Create wallpaper with hand-drawn illustrations.

ASSIGNMENT

Your assignment is to create wallpaper using hand-drawn illustrations. This is a really fun assignment with two big benefits: you're creating something fun, and you're gaining a deeper understanding of patterns and how they work.

Right now, there are a lot of automated ways to create digital pattern, but only by creating a pattern by hand can you really get a feel for how the different shapes, colors, and scale really work together in a repeat.

MATERIALS

Use the video lessons, resources below (including this step-by-step tutorial), and discussion sections for inspiration and guidance. All you'll need for this assignment is paper, pens and markers, and some analog way to reproduce your work (old-school Xerox, camera + printer, scanner, Photoshop, etc.).

DELIVERABLE

It's up to you whether you want to wallpaper your entire bedroom! This assignment can be just as effective by creating the core tile — and then you'll have endless options for digitization and application.

Here are the core deliverables to share in the project gallery for feedback:

Illustration - Pre-Cut, Your First Sketches
Wallpaper Tile - Cut & Reassembled Illustration
Repeat Application - Show how your tile looks as a repeat, digitally or installed on a wall.

RESOURCES

How to Make a Repeat Pattern: The shortened version of this class as a tutorial, with my friends at DesignSponge.
The Grammar of Ornament: One of my most-loved reference books.
Dover Royalty-Free Illustrations: Useful books for illustration reference.
Keiko Minami: Bonheur: My favorite artist.
Memphis: A design book full of patterns that lots of hipsters are inspired by right now.
Hot-Press 8x10 paper: My favorite kind of paper to use because there are no bumps.
Decoupage: Secure & protect your wallpaper on the wall with this stuff! Remember to color your wallpaper in first, cause you can't color on top of this.
Tattly: Shop my temporary tattoo designs on Tattly.
Hygge & West: My wallpapers
My website: All of my work
Instagram: Follow me here for more!

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Image courtesy of CB2, Julia Rothman for Hygge&West.

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