
Commercial color and business skills for surface pattern designers, taught by Telva Chase.

Color psychology and emotional impact, and how your color choices make a difference in the marketplace. If you aren't licensed yet, your colors may be part of the reason.
6-hour course
Value $19
Black Friday Price $12
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Color in commercial design isn't just theory, it's profit. This six-week deep dive teaches color as a business decision, using the Trend Rhythm™, Trend Dynamics™, and Trend Curator™ frameworks. The Color Mastery Mini is included at the start.
6 week course + downloads
Value $497
Black Friday Price $297
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PROSPERITY PATHWAY™ launches BLACK FRIDAY, November 27 at a discount.
A five-part course with over 200 hours of video and exercises that takes surface pattern designers from making patterns to running a working design business.
Available individually or in a bundle. Buy all five parts and receive one year of TAPESTRY LIVE.
Value $949
Black Friday Price $597

The Licensing Roadmap. Every month you'll know exactly what to create for licensing and when to pitch it. Your design focus tells you what manufacturers are looking for. Your pitch calendar tells you who to contact and when.

Monthly design focus for POD platforms plus an upload schedule that keeps you consistent without burning you out. You'll know what to create, where to upload it, and when to do it for maximum visibility.

The Tool Tips Newsletter covers design software, business apps, hardware, along with a quick-win challenge and a download.

Your Industry Digest. Industry news, designer spotlight, job postings, and competitions & opportunities - everything happening in the surface pattern design world, curated and delivered to your inbox. Monthly inspiration picks and learning resources chosen specifically for SPD at every stage of their growth.

The one that might make you snort, because not everything in this industry is perfectly aligned. Telva's fourth & fifth newsletter of the month is where the rulebook takes a coffee break. If you have ever wanted to hear what a surface pattern design educator really thinks about trends, clients, creative blocks, and the general chaos of running an art business, this is your newsletter. Straight talk, crooked humor, zero apology
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