So if you’re looking to learn about creating repeating patterns or wanting to level up your design skills here’s a list of some of the best classes currently on Skillshare to get you started.

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What is Skillshare?

Skillshare is the online teaching platform where I first discovered Surface Pattern Design. Being a lifelong lover of fabric (but not such a great sewer) and drawing learning how to create seamless repeating patterns was sooooo exciting, and still is. Being able to master the skills of pattern design without going to art school is a gamechanger for many creatives like myself who have taken non-traditional routes into the industry.

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Top Skillshare Classes for Surface Pattern Design Beginners

• Intro to Surface Pattern Design: Learning Adobe Illustrator
  • Bonnie Christine
• Stronger Patterns Made Easy
  • Shannon McNab
• Creating Stronger Coordinate Patterns
  • Shannon McNab
• Pattern Design: A Creative Look at a Full Pattern Collection
  • Elizabeth Olwen
• Pattern Play: Combining Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Dylan Mierswinski
• Your Roadmap to Surface Design
  • Bonnie Christine
• Optimize Your Workflow: Adobe Illustrator Libraries I and II
  • Elizabeth Silver
• File Organisation for Creatives
  • Maja Faber
• Pattern Passion: Drawing Motifs for Surface Pattern Design
  • Lauren Poole

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I’d love to know what you think of these classes, and do you have any others that you’d recommend? Comment below and let me know

Kate

Hi! I’m Kate, a surface pattern designer and creative business coach from Manchester. My passions are creating playful patterns & illustrations for the young, and young at heart, and combining my entrepreneurial knowledge with the psychological skills as a former mental health nurse, to help other creatives navigate the emotional and mindset challenges running a creative business brings, so they too can build a business and life they love