Mastering Repeat Patterns on Procreate : The Diamond Technique

1. Introduction: Welcome to Mastering repeat patterns on Procreate using the Diamond technique, where you will learn how to create seamless repeating patterns which almost give the illusion of a half drop repeat. Hi, everyone. I'm with your commoron and I'm excited to be your instructor for this class. I am an illustrator, surface pattern designer, art educator from India. I create most of my designs using Procreate, which has become my go to tool for almost all of my creative projects. Designs have found their way on variety of products like sketchbooks, notebooks, rugs, calendars, throws, and so on. I have always been passionate about translating my patterns into functional beautiful pieces that people can use in their everyday lives. In this class, we will be focusing on using the diamond technique, which is one of the most versatile techniques for adding a dynamic flowing feel to your patterns. By the end of this class, you will be able to create your own seamless repeat pattern using Procreate tools to your advantage. Ensure your designs seamlessly repeat across any surface. Export your patterns for use in various projects, whether for print or digital applications. Whether you are a seasoned artist or just a beginner, this class is completely tailored for you. So grab your iPad and let's get started on creating beautiful patterns. 2. Class Project: For the class project, we will be creating a colorful, seamless repeating pattern using the diamond technique. All the resources that you will need for this class can be found under the projects and resources section. Make sure to download all the resources to your iPad before you get started with the session. I'll see you in the next lesson. 3. Materials: Before we begin with the class, make sure that you have the Procreate app installed onto your iPad. You will also need a stylus, ideally the Apple pencil for precision. Don't worry if you're new to drawing on Procreate. I'll be taking you step by step, starting with setting up your canvas to adding finishing touches to your artwork. I'll see you in the next lesson. 4. Canvas setup: Once you're inside the Procreate app, the next step is to set the canvas. To do so, click on this plus icon that you see at the upper right corner. And then click on the new Canvas icon. This is where you will be entering your dimension for the sake of this class, and since it's going to be a square shaped pattern, we will be entering the dimension, 3,000 pixels by 3,000 pixels, which roughly translates to ten by ten inch. If you're planning to enter a higher dimension, you can do so as well. The max would be 12 by 12 inch. So based on the iPad version that you have, you can enter these values. Now, once I did enter my width and height, you would have noticed that the maximum layers, the limit that it has set for me is actually 55. Now, if I change the width and height over here, say I'm going to go and choose something like 3,500 pixels by 3,500 pixels. Now you see the maximum layer limit is actually 39, whereas earlier it was 55. Now, this might differ from iPad to iPad. So mine is a 2017 model. So it allows only max like 55 layers when I set my dimensions to 3,000 by 3,000 pixel. But this might differ in your case, if you are having a higher end iPad. Now, I'll just set it back to 3,000. And I'm going to retain the DPI as 300, since most of our patterns are mainly created with the idea that it's going to be printed later on, it's better or say it's safe to have the DPI set at 300 or higher, but never less than 300. Next, I'm just going to tab on this color profile, and under RGB, I'm going to be choosing Display P three. Now, for print purposes, we usually go with CM K. But since I'm using Procreate on iPad and display P three is only available for Procreate, it also gives me this advantage where it reflects the true colors. So whatever colors that I am using on my artwork, it is going to be reflect the same on my printed artwork. So can't say it's going to be 100% true, but more or less the same, so it's easy to match the colors. So whatever I see on the screen is what it is going to get printed, right? So on some of your iPads, this might be named as unnamed profile, or it might be as Display P three. So if you don't see this, probably you need to update your Procreate app, but mostly you'll be able to see it in the newer version. Right? So for that very reason, I'll be using GV, that is the display P three profile, color profile, but it's not a compulsion. You can also go ahead with your CMYK profile as well. The only difference is I feel like on the screen, display P three colors look very saturated and bright, whereas CMYK looks a little dark, right? So once we have set our color profile, I'm not going to go ahead and, you know, make any changes to the rest of the settings over here. All you have to do is hit create. And once you do that, you see that a new canvas appears on the screen. So that's it. You're done with the canvas settings. I'll see you in the next class. 5. Diamond Template: Now that we have set up our canvas, the next step is to add the template. Templates are a great way to make sure that your pattern elements are lined up perfectly. It also speeds up the process and gives you a clear framework to work with. They also help you maintain consistency throughout the design, ensuring that the spacing, rhythm and flow remain balanced. This means that your final pattern will look more polished and refined. I have already added a diamond template to the class resources. You can download it and bring it into your Procreate app. But for the sake of this class, I'm also going to show you how to create your own template. So the next step is to click on this wrench tool over here and then hit on Canvas and make sure that the drawing guide is turned on. And once you do this, you'll see that the guide appears on your Canvas. The next step is to click on Edit Drawing Guide. And inside this, you're going to hit on symmetry and then hit on options and make sure that it is on quadrant. And also make sure that the assisted drawing is turned on. Once you're done with all of these settings, just