Pattern Design: From Hand to Screen to Surface with Molly Hatch

I didn't know who Molly Hatch was, was attracted by the subject and it absolutely blew my expectations. I took the course as a mosaic artist who wants to create more of their own patterns, and I learned a lot and felt tremendously inspired. I loved the creativity, the insights and tips on creative life from someone who lives it, and a new skill beautifully explained. Sometimes it felt a bit slow but it was absolutely worth going with the given pace to try and absorb this artist's intuitive, freestyle way of working, that works! I found it so enjoyable that I will watch it again. Yes in the beginning you couldn't see the drawing that well, but that was solved later and didn't really matter (as she started filling it out with black later).

This course was an interesting introduction into surface pattern design, and helped me to join some dots that I needed in order to start designing for myself. I don't use Adobe CC, but the concepts gave me enough to go google so that I could apply them in inkscape and gimp instead.

This was just the kind of course I was after to build on existing knowledge and formal training in art and design. There was so much information provided, not only for the work Molly was producing in the demonstrations but also in her candid and honest discussions surrounding building this type of business, PR and working with clients. What a great resource to find CreativeLive. I am so inspired and don't feel nearly as overwhelmed at the prospect of starting work in surface design. I actually appreciated Molly's instructional style particularly for the demonstrations and acknowledge how she was able to create a new beautiful artwork all while responding to questions and talking through the process. Loved it, so thanks a bunch!

I was lucky enough to be in the audience for this course and I loved every minute of it. I have enjoyed making patterns for some time but it was so awesome to see her different techniques for getting a better fitting more technical pattern for infinite repeating. Molly was an amazing teacher and I know I will be referencing this class over and over again to find new information that I might have missed the first time around.

I really enjoyed this course and learnt a lot and now have the confidence to start my patterns by hand rather than relying solely on illustrator or PS. I strongly disagree with the reviewer who criticised Molly's teaching, I thought she was really open and interactive and I learnt a lot from the ongoing Q&A throughout the course. The guest interviews were great and added a lot of value to the course with insider tips. I also really enjoyed watching her process from pencil sketch to colouring was really helpful. I would definitely watch this again and look forward to future courses from Molly

I'm glad I bought the course. The content added some new things to my body of knowledge about pattern design. I have bought and watched several of your other courses, and also have watched many instructional videos on other web channels. I have some constructive criticism for Holly, and since this was her first time teaching, maybe she can take advantage of some of these comments. The presentation seemed a bit scattered, and I think if she would have had some of her art work finished ahead of time it would have helped. Watching her draw, paint lines and then color the entire works was a bit tedious. Her commentary wants a little polishing, as she does a lot of repeating, ums and ahs, and she seems to start a sentence several times before she gets to the point. That said, as a teacher myself, I know that it takes a lot of practice to be able to INSTRUCT something that you know how to do very well. She's obviously an awesome artist and designer, and I hope she will continue to hone her presentation skills so that many more people can learn from her experience.

This has been by far the most interesting and ideas rich course I have watched with Creative Live. I got my watercolours out two years after buying them!! Molly is a fantastic teacher and an inspirational artist. Hope to see her back again soon.

The course was excellent and it was very informative to watch the entire process. Molly did a great job of talking and painting at the same time, which is so difficult! Would recommend this course to any one who struggles with transferring their design to photoshop.