Hi everyone! Welcome back to my channel! For the last couple of years, I’ve been really enjoying creating a top 10 trend forecast for graphic design and surface pattern design. I find trends really can help guide personal design work as well as keep us freelancers on top of the design aesthetic and movements in the creative industry. So, today I will be sharing my top 10 trends of 2023 for the graphic design industry! I hope you find it helpful! TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 Expressive Type - 0:51 3-D Design - 1:51 Vintage Inspired - 2:30 Foil + Metallics- 3:04 Motion - 3:42 Inclusive Visuals - 4:18 Utilitarian Design - 5:19 Flat Design - 6:03 Serif Fonts - 6:46 Maximalism - 7:19 Outro: 8:31 WANT TO TAKE MY CLASSES OR JOIN MY MEMBERSHIP: http://www.learn-create-design.com Make fonts: https://bit.ly/3Hy27qI Surface Pattern Courses: https://bit.ly/3WH5kJ4 Foiling Course:https://bit.ly/3R6jpyt **Check out my other 2023 Trend Report Videos** Pantone Color of the Year: https://youtu.be/FtcmArdjejI Surface Pattern Design Trends: https://youtu.be/U6tbSxiV58Y Graphic Design Trends: https://youtu.be/9FbjSWML7Eg **Check out my past Trend Report Videos** https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgnTuvr0Cr9NUMLQlnou5FTdNX-LddzWF Notes on imagery: All images used in this video are for educational purposes only and belong to their respective owner shown in the artist credit via the visual and can be viewed via unsplash, Behance, the reference sites and the notated creators shown with the image. Stock videos and imagery courtesy of Pexel.com and unsplash.com Music: Youtube Audio Library Research Resources: https://www.jukeboxprint.com/blog/15-of-the-Biggest-Graphic-Design-Trends-for-2023 https://justcreative.com/graphic-design-trends-2023/ https://www.creativebloq.com/news/graphic-design-trends-2023 https://www.popwebdesign.net/popart_blog/en/2016/02/a-short-history-of-flat-design/ https://99designs.com/blog/trends/font-trends/ https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/what-fonts-are-trending-now-and-font-trends-for-2023--cms-93197 WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com Take my classes and try skillshare for free for 2 Weeks! https://skl.sh/2YMW7G3 Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/36lbNBH Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan Society 6: https://society6.com/bellasophiacreative 💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! http://bit.ly/2ucdWzG ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!

Hi everyone! Welcome back to my channel! For the last couple of years, I’ve been really enjoying creating a top 10 trend forecast for graphic design and surface pattern design. I find trends really can help guide personal design work as well as keep us freelancers on top of the design aesthetic and movements in the creative industry. So, today I will be sharing my top 10 trends of 2023 for the surface pattern design industry! I hope you find it helpful! TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 Digital Inspired Filter and Geometric Patterns - 0:59 Nature and Earth Inspired Prints - 1:36 Community inspired prints - 2:46 Groovy Tropical Floral - 3:34 Camo Inspired - 4:01 Pretty Paisleys - 4:22 Photo florals - 4:49 70s florals - 5:18 Liberty Prints - 5:51 Watercolor/Ink - 6:17 **Check out my other 2023 Trend Report Videos** Pantone Color of the Year: https://youtu.be/FtcmArdjejI Surface Pattern Design Trends: https://youtu.be/U6tbSxiV58Y Graphic Design Trends: Coming soon….. **Check out my past Trend Report Videos** https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgnTuvr0Cr9NUMLQlnou5FTdNX-LddzWF Notes on imagery: All images used in this video are for educational purposes only and belong to their respective owner shown in the artist credit via the visual and can be viewed via unsplash, Behance, Who What Wear and Vogue. Stock videos and imagery courtesy of Pexel.com and unsplash.com Music: Youtube Audio Library Research Resources: https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion-print-trends-2023 https://www.plumager.com/blogs/plumager-print-design/trend-spring-summer-2023 https://www.matchymatchydesign.com/2022-2023-textile-print-pattern-trends/ https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/fashion/print-trends-for-2023-5-stylish-prints-you-must-have-in-your-new-year-wardrobe-101671526182376.html https://fashinza.com/textile/tips-for-fashion-brands/top-20-trending-fabric-prints-of-2022-2023/ https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-toile-design-5072310 https://www.texintel.com/blog/2021/11/1/a-guide-to-eco-friendly-sustainable-fabric-amp-textile-printing WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com WANT TO TAKE MY CLASSES OR JOIN MY MEMBERSHIP: http://www.learn-create-design.com Take my classes and try skillshare for free for 2 Weeks! https://skl.sh/2YMW7G3 Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/36lbNBH Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan Society 6: https://society6.com/bellasophiacreative 💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! http://bit.ly/2ucdWzG ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!

