Mood boards are such a great way to visually communicate your ideas and allow you to collate all of your inspiration in one place before you begin designing.

In this episode, I talk about what you should include on your mood board and why you should create one.

If you're looking for copyright free images, these are the sites mentioned:

https://unsplash.com/

https://www.pexels.com/

https://pixabay.com/

Have you ever sat down to start being creative and you've drawn a complete blank and you don't know where to start?

Finding inspiration is an important step in the design process as it will help you formulate your ideas and give yourself a direction to start developing your ideas from. 

In this episode, I talk about how I stay motivated and moving forward in my business while working from home.

I share some tips that help me stay focused and on track each day.

One of the things that I often hear is from pattern designers trying to get started in the industry is that the marketplace is oversaturated. 

Although there are many more designers, there are also many more opportunities to be successful.  In this episode, I talk about the difference between someone who is successful or not and what it takes to be a successful designer.

Are you unsure whether you should use Photoshop or Illustrator for your pattern designs?

In today's episode, we're going to take talk about the pros and cons of each program. 

If you're wanting to start creating pattern designs but are stuck thinking you can't get started because your drawing skills aren't good enough then this podcast is for you.

We talk about other options for creating patterns as well as some exercises that will see you improve your drawing skills in no time.

As a designer, there are so many different ways to work and it may often look from the outside like a designer just sits down and comes up with amazing designs but there's obviously more to it than that.

Although everyone will approach their work slightly differently there's a general design process that will usually take place. 

In this episode, we look at an overview of the design process.