I came across an Art2Life advertisement about a 25-day Bloom Challenge. Like most art tutorials and workshops I stumble upon, I blindly signed up and then forgot about it. I happened to come across it again in my email, clicked on it, and Nick talked about the Bloom practice — the idea of feeling your emotions and just painting without worrying about the outcome. I was already late to the challenge and was watching the replays. The comments echoed my own thoughts: what if you

Usually, the way I make surface patterns is to scan or take a photo of my artwork, remove the background, and then build the pattern. This meant my patterns were raster-based, and while scaling them is simple enough, it created unnecessary extra work. I had always been intimidated by SVG, but pattern + print revival workshop by @bonniechristine showed me a simpler approach — a method I hadn't known before — for making patterns. It was a nice introduction to surface pattern d

Whenever I search for courses on graphic design, most courses teach about the software — maybe they cover the fundamentals alongside it, but this is one of the few that teaches fundamentals on their own, without the software component. I took Fundamentals of Graphic Design  by CalArts — the first course in their Graphic Design Specialization on Coursera. I have only completed this first one, and it serves as a good introduction. My only complaint is that I wish an actual ins