Hello everyone! So, today I will be sharing my first video in my 2023 three part trend series. I wanted to do a follow up to the popular pantone color of the year videos that I did in 2020, 2021 and 2022. I do this video in conjunction with my trend series videos that I do at the beginning of the year to help designers find inspiration for the coming year. This week I am sharing my thoughts on Patone's 2023 color of the year. Stay tuned for my rundown of the 2023 Graphic Design and Surface Pattern Design trends of the year! Time Stamps 0:00 - Intro 0:55 - Color Explained 2:51 - Color History 3:55 - The Live Experience 4:27 - Outro Take a class with me on my platform! https://classes.learn-create-design.com Take a class with me on Skillshare: https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/jennylezan?gr_tch_ref=on&gr_trp=on **Check out my other 2023 Trend Report Videos** Pantone Color of the Year: https://youtu.be/FtcmArdjejI Surface Pattern Design Trends: https://youtu.be/U6tbSxiV58Y Graphic Design Trends: Coming soon….. **Check out my past Trend Report Videos (playlist)** https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgnTuvr0Cr9NUMLQlnou5FTdNX-LddzWF Check out the videos in my 2022 Trend Analysis series here: 1. The Freelance Life Design Analysis -Top 10 Graphic Design Trends for 2022 - https://youtu.be/20THHZNu5Tk 2. The Freelance Life Design Analysis -Top 10 Surface Pattern Design Trends for 2022 - https://youtu.be/MJpac6zUlEo 3. The Freelance Life Design Analysis - 2022 Pantone Color of the year https://youtu.be/q-9qIMekvJ4 WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com WANT TO TAKE MY CLASSES OR JOIN MY MEMBERSHIP: http://www.learn-create-design.com Take my classes and try skillshare for free for 2 Weeks! https://skl.sh/2YMW7G3 Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/36lbNBH Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan Society 6: https://society6.com/bellasophiacreative 💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! http://bit.ly/2ucdWzG ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together! Notes on imagery: All images used in this video are for educational purposes only and belong to their respective owner

Hello everyone! I am starting a new series focused on quick tips using different software on your desktop and apps on your iPad like the Affinity suite or procreate! This week we will focus on how to create type on a curve in Affinity Designer on the iPad. It's a simple, but effective design option that can add some visual interest to your creative concepts! Hope you find it helpful. -Jen WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com WANT TO TAKE MY CLASSES OR JOIN MY MEMBERSHIP: http://www.learn-create-design.com Take my classes and try skillshare for free for 2 Weeks! https://skl.sh/2YMW7G3 Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/36lbNBH Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan Society 6: https://society6.com/bellasophiacreative 💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! http://bit.ly/2ucdWzG ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!

This week I share a run down of my top tips for creating collections and walk you through my personal process for designing in collections. I hope you find the video helpful as you work on your surface pattern design collections! TIME STAMPS 0:00 - Intro 0:58 - What is a Collection? 1:40 - Tip One 1:54 - Tip Two 2:14 - Tip Three 2:42 - Tip Four 3:02 - Tip Five 3:48 - The Design Process 7:52 - Outro CLASSES MENTIONED Design Ogee and Quatrefoil Prints bit.ly/3Q9PqV3 Design 4 Popular Pattern Repeat Types https://bit.ly/3SGFQL1 Full Drops and Half Drops https://bit.ly/3BYXC6i Create a Digital Zine/Catalog in Affinity Publisher https://bit.ly/3vRP1yf YOUTUBE TUTORIALS MENTIONED Make Full Drops and Half Drops in Affinity Designer https://youtu.be/cgAEi2Qh6Sk Create Half Drop Patterns in Procreate https://youtu.be/E7YV9YVfUjM WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com WANT TO TAKE MY CLASSES OR JOIN MY MEMBERSHIP: http://www.learn-create-design.com Take my classes and try skillshare for free for 2 Weeks! https://skl.sh/2YMW7G3 Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/36lbNBH Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan Society 6: https://society6.com/bellasophiacreative 💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! http://bit.ly/2ucdWzG ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!

In this video, I am sharing a little teaser from my latest course: Creating Vintage Arts and Crafts Era Inspired Surface Pattern Design in Procreate. This tutorial walks you through my process for sourcing outdoor floral and plant inspiration for surface pattern design. I give you a run down of my tips and also share some beautiful imagery of a local outdoor garden that featured an Alebrije exhibit from Mexico! The full course is all about surface pattern design course inspired by the arts and crafts era and designers like William Morris and we will be illustrating and building our repeat pattern using the procreate app. You can take the full class here: My Learning Platform bit.ly/3ooDRgl6 Skillshare https://skl.sh/3uN1d2X Arbington https://bit.ly/3zvvAN3 WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com WANT TO TAKE MY CLASSES OR JOIN MY MEMBERSHIP: http://www.learn-create-design.com Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative 💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! http://bit.ly/2ucdWzG ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Take my classes and try skillshare for free for 2 Weeks! https://skl.sh/2YMW7G3 Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!

In this video, I am sharing a little teaser from my latest course: Creating Vintage Arts and Crafts Era Inspired Surface Pattern Design in Procreate. This tutorial walks you through how to set up a reusable actions template to easily create a full drop repeat in procreate. The full course is all about surface pattern design course inspired by the arts and crafts era and designers like William Morris and we will be illustrating and building our repeat pattern using the procreate app. You can take the full class here: My Learning Platform bit.ly/3ooDRgl6 Skillshare https://skl.sh/3uN1d2X Arbington https://bit.ly/3zvvAN3 WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com WANT TO TAKE MY CLASSES OR JOIN MY MEMBERSHIP: http://www.learn-create-design.com Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative 💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! http://bit.ly/2ucdWzG ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Take my classes and try skillshare for free for 2 Weeks! https://skl.sh/2YMW7G3 Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my channel. This week I am coming back with another surface pattern design tutorial. This time, we will be working in the procreate app and we will learn how to create a custom actions template that can be reused over and over again to help you create a half drop pattern repeat. Hope you find this tutorial helpful!! Thanks for watching! Jen TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 Setting up the file - 1:47 Tips for strong repeats - 6:41 Creating the action template - 8:23 Drawing your elements - 13:49 Building the repeat - 17:41 Refining and adding motifs - 19:47 Testing the pattern - 23:09 Exporting the pattern - 26:26 Outro - 28:07 Check out my other surface pattern design courses: https://classes.learn-create-design.com/collections?category=surface-pattern-design WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com WANT TO TAKE MY CLASSES OR JOIN MY MEMBERSHIP: http://www.learn-create-design.com Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative 💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! http://bit.ly/2ucdWzG ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Take my classes and try skillshare for free for 2 Weeks! https://skl.sh/2YMW7G3 Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!