What You Need to Know to Start Your Surface Pattern Design Business | Elizabeth Silver

I get a chance to chat and learn more about three Start Your Surface Pattern Business students. We talk about what lessons they've learned and what advice they have for new designers.
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[@itechnwrite]

With so many artists competing for the limited surface art market, why are more artists not pursuing private label or other fringe opportunities…or coming up with their own unique solutions? Seems like a lemming type of gold rush mentality” tends to form anywhere humans see someone else have success…until they become lost within a crowd of an over saturated market.
There is a reason originality is universally dearly prized. Risks come with it, certainly, but there are also risks in settling for less than potential, never stretching beyond known boundaries or structures. There is a need for trailblazers to open up new paths for themselves and for others. All I am saying is don’t get so fixated on other’s success that you sabotage your own.

[@thiefonthecross7552]

This is a great point!

[@ElizabethSilver]

Good points, definitely thinking outside the box is a great way to make an impression, but I also think there is value in understanding the traditional process so you're not reinventing the wheel.

[@jcookie9448]

Thank you Elizabeth, this was super interesting. I've been bingeing your videos lately, and a question I have is if there are any manufacturing limitations that we should take into account when we design our pattern. For example:
Are raster (non-vector) images a deal-breaker in some agents/clients/industries/use-cases, and if so which ones?
I don't really know which limitations there are in production. For example, if you design an image for a greeting card and they want to add a glitter/shiny accents in some of the shapes.. Does the image *need* to be in vector for this to work?
I have similar questions about other areas like rug for example, does it have to be in vector in order for it to work with their potential software?
I would love to see a video about this topic at some point if you think it's a relevant topic. So far I haven't found much information about this at all.

[@ElizabethSilver]

Great idea for a video, but the short answer is every company is different so don't get too caught up in those concerns until you start working with clients, at which point, find out what they need and how they like things set up. Not a deal breaker in most cases, so don't worry about it at this point.

[@jcgdigitalle7047]

Can you please put the link for the course?

[@ElizabethSilver]

courses.elizabethsilver.com/p/start

[@aktechhubspot2035]

How to do licencing in pattern design.

[@renataalana9632]

what is adobe bridge?

[@docgallery]

Insightful.

[@rogeliocuchito]

How to know what is marketable?

[@ElizabethSilver]

Look at what's happening in the market :) Choose a product category and look at what kind of art is happening there.