd given up before she even started. She didn't believe success was possible for her, and so she expected me to agree with her and to tell her how hard it was and how badly it was all going for me.

My answer surprised her, I think. What I told her is that there's room for everyone to do what lights them up. The world may be full of people doing the same kind of thing that you do, but they're not doing it the way you do it. There's room for everyone doing things their own way. Success is possible for everyone.

I wonder if she remembers that interaction the way I do. I wonder if it changed anything for her.

The world is even more saturated then than it is now, and my answer is still the same. There's room for everyone doing things in their own unique way. Success is possible for us all. In fact, I'd say I feel even more strongly about my answer now – there are a lot of people doing things in a way that's not their own these days (trying to beat the algorithm, copying instead of innovating, etc), and I think there's more room than ever to do things in your own unique way that's different from the masses and to find your own version of success.

Don't be jaded and full of doubt like that art student was. Your attitude matters. Trust yourself and what lights you up. Walk toward it, even if you don't know how it'll turn out or what success might look like for you. What have you got to lose?

In Pattern Camp you'll learn how to:

• Create multiple types of repeating patterns
• Use Adobe Illustrator –from setting up your workspace to specifics of how each tool works
• Create your own beautiful color palettes
• Easily edit colors using the magical Recolor Artwork Tool
• Digitize hand-drawn artwork
• Use the iPad Pro in your design process (totally optional!)
• Collect inspiration and use mood boards
• Create a pattern collection
• Resize, export, and save your files
• Start planning your next steps in the world of surface pattern design
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When you enroll in Pattern Camp, you'll get access to:

• The LIVE virtual intensive Pattern Camp weekend (16 hours of learning time together!)
• 4 live Q+A sessions through the weekend
• 1 full year access to all the lessons – so you can work at your own pace, revisit the lessons, and practice at your convenience
• A community of fellow Pattern Campers where you can connect, ask questions, get feedback, celebrate, and cheer each other on
• An Illustrator Primer video to help you learn how to use the program
• A Procreate Primer video for the iPad if you want to learn how to use it as part of your pattern design workflow

Come to Pattern Camp and start discovering and creating your own version of creative success, whatever that means to you. Enrollment is only open until August 2 – and then our live Pattern Camp weekend is August 3 & 4. Don't wait!
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