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Skillshare

Watercolor Meets Surface Pattern Design

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Overview

Follow along with designer and illustrator Jenn Coyle of Hello Brio as she creates seamless repeating patterns with a watercolor touch. Interested in watercolor? Interested in surface pattern design? This course is perfect for you! You will learn the basics of digitizing and vectorizing watercolor and creating repeating patterns with a beautiful handmade look in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Have fun with your pattern motifs: branch outside of florals and nature and make silly patterns with things like breakfast foods, robots, monsters, or whatever your heart desires! By the end, you’ll have a unique surface pattern design or a suite of designs to add to your portfolio.

Syllabus

  • Intro to Watercolor and Surface Pattern Design
  • Gathering Materials
  • Motif Brainstorm
  • Drawing
  • Painting with Watercolor
  • Digitizing and Vectorizing Your Motifs
  • Illustrator Basics for Surface Pattern Design
  • Basic Repeating Pattern Types
  • Creating Repeating Patterns in Illustrator 1
  • Creating Repeating Patterns in Illustrator 2
  • Thanks! Remember to Upload Your Project!

Taught by

Jenny Lee

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