Artlandia Glossary!
www.Artlandia.com/wonderland/glossary is an excellent online resource where many terms are defined and illustrated! It is really well done and a helpful tool for the learning designer. Check it out! Also, another tool is Arlandia’s SymmertryMill and it is found on Arlandia.com as well. Here you can create repeating patterns from images which can be a …
Mockups for Surface pattern designers
Mockups for surface pattern designs, wher to go to get them, what are they for and how to use them.
Spoonflower or PatternBank?
If you are a pattern designer, there seems to be two great spots to join to get your designs noticed, Spoonflower.com and PatternBank.com. I am more familiar with Spoonflower though I have been looking into Patternbank as well for new options. What can I tell you about both right now? What I know! Of course. …
Trade Shows for surface+pattern design
USA BASED TRADE SHOW/FAIR: BluePrint Surface Design+Print Show (www.BluePrintShows.blogpost.com). Licensing Expo (www.LicensingExpo.com) – Las Vegas. National Stationery Show (www.NationalStationeryShow.com) – NYC PrintSource (www.3axid.org/printsource) Surtex (www.Surtex.com) – NYC INTERNATIONAL BASED TRADE SHOW/FAIR: Evolution Fair (www.EvolutionFair.com) – Amsterdam, The Netherlands Heimtextil Fair (www.Heimtextil.messefrankfurt.com) – Frankfurt, Germany Home Show (www.home-london.net) – London, UK Spring Fair (www.SpringFair.com) – Birmingham, …
ONLINE DECORATIVE PATTERN ARCHIVE!
Isn’t this a wonderful idea ? It has been in the NEWS! This is an ONLINE DECORATIVE PATTERN ARCHIVE OF RUSSIAN DESIGNS. The site is called: ORNAMIKA.ru It is a digital collection of Print Designs that covers the Soviet and Russian Empire Designs… A span of 11 Centuries! Somebodies been working hard! Better get on …
Print on demand Sites!
Print-on-demand sites and services are sites where your printing is done in smaller quantities based on the order placed. These are mainly based on customer needs, unlike Publishing houses and Garment companies which print things such as books or apparel in bulk. On these Print-on-demand sites you can print on; home decor, clothes, mugs, bags, …
Copyright your patterns today!
An integral part of textile design is getting your artworks under copyrights. A copyright protects original works of authorship. If you want to copyright your artworks and surface patterns, go to Copyright.gov and register your works today!