Design a 6-Piece Pattern Collection

PLEASE NOTE: This course is a follow up to Intro to Surface Pattern Design. Please begin with the previous course for detailed training on Adobe Illustrator, custom color palettes, sketching, motif design and repeat pattern design!

ASSIGNMENT

The assignment for this course is to create a mini collection of 6 repeating patterns. Collections should be cohesive in style, theme and color. An excellent collection will tell a story through it's pieces and engage the viewer with a unique color story that provides depth and contrast. Patterns should vary in scale and include small, medium to large sized motfis, as well as vary in complexity with some patterns being simple and others being very complex.

Here's my collection for this course:

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DELIVERABLE

When you're ready, begin uploading your process and final pattern collection to the student project gallery. A complete student project should include:

Pattern collection name
A 1 paragraph story about your collection (keep it short & sweet - yet descriptive!)
Names for each of you patterns
Your patterns applied to products or mockups
Final pattern collection containing 6 patterns
*BONUS - include pictures of your portfolio, if it's ready!

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Below are a few of the tools that will be essential or helpful in this course.

Adobe Illustrator
Sketchbook
Pencil and dark black pen
Camera or Smartphone

Not mandatory, but useful tools include:

Scanner
Lightbox
Wacom Tablet

RESOURCES

Explore the attached resources and use them for your convenience and inspiration. Included is a set of pre-made color palettes, my list of favorite industry resources, ebook on how i became a surface pattern designer, a handy keyboard shortcut printable, inspirational desktop backgrounds, my creative story, a few printables and more resources here!

MY LINKS - see you around the web! :)

Website | Blog

Portfolio

Podcast

Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest

Shops: Bonnie Christine | Flowerie

EXAMPLES OF ARTISTS WITH STRONG SIGNATURE STYLES

FAVORITE TOOLS

TRADESHOWS

GET STARTED SHARING YOUR WORK RIGHT AWAY!

Kelin Zhao

designer

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