How to Make a Living as a Surface Pattern Designer
Offered By: Skillshare
Course Description
Overview
Do you want to know how you can make a living as a surface pattern designer? Then this class is for you! I’m Maja Faber. A full-time surface pattern designer, who has been in your shoes. I also used to wonder about how I could make a living as a surface pattern designer. I know how overwhelming, frustrating, and downright impossible it can feel to build a creative business when you might not even know where to start.
So in this class, I will teach you what I’ve learned along the way. You’ll learn my process and the steps that I’ve taken to making a living as a surface pattern designer. And I will share my personal tips and tricks, that I wished someone would have shared with me when I first started out.
This class is a guide for beginners that are just starting out, or for you who need some direction in your newly started surface design business. By the end of this class, you will have gained more clarity of what it really means to build a creative business, you’ll understand the steps that you need to take and how to build up your business in a sustainable way. You’ll learn how you can work towards your goal of making a living as a surface pattern designer and to avoid overwhelm while you do so.
If you are starting your first creative business as a surface pattern designer, or have a dream of doing so one day - this class is for you.
LINKS TO CLASSES
Skillshare class: Find Your Signature Design Style
https://skl.sh/2ybAvXx
Skillshare class: Build Your Portfolio Website
https://skl.sh/2Ybj6J3
DOWNLOADS
Download the workbook at the Project & Resources tab here in class.
Download my free collection overview template here:
https://majafaber.com/collection-overview-template
P.S. there’s some more fun freebies for you to download at my website here:
https://majafaber.com/freebies
Syllabus
- Intro
- What is This Class All About
- Your Project
- Identify Your Core Values
- How to Get Started
- Find Your Signature Style
- Build Your Portfolio
- Multiple Income Streams
- Do You Need a Day Job
- Start Small Grow Big
- Marketing Yourself
- How to Get Clients
- Present Yourself Professionally
- Contracts
- Pricing
- Is Your Work Good Enough
- How Long Will it Take
- Pep Talk
- Thank You
Taught by
Maja Faber
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