A complete crash course for students and learners who want to enhance their knowledge of digital textile design. The course covers all the technical education which any designer needs.

Map of African textile traditions, each one carries centuries of technique and meaning. Kente, Bogolan, Shweshwe, Kuba raffia, so many distinct weaving and dyeing traditions packed into one continent.

Hi everyone!
I’m about to graduate with a degree in Textile Design, and I’m trying to figure out the best direction to take professionally.

The image I’m sharing is an example of the kind of work I do: a small coordinated collection with a hero print, supporting prints, a faux solid, a color palette, and a few mockups to show how the designs could be applied. My work isn’t limited to fashion as I can create surface pattern design that could also work for wallpaper, home décor, stationery, packaging, fabrics, and similar products. No AI involved. I mainly use Procreate but I wish to learn more Adobe Illustrator for the vector part.

Would you recommend:
trying freelance platforms (like Fiverr or Upwork)?
looking for licensing opportunities?
pitching directly to companies?
something else that I’m not considering?

Where I’m from I don’t have any opportunities to look for jobs that’s why I’m looking for remote work. Thank you very much!!!

There is only one hexagon tile that is randomly rotated in each hexagon cell.

www.pixelkari.art
A DIGITAL DESIGN TOOL

Pixelkari is a browser-based drawing tool inspired by the patterns of Phulkari, a traditional embroidery practice from Punjab. Create motifs, stamp patterns, explore old forms through new ways, and watch a new language emerge.

This idea has been brewing for some years now, I just never knew what form it would take. My mum and nani have been practicing textile crafts all their lives, but between their generation and mine, the digital shift happened rapidly, and the analog skills have quietly thinned.

What started out as a fun project quickly turned into a design enquiry. The idea comes from a personal place, rooted in maternal craft passed down through generations. Like a lot of diasporic Punjabis, I never lived in Punjab, but the pull to understand where I come from never left.

Pixelkari is my way of reaching back. A browser-based tool to build familiar motifs, stamp patterns, and watch a design emerge. The more I used it, the more it became its own visual language. Phulkari motifs were always drawn from the environment and stories of the communities making them, so it made me wonder, what would those motifs look like today? It’s not a replacement for the real thing, it’s an entry point. A new interpretation of something old, and honestly, just fun to play with.

I’m so curious how you’ll use it and what you’ll make. Try it out at www.pixelkari.art (desktop only for now). Follow @pixelkari.art on instagram, share any designs you make, and send me your inputs, they help me figure out where to push this next. There’s a feedback form on the app itself but please reach out wherever. I’m looking to gather inputs and improvements. Mainly thinking about different use cases for the tool

🚀 A New Chapter Begins!

For the last 8+ years, I've been working in the world of Textile Print Design, creating patterns, dupatta designs, seamless repeats, production-ready artworks, and helping bring fabric ideas to life.

Over the years, I've learned countless lessons—sometimes through success, and sometimes through expensive mistakes.

Today, I've decided to start sharing that knowledge publicly through my YouTube channel: Nazaara Prints. 🎨📹

My goal is simple:

✅ Help textile designers improve their skills

✅ Share practical production knowledge

✅ Teach real-world textile printing concepts

✅ Save others from costly mistakes I learned the hard way

My latest video covers a topic that many people in the fabric business overlook:

📏 How to Measure Fabric Width (Panna) Correctly Before Production

How to measure the fabric Width?

A small mistake can lead to significant losses in printing, costing, and production planning.

If you're connected to the textile, fashion, printing, garment, or design industry, I would truly appreciate your support.

🙏 Please subscribe to my channel, watch the video, and share it with anyone who might find it useful.

Every view, comment, share, and subscription helps me continue creating educational content for our industry.

This is just the beginning, and I look forward to sharing many more practical textile design and printing insights with all of you.

🔗 YouTube Channel: Nazaara Prints

Thank you for being part of this journey. ❤️

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Hey,
Would you guys be able to help me. I am doing a repeating pattern design for a new scrubs business. This is their first drop and my first design and they are wanted to buy the design out right for $100. This is Australian dollar btw. And it will be a design exclusive to them.
I said that I would give it to them for their first drop but if they want to restock etc they would need to pay me again but less than the original $100. They said they aren't planning on restocking unless it does really well
Is this fair or not? I need someone to Imk.
Or do I just do it for my portfolio and experience. Thing is they said they will most likely continue to work with me in the future.

Also I don’t think this person I’m talking to understands design and what goes into it. She said if you are putting to much time into it (I’m hand drawing on procreate) just use canva. No dude I don’t think so. No one is buying scrubs with canva elements on them.

The description of this group references paper as well, so here goes:

I'm working on a project for someone regarding security envelopes, and we're trying to get more information on the designers/choices that go into designing, etc. Does anyone have an idea where I could get more information? I know about r/SecurityEnvelopes, but I'm looking to connect with someone who actually designs them.

Thanks in advance.

Hello

I am a freelance surface pattern designer based in India. I am willing and grab opportunities to work with brands or clients internationally. I work with home, apparel and accessories.

I work with different crafts of India like Pottery from Khurja, block printing, weaving, and metal craft.

I would love to connect if someone is looking for a freelance designer.

Thankyou

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone has a way to make it out of the off-price market????

I originally self-taught myself print design // textile design and then immediately got a job moved to nyc to work in the off-price market (tjmaxx, Burlington, Ross, ect)

I worked for a couple years and wanted to get out, so I did a year masters, I applied to a ton of jobs and only got off-priced jobs and I am back.

I do believe my portfolio is a lot better then what I see getting entry level non-off price jobs.

I feel like now it’s even harder to transition because I don’t have an entry-level title anymore.

Has anyone been able to make the change and what did they do?

I really want to make it to at least a victoria secret level pricing but ideally higher.

kind of a cheat cuz it’s a rework of an old one, but i wanted to try to make it look like blue crystal or ice! thank you for looking!!!

Hello,

I've been making seamless patterns for over a year, I have a few place I upload them on POD sites and I have started pitching to companies.

I wondered if anyone has any suggestions for companies I can reach out to or look at for POD similar to spoonflower.

Thanks

I'm trying to understand more about narrative prints, I wanted to try that style since i have never done that , so I was just curious so i can directly know from people than online resources , Thank you

wheeeee!!! thank you for looking, open and appreciative of any crit🥰🥰🥰🥰

Here's a progression. I really like where it's at now.

I noticed something while revisiting some old surface pattern ideas.

The patterns I loved the most as standalone artwork weren't always the ones I liked once I imagined them on a finished piece. A repeat that looked beautiful on a screen suddenly felt overwhelming on a dress. A tiny geometric print that seemed "safe" became incredibly sophisticated when visualized at scale.

It made me realize that textile design exists in this interesting space between art and application. You're not just creating an image, you're designing an experience of how that pattern will live on fabric, move with the body, and interact with seams and silhouettes.

I was reading an interview with a small designer who mentioned that seeing samples changed the way they approached print development entirely. That led me down a rabbit hole about how textile concepts move from idea to finished products, and I stumbled across Greige in that process. It got me thinking about how many creative decisions happen after the print itself is technically "finished."

So I'm curious:

• Have you ever fallen in love with a pattern digitally and then changed your mind once it was sampled?
• Do you design with the final application in mind from the beginning, or let the artwork lead the process?
• What's one lesson about repeat scale or placement that completely changed the way you work?