Hello Reader, I'm teaching at the 2026 Summer Creative Retreat this year, and I'd love for you to come make a repeating pattern with me in Procreate. It's a free online creative event hosted by the amazing Peggy Dean and it's happening August 1–6, with live workshops from artists across all kinds of mediums. You just pop into the sessions that sound fun to you. My session is called Bloom & Repeat: Easy Surface Pattern Design, on August 3rd at 4pm PDT. We'll take a simple motif all the way...

Hello Reader, You've been designing. You've built a body of work you're proud of and somewhere in the back of your mind there's been this question you haven't quite been able to shake: Could I actually get my work licensed? I've been asked some version of that question more times than I can count, and every time, my answer is the same...probably yes, and probably sooner than you think. The gap between having great work and knowing how to get it in front of companies is exactly where most...

Hi Reader, We're told that creative success comes down to talent. Or going viral. Or landing that one big break that changes everything. After 13 years in this industry, I think that's mostly a lie. What I've seen in my own career, and in the careers of the designers and illustrators I teach, is that it comes down to habits. Small, consistent, often unglamorous habits that most people overlook because they don't make for a good Instagram caption. I just published a new video where I share the...