* 2023 - 5 years later
* my thoughts on Bonnie Christine’s Surface Pattern Design Immersion course: a 2022 update - click here for more…
* a look back at 2020, around this time last year - click here for more…
* a look back to this time, in 2019

I've been proud to be an affiliate for Bonnie Christine for the last three years, as she launches her annual course on surface pattern design. I'm recommending Bonnie's course and her classes because they are high quality, well organized, they deliver the education and support they promise, and when you do the work they are life-changing.
I don’t make recommendations lightly, and I don’t make them often.

While on the East Coast hunting for a house, last February, I got to sit down and talk to her about the ways her words and classes have impacted my life.
Beyond teaching Illustrator techniques and sharing business wisdom, her words have a way to get to the heart of the matter and remind you that you can do hard things.
You can and should dream, and you can craft a career that you love.
There is room and you can thrive even in an industry that at times seems over saturated.

After our third baby was born, I took on the role of the income provider in our home, while my husband came to be the stay at home parent. The new role challenged me, and I felt I was over my head at times.
It was then that I came across Bonnie’s classes and was introduced to surface pattern design. Applying surface pattern design to my workflow helped me become more relevant to my industry.

The year I took immersion course is the year my income started consistently growing.
There are many things that can weigh in ones’ life, but I can honestly say that taking the immersion course has been life altering for me. It might sound over the top, but it’s true. It’s part of our story. It empowered us to be a family with a stay at home parent, and now to be the family that follows its dream and moves across the country.

Honestly it would be hard for me not to recommend Bonnie, regardless if I affiliate for her or not, considering how the education I got through her Skillshare classes and the immersion course has shaped my work and business and what it has meant for me and my family over the years.

You can learn all about the Immersion course here.
Past what this class has meant for me, I could tell you all about the modules, the information covered, the support team, the live Q&A sessions, but she has it all laid out so nicely. If you have any questions about the course or about any of it, if you are on the fence and want honest answers, feel free to direct message me on Instagram or email me. I am happy to help.

Immersion course opens tomorrow, February 16th, 2021.

As an affiliate for the 2021 Immersion course, to support you, and as a thank you for choosing to sign up through the link I have listed, I am working on a couple of bonuses for every affiliate:
💌 + a follow up bonus on Adobe Draw that takes you through my workflow from the iPad to creating the seamless tiles in Adobe Illustrator (ebook + video)
💌 + Surface Pattern Design and Photo Greeting Card Design - a how to, with insights in my workflow (ebook and video) * This industry has been my bread and butter for multiple years now. I am looking forward to be sharing my perspective and tips, and things I learned along the way.

🎉 Because of how much I enjoy Adobe Draw and my iPadPro to create my illustrations, it felt only right that anyone signing up through my affiliate link will be also entered for a chance to win one of the two new 12.9 in 256 GB iPad Pros I will be giving away (each with and Apple Pencil + a 2 year Apple Care)

I will draw two names on Instagram live, once Bonnie sends the names and contact info, out of all the new students who signed up through my affiliate link (the week of March 16th, after her waiting period).
Both iPads will be mailed to their winners the week of March 22nd 2021.

The 2 specialized bonuses (with their ebooks and videos - on the Adobe Draw to Illustrator workflow and Greeting Card Design How To -) , will be delivered beginning of April, to allow you to put your focus on all the foundations of the Immersion course first.

I strongly believe in this course and the education and empowerment it can bring to ones’ creative journey, because of my experience with it. Every year my income has increased, and against all odds, 2020 has been the highest since I started in business. I am grateful and will never take anything for granted.

Last year, Bonnie offered me the opportunity to share my Adobe Draw workflow and create a bonus for the 2020 Immersion students. Here is an introduction to the video lessons. It is one of the bonuses included this year as well.

The course it truly is worth every penny. It saves time, it takes you from the ground up as a newbie, and as a seasoned designer you get to learn Adobe Illustrator and the workflow inside out, from a surface pattern designer’s perspective, not to mention the licensing/business module and the interviews with professionals relevant to the industry.

You can research, find, gather and piece together the information scouting the web, Youtube and other places, if that’s your jam. Or you can start with Skillshare, if you are not sure about this learning path or career.
But for comparison sake, I will say that a one term college class (or two, depending on the college) will cost you the same amount while Immersion delivers far more support, value and hands on experience. Not to mention the community aspect.
On the page celebrating alumni and their stories, you will come across story, after story, after story about what this course and learning surface pattern design meant to so many.

This past year I signed a new contract, with the lovely Lilipinso, a French kids decor company.
Receiving and holding the samples in your own hands, seeing the artwork come alive on products never gets old! It’s always magical. I’ll add a few pictures of the wallpaper, stickers and murals from the 2 new collections, I am celebrating the release for.

If you have any interest in surface pattern design, on how to create and add multiple streams of revenue in your creative business, I wholeheartedly recommend any of her classes - on Skillshare, Creative Live, or the Immersion Course.

The Immersion course is not magical and it doesn’t do the work for you. But it is a solid, tried and true tool that can 1000% empower you as an artist. It is and it will always be up to me and you to do the work and stick with it. I am happy to support you.

Immersion enrollment is open Feb 16th-23rd, 2021 . << Find all the details about the Surface Pattern Design Immersion Course here.

Is becoming a surface pattern designer your goal, but the Surface Design Immersion course is just out of reach right now? Start taking Bonnie’s Skillshare classes today. Don’t wait on your dream!

...These classes are gold, really. Like I said before, I started with Bonnie (and Elizabeth’s) classes on Skillshare. I’ll list them below.

• Intro to Surface Pattern Design: Learn Adobe Illustrator / with Bonnie Christine
• Surface Pattern Design 2.0: Design a Collection | Start a Career /with Bonnie Christine
• Introduction to Designing Repeat Patterns in Illustrator / with Elizabeth Olwen
• Pattern Design II: A Creative Look at a Full Pattern Collection / with Elizabeth Olwen

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I'm an affiliate for Bonnie Christine’s Surface Pattern Design Immersion Course, so I will earn a portion of every registration that results because of my testimonials and promotional efforts. I applied to be an affiliate because her classes had such a tremendously positive effect on my business and I absolutely value what I've learned. She is committed to excellence and empowering and changing lives through her teaching. I am one of those students with a changed life.

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