Have you ever made a repeating pattern? I've been wanting to for some time now but hadn't gotten around to it. This week's theme of PATTERN at Illustration Friday was just the push that I needed to get going.
I started with a piece of 5" square cardstock and doodled a design in the middle of the page.
The first step is to cut your paper and half and tape it back together - super scary first step!!
BTW - I followed the tutorial found here at Design Sponge.
Then cut your paper in half again the other way and tape back together so that your design element that used to be in the middle is now on the outside. It amazes me how a doodle that seemed so substantial still left so much white space once it was cut up!!
Then get busy doodling in the middle of your design. Here is my finished doodle that then got
scanned into the computer and tweaked a bit in Photoshop Elements. First, you have to save your design as a pattern (Edit Define Pattern). Then open a new Blank File (Edit Fill Layer Use:Pattern) and fill your file with your pattern!! Cool, huh?
Linking to Illustration Friday - PATTERN,
Sunday Sketches
12 comments:
cool idea and fab pattern. must try this one out.
That is so super cool. I have never thought about patterns in quite that way.
Yours is stunning - I would love to see it as wrapping paper, or a note book cover!
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Amazing! I am going to try this. I still haven't figured out PSE, and I've had it over 12 months now! Your pattern is fabulous, Michelle!
Wow! I had no idea how to do this. I really love learning something new. Thanks.
Thanks! I always wondered how to do a pattern. this make is look doable! I love your doodles!
Oh wow Michelle, thankyouthankyouthankyou!! You don't know how long I've been wondering how to make seamless patterns and then I visit your blog and voila: a nice and clear tutorial! LOVE it! Gotta try it real soon. I love the nice Christmassy pattern that you created!
That's beautiful Michelle! I'm glad you figured it out and shared the process. Now I can try it too! Truly gorgeous pattern!
I just love this and the work you do. Your detail is amazing! :)
this turned out really great!! very cool :)
Super cool! What a gorgeous pattern! I love black and white art.
Beautiful. Definitely trying this at home! :)
A million thank yous for this tutorial...I have always wanted to know how to make patterns!! This is gorgeous too!! Now you can go to spoonflower and check it out!!
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