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Hello, lovelies!

Today I want to share something that has nothing to do with my teaching and everything to do with why I am the artist I am today...

If you've been following me for any significant amount of time, you may have seen me mention Bonnie Christine a time or two. And by "mention" I mean rave about how much I love her and her teaching, so much so that some of you are probably like, "Okay, we get it, relax." ':3

But here's the thing. I don't just talk about her because I'm an affiliate and I want you to sign up for her class through my link. I mean yes, of course, I'd love that (lol). But—and my friends and family can attest to this—I don't need a reason to talk about how much I love her. I will pretty much find any excuse I can to ramble on about how huge an impact she's had on my life and career. It's so easy to confidently promote everything she does because everything she does is excellent. And I don't use that word lightly.

I consider Bonnie to be my mentor. Now, keep in mind, it has never been an actual one-on-one mentorship, but she has a spirit that makes you believe she cares about you as an individual, no matter how many hundreds of students she has. That is really special. 

I genuinely feel this strongly about it, and I want people who may be scared of considering their art dreams viable to have the same experience I had when discovering Bonnie and her courses. I want people to experience the huge confidence boost and the excitement of realizing that maybe their goals are possible after all. Because I believe that with enough determination and drive, they are.

Bonnie's Surface Pattern Design Immersion Course is an incredibly comprehensive 8-week online training program for anyone who wants to learn Adobe Illustrator, pattern design, and the business of how to become a licensing artist.

Whether you’re brand new or established, this course will meet you where you’re at and help you accomplish your BIG goals. I took it for the first time in its inaugural year, 2018, and at that time, I had already taken a bunch of other SPD and Illustrator courses and, honestly, I wasn't sure how much more I could learn. The answer? A lot, apparently. Two years later and I'm still a bit boggled by that, haha.

The Immersion Course is broken up into 6 modules with lessons released at the beginning of each week. It may sound like a lot, but rest assured she’s broken it up into bite-sized pieces that build upon each other and are easy to follow. 

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• March 2: Module 1 Part 1 - Intro to Illustrator

• March 9: Module 1 Part 2 - Illustrator Advanced

• March 16: Implementation Week

• March 23: Module 2 - Repeating Patterns Pro

• March 30: Module 3 - Collection Creation

• April 6: Implementation Week

• April 13: Designing Your Portfolio

• April 20: The Business of Surface Design

Enrollment is open February 18th - February 25th. It only opens once a year, so don’t delay.

And one more thing: if you enroll through my link, you'll receive FREE access to my own mini course on Skillshare, Character Design Crash Course: Characters for Surface Pattern Design, which would act as a useful little add-on to Bonnie's course. (In it, I teach how to make a repeating pattern in Photoshop, whereas Bonnie’s Immersion course focuses solely on Illustrator.) You'll also be entered to win ONE FREE YEAR of Skillshare premium membership (value $99), which gives you access to all of Skillshare's thousands of classes. I don't expect a ton of people to sign up for the Immersion course through my link (last year I only had two people do so), so your chances of winning that are very high.

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I’ll meet you on the inside!

XOXO Melissa