Episode 125 Can You Make a Full Time Living as a Surface Pattern Designer?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today on the Make + Design Podcast, design expert Carina Gardner gets real about what it takes to make a full time living as a surface pattern designer. In Carina’s opinion, there are a lot more possibilities beyond “surface pattern design” and she goes into other ways designers can expand their thinking to give themselves more revenue streams with their work. Carina knows many designers who make five-figure salaries in a year. She then delves into what it takes to earn a six figure salary as a designer. 1. You have to get faster in Illustrator. 2. You have to have multiple streams of income. 3. You have to know the right markets where you can sell your products. She goes into more detail in her Design Bootcamp and into a *lot* more detail in her Design Suite program. Carina spends some time talking about ways that designers who push themselves into 3D design not only open a new market to sell their designs in but they also level up their 2D, surface pattern design work. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carina tells us about the three purposes of her Design Suite program: 1. Learn how to design. 2. Learn how to produce great design work. 3. Learn how to make money as a designer by placing products in the best markets. Carina knows the best markets with the lowest barriers to entry and shares her insider knowledge with her members. The first step to learning more about Design Suite is to attend one of Carina’s Design Bootcamps (link below).</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">__________</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here:</span> <a href= "http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">__________</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>About Carina Gardner:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400