Chris is experienced in developing art and designs to a creative brief for Surtex and Premiere Vision trade shows as well as creative briefs for brands and design studios. She was honored and delighted to receive the Pattern Observer Award for Excellence. You can read the details about the Pattern Observer Award for Excellence here.

Create custom artwork for apparel, home decor, and textiles to fit both your customer and your brand's needs.

Prepare technically correct repeats of my original designs or pattern designs by others.

Research market trends and combine that information with the needs of the brand/consumer and my artistic style to develop original patterns that enhance your brand.

Develop unique pattern collections in multiple colorways.

Prepare color indexing and color separations for print production.

Prepare production-ready files in Photoshop or Illustrator for your manufacturer.

Chris is experienced in developing art and designs to a creative brief for Surtex and Inception trade shows as well as creative briefs for brands and design studios. Below is a sample of a brand board for packaging patterns and icons for a health bar she developed.

Would you like to see more of Chris Olson's pattern collections? Her full pattern library on her online portfolio is password protected. Access to this online portfolio is available to manufacturers, licensees, art directors, etc. Here you can select patterns from her portfolio, browse print collections and commission custom artwork or additional surface patterns. Many of her designs are available in a technical repeat based on the client's specifications. Her artwork is available in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop files. Layered artwork files are available on request.

Vector Precision: All Illustrator files are fully vector-based, created directly in Illustrator or carefully image-traced, with no raster elements.

Optimized Photoshop Files: My Photoshop patterns are delivered as indexed files (up to 18 colors), high-resolution scans of hand-painted art, or layered files with crisp, hard edges-never blurry or anti-aliased.

Crisp, Clean Edges: I ensure all shapes have sharp, defined edges at every zoom level, using anti-aliasing and feathering settings correctly for professional-quality separations.

Technical Accuracy: I use the correct interpolation methods and tools (like the pencil tool for graphic lines) to maintain clean, graphic artwork, ready for production.

Expert in vector and raster file preparation for print

Advanced color separation techniques

Precise edge control for clean, production-ready artwork

Highly proficient in applying industry best practices in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop