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Print Life Podcast: For Surface Pattern Designers
by Leslie Kenehan
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133: Artist Interview ~ Elizabeth Olwen: Color, Art Licensing, and Trusting Your Creative Voice
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132: One Small Habit That Can Transform Your Surface Pattern Design Career
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131: The Power of Choice: How to Build a Creative Life That Flows
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130: Permission to Be In Progress — Jesse Rae Akin on Prints, Motherhood, and Letting Yourself Take Things Slow
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129: Start With the Artist – Style Before Strategy
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128: Voice Before Visibility - Why Your Style and Message Matter More Than Your Metrics
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127: Before You Burn It All Down: Is It Burnout or Misalignment?
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126: Finding Creative Alignment with Elizabeth Rachael
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125: Revisiting Old Work: The Prints You Forgot Might Be the Ones That Move You Forward
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About the show
The Print Life Podcast is for surface pattern designers who want to design and sell prints for the fashion industry. Host Leslie Kenehan, an art director and print designer with over 15 years of experience in fashion, shares practical advice for building a textile and print design career: how to pitch fashion brands, sell exclusive artwork, build a portfolio that gets noticed, find and keep clients, and price your work with confidence.Whether you're freelancing, working in-house at a print studio or brand, or just getting started in surface pattern design, you'll hear honest solo episodes and conversations with fellow designers about creativity, sales, marketing, and the mindset it takes to grow a sustainable creative business.Resources and more at https://printlife.io/