Today on the Make + Design Podcast, design expert Carina Gardner gets real about what it takes to make a full time living as a surface pattern designer. In Carina’s opinion, there are a lot more possibilities beyond “surface pattern design” and she goes into other ways designers can expand their thinking to give themselves more revenue streams with their work. Carina knows many designers who make five-figure salaries in a year. She then delves into what it takes to earn a six figure salary as a designer. 1. You have to get faster in Illustrator. 2. You have to have multiple streams of income. 3. You have to know the right markets where you can sell your products. She goes into more detail in her Design Bootcamp and into a *lot* more detail in her Design Suite program. Carina spends some time talking about ways that designers who push themselves into 3D design not only open a new market to sell their designs in but they also level up their 2D, surface pattern design work.  Carina tells us about the three purposes of her Design Suite program: 1. Learn how to design. 2. Learn how to produce great design work. 3. Learn how to make money as a designer by placing products in the best markets. Carina knows the best markets with the lowest barriers to entry and shares her insider knowledge with her members. The first step to learning more about Design Suite is to attend one of Carina’s Design Bootcamps (link below). __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY  __________   About Carina Gardner: Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.   Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.   Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com Check out her most popular program, Design Bootcamp, here: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp  Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/