Free Raster Repeat Cupcake Pattern
It has been a long time since I posted a freebie on this website, but after sharing with you how I use my raster repeat patterns, I thought I would give you one of my raster patterns so you can
Design Talk: Single Patterns vs Pattern Collections
Disclaimer: This design talk series on my blog is ment to be a discussion. All things in this blog post are my opinions, however, I would love to hear what you think in the comments. Almost every surface pattern designer has
How to Get Stamp-Like Edges on Your Stamp Designs
The blog is offically back and I thought for my first post I would go back to the basics and do a tutorial for you. If you follow me on Instagram you may have noticed one of my recent patterns
My Worst Pattern Designs
I was going through my old designs and I found some designs that I don't think I have ever shown online before because they are some of my least favorite designs. One of these designs is my very first design
How to Make a Simple Snowflake Pattern in Adobe Illustrator
Winter is almost approaching so I thought I would show you how to make a simple festive snowflake pattern. This pattern utilizes Illustrators pattern tool so you don't have to know a lot of the technical stuff to make this
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
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
New Products in the Shop!
I am starting to get swamped by homework for grad school and haven't had time to come up with and develop a new blog post this week so I thought I would shamelessly self-promote my shop so I don't add
