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Helpful video tutorials, resources, and case studies for vector repeat pattern designers weeklyVideo: Is it better to design one-off repeat patterns or pattern collections?
I often get this question from my students, so I decided to share my 10 years of experience after designing thousands of both single patterns and pattern collections. this video, I talk about which one is better: designing and licensing online and on microstock websites one-off repeat patterns or pattern collections featuring multiple patterns that go together.
Video: How to get inspired by other designer’s work, but still be original + scholarship winners LIVE!
Hey, my amazing, creative friends! Hope your holiday season is going well! In this live stream, I answer a common question about how not to be too similar to other people’s work when you get inspired by the designers and artists your love and how to develop your own original style.
Video: Creative Tip: How to get better as a designer over time by becoming a tiny bit better every day.
In this video, I talk about an amazing tip for the creative life and for life in general about compounding your improvement and growth as a designer or a person in any area of your life by improving a little bit every day.
If you are interested in learning how to get better as a designer over time by becoming a tiny bit better every day, then this video is for you.
We all want to get better fast and it’s understandable and exciting to imagine that kind of improvement and the benefits that we will gain in a short time. Sometimes this does happen and I wish it would happen more often 🙂 In most cases, though, the progress is slow and the start is overwhelming, so what I found personally to be super helpful is to start improving a tiny bit but every day or almost every day. If you create a habit out of improvement, even if by a small amount, over a month, 3 months, 1 year and more you will gain a lot of knowledge and experience.
Deer and Penguins Holidays – New Pattern Collection Is Here!
I have been working on a new experiment for the last month now and it’s finally here 🙂 This holiday season I set out to create a vector repeat pattern collection now available in my Spoonflower fabric shop that was experimental and in many ways not traditional for winter holidays as I love experiments and surprising and new combinations. So here is the result… Ta daaa…
Spoonflower review. How to sell fabric pattern designs on Spoonflower fabric, wallpaper, wrapping paper.
Hi, my amazing, creative friends! Today, I am sharing my experience with selling my repeat pattern designs on a print-on-demand website Spoonflower. What is Spoonflower? It’s a custom fabric online marketplace with a great selection of different not only fabrics, but also wallpaper, and gift wrapping paper. Their digital print process uses water-based pigment inks and dyes in a more eco-friendly manner.
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Their concept is that independent artists/designers can make their designs available for sale at Spoonflower marketplace and receive commissions when the custom repeat pattern fabric is sold.
Video: Pattern Tip: How to preview pattern designs full-screen in Adobe Illustrator
Pattern Tip: How to preview pattern designs full-screen in Adobe Illustrator.
In this video, I talk about a useful quick pattern tip that will help you improve your designs and imagine it on a larger scale on a physical product without printing your pattern out and how to preview pattern designs full screen in Adobe Illustrator CC.
If you are interested in learning how to preview pattern designs full-screen in Adobe Illustrator, then this video is for you.
Video: How to request artist’s sample products in a freelance pattern design project? Hessa Bags Faith Tote
How to request artist’s sample products in a freelance pattern design project? Hessa Bags Faith Tote Unboxing.
Video: How to overcome beginner designer imposter syndrome. Am I good enough as a designer?
In this video, I talk about my advice on getting over the doubts and insecurities that every beginner designer and beginner artists face when starting out and especially before sharing their work with others online or offline also known as the imposter syndrome. “Am I good enough as a designer?” is what we all ask ourselves and normally we all answer: “No! I’m not! Look at all those amazing designers or artists! I will never be as good as them so why even try?”
If you are interested in how to overcome beginner designer imposter syndrome and often have the question
“Am I good enough as a designer?”, then this video is for you.
Video: How to scale repeat patterns and pattern-filled objects independently. Adobe Illustrator Tip
How to scale repeat patterns and pattern-filled objects independently. Adobe Illustrator Tip.
In this video, I talk about how to scale repeat patterns and pattern-filled objects independently. It’s my Adobe Illustrator tip that will save you time and frustration.
Video: Eyelash Technique: a quick trick to improve any graphic design or artwork
Eyelash Technique: a quick trick to improve any graphic design or artwork. In this video, I talk about my method of quickly assessing the composition, contrast, colors, and overall balance of any design or artwork I am working on. This is a technique that I learned...
My online course won the Skillshare Graphic Design October Teach Challenge! 🙂
Exciting news! Just last week I published my brand new online course “Multiply Your Patterns: 15 Practical Ideas for Growing Your Vector Pattern Portfolio” where I share close to 20 ideas on saving time and making the most out of your existing elements and patterns...
3 tricks to fix clashing colors in repeat pattern designs.
3 tricks to fix clashing colors in repeat pattern designs. In this video, I talk about spotting color clash in your repeat pattern designs and give my 3 tricks to fix clashing colors in surface pattern designs specifically vector patterns...
Happy Halloween! Boo!
Happy Halloween, my amazing, creative friends! We have been having fun with our costumes this year as well with some dancing skeletons and spooky pumpkins 🙂
Video: How to design a vector gold foil pattern with roses in Adobe Illustrator CC
Today I am super excited to share a lesson on how I create cutout patterns with gold or other gradient colors. I received a lot of requests to show my technique so here it is 🙂
Video: 3 unusual helpful ways to use Adobe Illustrator
https://youtu.be/jPcQkHZaEq4 3 unusual helpful ways to use Adobe Illustrator software: year planning, mind mapping, presentations and lessons for screencasting. If you are interested in learning my 3 unusual helpful ways to use Adobe Illustrator, then this video is...
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Oksana, Owner of Oksancia.com
Welcome! This is a blog where you will find lots of helpful resources, video tutorials, case studies to inspire and help you create vector repeat pattern designs and collections in Adobe Illustrator and to start or grow your independent textile design business. I have 15+ years of experience as a textile designer and love to share my tools and experiences with fellow creatives here, on my blog.
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