Adding Textures in Adobe Illustrator (Part 2)
I have done texture tutorials before, but they mainly dealt with adding textures to patterns or making your own textures. This tutorial is going to mainly focus on adding textures to elements of your designs instead of adding whole pattern
Design Talk: Responding to Criticism
As a designer, criticism is an inevitable nuisance. I remember on my first blog I received a comment about one of my tutorials. At the time I didn't get a lot of comments on my blog so any comment was
Top 5 Free Mockups for Surface Pattern Designers (Part 2)
I wrote a previous post about my favorite free mockups for surface pattern designers, but I realized quite recently that my list was not complete. You cannot have a good list of free mockups for pattern design without including wrapping
My Top 4 Favorite Adobe Capture Features
I recently discovered the amazingness that is Adobe Capture so I wanted to share it with you. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Adobe Capture, Adobe Capture is an app on your phone that allows you to take
How to Save Your Artwork for Older Adobe Illustrator Models
A few months ago, I learned the hard way the importance of saving your artwork for older Illustrator models when I sold my first pattern and got an email asking if I could make the design file available for a
