Welcome to Elaborate Hand Drawn Half Drop Repeat Patterns: Combining Traditional & Digital Techniques
Learn how to create complex seamless repeating patterns by hand and how to digitize them in Adobe Illustrator.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?:
This class is geared towards students who have already learned basic pattern making skills and are looking for another way to create more advanced patterns. This class is intermediate to advanced. You should have good drawing skills and basic to intermediate knowledge of Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator to begin. But I will do my best to clearly explain all the steps.
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WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
• 2 pieces of paper of the exact same size.
• A pencil, eraser and black fine liner pen. (note* you can of course draw digitally if you prefer)
• Scanner, or you can photograph as well
• Computer with Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
• iPad Pro or other drawing tablet, optional but helpful.
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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
In this class I will be sharing my technique for creating intricate and elaborate hand drawn repeating patterns with seamless flow with a more complex half drop format. Using this technique you will have more control over the composition and fluidity of your intricate pattern and in turn will result in a really stunning design where the repeated swatch is hard to spot. People will wonder how you created it!
We will cover the following:
- Drawing tips to create intricate and interesting patterns
- Basics of scanning and editing your work in Photoshop
- How to vectorize your hand drawn pattern swatch in Illustrator
- How to make your swatch into a seamless repeating half drop design
- Basics of digitally coloring your swatch
- How to tweak colors and test out new color palettes
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I am so excited to share my tips with you and to see what you all come up with in your class projects!
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xoxo Kristina
