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1. Intro: Are you ready to get creative
crafting diamond patterns? In this class, we will create three seamless
diamond pattern styles. They can be used for all
kinds of lovely projects. So grab your iPad, get cozy, and let's
get creating together.
2. Class Download: I'm going to quickly
show you how to download the color
palette for the class. And something important to know is that you
will need to be on a web browser and not the Skillshare app
to access the downloads. I'll be using Google Chrome. So right below this video, you will see some tabs. We will go to the Projects
and Resources tab. Scroll down and you will
see Download resources. Tap on the color
palette swatch file. Now, you'll see this little
menu come on at the bottom, tap on Download, then open
in and select Procreate. And it will automatically
import your color palette to the Procreate Now, it usually places the
palette at the very bottom, so we can just scroll
to the bottom, hold on the palette, and scroll all the way up to bring
it to the very top. Now that we have our palette, we are ready to begin class.
3. Classic Diamond Pattern: Before we begin the class, I would like to show you some examples of what we will create. So I've created three examples of what we will
make in the class. We will start off with a two tone diamond pattern
just like this. Then I will show you how to
create a three tone pattern, kind of like a gingham style. And then finally, we will create a multicolor
diamond pattern. So to start off, we will create a canvas that is 12 " by 12 ". So we will just
make sure we are on inches and that our DPI is at 300 and our color
profile will be at RGB. And now we can tap on Create. So we'll start off with
our background layer. So we'll make sure we're on
a brand new empty layer. And I have created a color
palette for the class. You can use that and
follow along with me, or you can use whatever
color you like. So I'll start off
with this light green color as our background, and I'm just going to drag and drop the color in
to fill the canvas. Now I'll create a brand
new layer above that, and this will be our diamonds. So we will grab the
darker green color, and we'll do the
exact same thing. We will just drag
and drop the color. So I'm going to make sure I'm on that dark green color layer. And I'm just going
to tap right here on this little arrow icon. And right here, I
am going to tap on Rotate 45 and then
fit to Canvas. And now we can deselect it. So to begin the process of
creating the diamond pattern, we want to add some guides so we know where everything
will snap into place. So I will tap on my
little wrench icon. I will make sure I am on Canvas, and I will select
drawing guides. Now I'll tap on Edit
drawing guides, and we can go into our
symmetry options and make sure it is quadrant
because we want it to be divided into
four equal squares. Now we can click on DE. So what we want is
to get this square into each one of
the four spaces. We're going to duplicate
this four times. We have our original. We're going to
duplicate that one. I'm always going to duplicate my original one so
it doesn't start losing the quality
of the square. I will duplicate it again
and then one last time till I have four
diamond square shapes. I will turn these off and I will start with
the bottom one. I'm going to select it, and now I will
make sure to place it right into this square. So we will make
sure our snapping and magnetics are turned on. That will make it snap right in the middle and be perfectly placed in
this first quadrant. So I can just grab
this little node and drag it all the way to
it snaps right in place. And you will see these
yellow cross hairs come on. That means it is
perfectly placed. Now we can deselect it. And we will do that to
each one of our diamonds. So we got that one. We
can go to our next one and we will turn that
one on select it, and this time we will place
it in this upper corner. So I'll drag it till
it snaps, Deselect. We'll do our next one
exactly the same. And finally, our last
diamond. And deselect it. And that is the
pattern right there. So now we can test it and
make sure that it looks good, and then we can play
around with the color. So with three fingers,
I will swipe down. I will tap on copy all three fingers
swipe down and paste. So it has merged everything into one layer so I can test it. So now I can just scale it
to each one of the corners. I will duplicate it
and slide it over, and this is where you can
see and make sure it is repeating seamlessly and
that everything looks good. We can turn off
our guides to get a closer look and
that looks perfect. As you can see, all
the diamonds are hitting just perfectly.
Nothing's overlapping. I don't see any hairlines. This pattern is ready to go
and it is a seamless pattern. I'm just going to pinch
these test layers so they are in one unit. And as you can see,
I did not merge down my diamonds because this is the part we can then
play with the color. So we want to keep those all
on their own separate layer. So that is how you do
a diamond pattern. In the next lesson, I
will show you how to create a two color A.
This is a two color. I will show you how to create a three color diamond pattern, and then we will create a
multi colour diamond pattern.
4. Gingham Diamond Pattern: In this next lesson, I will show you how to
create this diagonal, a diamond style pattern
in a twoton it almost looks like it's a gingham
pattern, but diagonal. So we will go to our
original master file, and I always like
to duplicate it in case I don't like something or I can come back to it later. So we will swipe left
and tap on duplicate. So now I will go into that new file and here
is our test pattern. I'm going to just
delete that so we can avoid any confusion. And this is why we left all our diamonds
individual because now it will be easy to
change out the color. So I'm going to make sure that
all of my diamonds are on Alpha lock so I can easily
drag and drop the color. You can either do that
by tapping on the layer and tapping on Alpha lock
or with two fingers, you can just swipe right. And it will turn
Alpha lock on. Okay. So we're going to start with our background color.
