Your Pattern Design Playbook Workshop: Feb. 10th - 19th (with replays available until Feb. 25th)
Let me be real with you for a second. It feels like there’s a new online art course being advertised every other day, which can feel overwhelming and exhausting to navigate. The constant flood of options can lead to some serious online course fatigue, making it hard to know who to trust. With so much noise, it’s tough to feel confident about where to invest your time, energy, and money. Raise your hand if this is a relatable feeling.🙋🏻
Yeah, I hear you. The struggle is so real, but hear me out…
I only recommend teachers whose courses and workshops I’ve personally taken and benefited from. And Bonnie’s teaching? It has had a lasting impact on my life, helping me navigate challenges and fostering a growth mindset that I carry with me every day.
Every year in advance of her Immersion course, Bonnie offers a week-long workshop with some really great training—and it's FREE!
In this FREE workshop, Your Pattern Design Playbook, you’ll learn:
The key steps to becoming a surface pattern designer ✨
How to transform your creative ideas into marketable designs ✨
Ways to avoid creative burnout while pursuing your dream ✨
7 industry secrets to accelerate your success ✨
Replays of both the pre-recorded videos and the live Q&As will be available until February 25th, so it’s not too late to enroll!
Here's a link where you can sign up for the free workshop. As an affiliate partner, if you click on one of my links and then decide to enroll in Bonnie's Immersion course, I receive a commission for that sale (at no cost to you). That being said, this workshop is 100% free with zero obligation to buy anything and is full of a ton of useful information and advice all on its own.
And one more thing about the workshop! Once you register and watch the lessons, you’ll have a chance to win some super valuable prizes!
You have until February 25th to enter!
Immersion 2025: Enrollment Open Feb. 18th - 25th
The Surface Design Immersion Course is an incredibly comprehensive 8-week online training program for anyone who wants to learn Adobe Illustrator, the art of surface pattern design, and how to become a licensing artist and create a business as a creative entrepreneur.
It's broken up into 8 modules with lessons released at the beginning of each week. It may sound like a lot, but Bonnie’s broken it up into bite-sized pieces that build upon each other and are easy to follow. Each module contains several digestible video lessons, actionable assignments, and downloadable resources. Bonnie and her support team are fully accessible and active in the private student portal, answering questions, providing feedback, and sharing knowledge and inspiration along the way.
This course includes more than 150 training videos, a gorgeous 400+ page printed course workbook 🤩, three Q&A sessions with Bonnie and her Expert Team each week, support from her team of 25 Experts and Guides from around the globe, an incredible community, and so much more. And fun fact, I have been a proud member of the support team since 2021 and I’m returning for Immersion 2025! :D I’m so honored to be a part of the team that will help you through this journey!
I took Immersion for the first time in its inaugural year, 2018, and at that time, I had already taken a bunch of other surface design and Illustrator courses and, honestly, I wasn't sure how much more I could learn. The answer? A lot, apparently. Seven years later and I'm still a bit boggled by that, haha.
Enrollment for the Immersion Course
is offered just once per year.
Since taking Immersion, I quit my day job, became a full-time artist, and best of all, signed on as a fabric designer for Riley Blake Designs. I have two fabric collections out so far, with more in the works, and I’m absolutely living my dreams. Immersion has taught me so many amazing technical skills, but most of all, it’s empowered and encouraged me to follow my BIGGEST dreams, and it gave me the tools and confidence I needed to succeed at them.
I consider Bonnie to be my personal mentor, and I don't know if I would be where I am now if I hadn't stumbled across her teaching back in 2015, and eventually taken Immersion.
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.
All of that said, it’s important to me that you have all of the information you need in order to make an informed decision, especially when it comes to such a big investment.
There is a common misconception in the design world that concerns me and it’s that companies only accept vector files. Allow me to bust this myth for you. This simply is not true. You do not have to master Adobe Illustrator in order to become a professional surface designer. It is an incredible tool to have in your toolbox that can open up a wide range of career opportunities and I, personally, way prefer creating repeat patterns in Illustrator over Photoshop and Procreate. Vectors are awesome! But you have options. I really like how surface designer and professional illustrator, Sarah Watts, put it in her recent newsletter:
“The whole point of being an artist is to express your vision, and there are many programs to choose from that fit your vision best.”
Read the rest of Sarah’s thoughts on this HERE (scroll down to the “Spill the Ink” section of her newsletter).
So go forth, my friends, and do your research! Do what you feel is best for you, but also know that if you do want to learn Adobe Illustrator for surface design, Immersion is, hands down, the best of the best! I’m happy to answer any questions you may have!
One final thing…
!BONUS ALERT! 20 randomly selected people who enroll in Immersion through my affiliate link will receive…
…a 1-on-1 coaching call with me! (Valued at $150)*
Sessions will be conducted after Immersion ends, between May 1st - August 1st, to ensure that students are free to focus solely on Immersion as it’s taking place, and avoid overwhelm.
We’ll hop on Zoom and you can ask me any questions you may have about surface design, pattern making, Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop, pricing work, contracts and licensing, being a fabric designer, teaching on Skillshare, etc. You’ll also have the option to send me work in advance to review, and/or we can discuss where you currently are and what steps you can take to further your career and/or creative practice.
Why would a coaching call with me be valuable to you, you may be wondering? Well…
I'm a full-time surface designer (fabric being my main squeeze), Top Teacher on Skillshare, and character artist with years of experience working in the industry. I’m also an OG 2018 Immersion graduate, and, as mentioned above, a member of the Immersion support team in 2024. My official title is Love Squad Expert, and I’ll be one of 25 (!!!) Guides and Experts supporting students throughout the course this year.
Enrollment open February 18th - 25th, 2025
*If you want this bonus, make sure you sign up with any of my links! Thank you! :D