That's this color. And we're going to
use this beautiful almost fall palette
for this next project. So I'll get my lightest color, and I will just drag and drop it into the background layer. Now, we're going to do
a little moving around, but we're going to start
as this with our base. So I'm going to make
sure each one of these is going to be
this medium color, like a burnt orange. So I can tap on it
and tap the layer, or I can just drag and drop
the color in if I want. Okay. Now, to get that really
cool gingham woven effect, I am going to duplicate
one of my diamonds, and we're going to make
sure we place it on each one of these four corners. We're not going to
fill these edges, have them on these corners. So we'll start off by
turning our drawing guides on and I'm going to grab my
bottom original diamond, and I'm going to just
duplicate that one. And now I will select it, and it's this one right here, and I want to make sure it
is perfectly in the middle. So I will just slide
it over till it hits the middle and
then slide it down. And you'll see
these yellow lines will come on when it's
right in the center. Now I can deselect it. You can't see it right now,
but we are going to fill that with this
dark orange color. So I can just drag and drop
the color in to fill it. Now, we're going to be moving this diamond to
these four corners. I'm going to duplicate that four times. There's
our first one. I will duplicate it once, back to my original, and I will duplicate it again, and then one last time
and I will duplicate it. So now we can start with our bottom one, and
I will select it. And we're going to bring it all the way up till the middle of the diamond snaps
right up into place, and it will snap perfectly. So we will just slide
it up till it snaps. And as you can see, these
yellow lines turn on, and it is right in the
middle of our diamond, so we can deselect it. We're going to do that again
with our next diamond. This is why it's very
important to have snapping at magnetics on because it will
snap directly into place. We'll go all the way down
to our little nodes, which indicate the center
of the diamond snap right into place and
we can deselect it. Now we're going to do
that for our two sides. We'll grab our diamond
and slide it over. Deselect it on our last one
slide it over, till it snaps. And now we can pinch all
our little pieces together. As you can see, it's
the top and the sides. Now we can test our pattern
and see if it looks how we like it and if everything
is lining up perfectly. I'll make sure I'm
on my top layer. The fingers swipe down, copy all, three fingers
swipe down and paste. Now we can just slide it
into the four quadrants, duplicate it and just slide it over till I fill the canvas. That looks really good. I
want to make it just a little smaller so I can make sure everything is
exactly how I want. I will pinch my test layers. I'll select the whole
thing. Slide it over. I'm going to duplicate it, slide it over until I
fill the entire canvas. Now I can turn off
my guides to make sure that everything lines
up perfectly, I can zoom in. I'm not seeing any hairlines or any weird overlapping diamonds. That is how you create a two tone diagonal
diamond pattern, and I think it's so beautiful. We can pinch these
and keep that on its own layer and play around
with the different colors. It's really fun when you
start mixing and matching different shades and
tones for your patterns. So in our final lesson, I will show you how to do a
multicolor diamond pattern.
5. Multicolor Diamond Pattern: So in this final lesson, I will show you how to create a multicolor almost
checkerboard style pattern. So again, we're going to go to our original file and I
will just duplicate that, and we will be working on
our new duplicated file. So I will go to my
layers, and again, I will just delete my test
pattern from earlier, and I'm going to
turn on Alpha lock for each one of my diamonds. So we'll start off with
our background color, and we'll go to our palettes, and we'll use this final
palette right here. It's a really fun kind
of circus style palette. So I'll grab my lightest color, and I will make sure I am
on my background color, and I will just drag
and drop the color in. Now, each one of these squares will be one of the
different colors. So we can just start
with the blue, and I'm going to identify which one of my diamonds,
so it's this one. And I can just tap
on fill layer. And then we will
grab our next color, this darker burnt orange color. And again, I'm going to identify
I want to fill this one. So it's this one. I can just either fill layer or
drag and drop the color. Now I want to color in this one. I'll grab my next color, this green color, make sure
I'm on the right diamond, fill layer, and
finally, this one, I will make sure I'm
on the right layer, grab my yellow color and
you can alternate these. I'm thinking I want to
put the green one here and put the yellow
one over here. I can easily switch that out. I'll go to my green layer
and fill it and I'll turn this on this yellow one
into the green one. You can just play around with where you like the
colors to touch each other. Now we can test it. That is our repeating pattern. Again, we will make sure we're
on our layer at the top, three fingers swipe down, copy all and paste. I'm going to turn on
my drawing guides just to make sure
everything snaps into place and fill my canvas. I'm going to make it
just a bit smaller, so I'll pinch all my layers and just do the
exact same thing. I like a good, big view so I can make sure everything is
lining up perfectly, and I can see how my colors
would look on a big swatch. And now I can turn off my guides and check and make
sure everything lines up perfect and we don't have any hairlines and
that looks great. So that, my friends, is
how you create a two tone, a three tone gingham style, and a checkerboard multicolor
style diamond pattern. I can't wait to see
what you will create.
6. Thank You: Thank you so much for
joining the class. I can't wait to see all your beautiful
diamond pattern projects. You can post your
process and projects in the project gallery
right below this video. If you have any
questions at all, please don't hesitate to ask. You can start a new post
in the Discussions tab, also located right
below this video. And if you have a minute, I'd very much appreciate if
you left me a sweet review. It really helps me
out a whole bunch. Thanks again and I'll
see you next time.
Sarah Raquel, Artist & Designer