click on done and hit again done. Next step is to choose a color of your choice. I'm going to go ahead with black. So all you have to do is double click on that color wheel and it will make sure that you're choosing the perfect black color. And then next, click on the brush tool over here, and you can choose any brush that you like. So I'm going to go ahead with this six B pencil that you see under the sketching. So with that selected and inside my layers panel over here, just making sure that the assisted is turned on, I'm just going to go ahead and draw a diagonal line on any one of these quadrants. So you are just going to draw a diagonal line in one of the quadrats and it's just going to mirror on the rest. Okay. I'm going to start from here. So make sure. I'm just going to zoom in a little bit. And I'm going to start from this very edge where the line actually meets. And I'm going to also make sure that it also meets at this point. Okay. So with that, sort it. So we're going to draw a line now from here. And it doesn't have to be perfect. Even if it's a little bit jat, that's okay. But keep drawing. And once you reach this point, just keep holding the pencil and you would see that it sort of makes your line appear super straight. At this point, if you want to make any changes, you can also do it, but I'm going to just keep dragging it, and now I'm going to leave it. So now you have something like this. And just to make sure that we have done it perfectly zoom in and make sure that it is actually crossing not crossing, but it's touching over these areas and also over here. At this template, it doesn't have to be perfect, but it has to make but you have to make sure that you know it is crossing the line that you have drawn is crossing outside the canvas so that it's touching at this point. That is the lines are meeting each other at this point. Okay. And you're going to hit on this move tool, that is the selection tool as well. And once I do so you can see that the selection is happening throughout the canvas. So that is what I need as well. So anytime I select this template, it has to select. That is the selection has to appear throughout the canvas. Okay. So now, since that has been sorted, that's it. So we are done with setting up our own diamond template. I'll see you in the next list. If you have downloaded the template, then I'm going to show you how to put it into your procrete. So again, click on this wrench to, and now click on Add over here and click on InsetaPhoto. Now, what this does is it takes you to your gallery, and from there, you can select the template. Once you do, it gets imported into your canvas. In case if you feel like there is any sort of difficulty where it is not getting selected throughout the canvas, then just hit on with the move tool selected, just hit on fit to Canvas, and it will make sure that the diamond template is fit to the canvas and the selection is happening throughout the canvas. That's it. We are good to go. 6. Sketching: Now that we have set up our diamond template, the next step is to start sketching our pattern elements. Click on this layers panel menu over here. And you would see that the layer where we have the diamond template is named as inserted image. Now, if you had bought in the diamond template from the resources file, then it's going to be showing but it's going to show as inserted image, whereas if you had created your own template, then it's going to be showing as layer one. Whatever it is, the next step is to reduce the opacity of that particular layer. So we're going to click this end over here and here, you see that there's something called opacity. So we're just going to reduce that so you don't have to reduce it completely because if you do so then it'll just disappear. So we're going to set it somewhere like 35 now, this completely depends upon your choice. So it's about the visibility. So if you're happy and you can see the lines, but it shouldn't be extremely dark because we are going to draw on top of it. So this line that we see here might actually create a sort of visual clutter, so we don't want that, and that's why we are reducing the opacity of that particular lay. So I might want to reduce it even more, maybe let's try 15. Yes, that should work. And once you have reduced the opacity, the next step is to swipe towards your left, and you see these options appear. Now, I'm just going to click on Lock, which means I have locked this particular layer. And now if I try to draw on this particular layer, it'll not let me draw on it because we have locked it. The reason why I'm doing this is because anyways, I'll be creating a new layer and drawing on top of it. But while doing so when I am doing so, there might be instances where I might end up clicking this particular diamond template layer and end up drawing on it. I don't want that to happen, and that's why to be on the safer side, I'm just going to make sure that this template layer is locked. If you feel like this is a little bit confusing, you can rename the layer. So I'm just going to go again and unlock it. So you can again swipe towards your left and unlock this layer and that lock icon is gone now. Now, click on the thumbnail that you see here and hit on Rename. Once you do so, you see it gives you the option to actually rename your layer. So I'm just going to go ahead and rename it as time and template or you can just name it as STEM. So now that I have renamed it. Now I can go ahead and lock it. So swipe towards your left, hit on lock. And now you see that the lock icon appears over here, right? So this means that this layer has been locked. Next, I'm going to go ahead and create a new layer. So to do that, just hit on the Splis icon over here, and you see that a new layer appears on top of this diamond template layer. Now, this is going to be my sketch layer. So I'm just going to go ahead and click on the thumbnail again and hit on Rename and rename it as sketch. Now, before we start sketching, I just wanted to show you how the template works. So I'm just going to pick my six B pencil over here and show you that. So anything that you draw on these lines, so say I'm going to draw a flower over here, it means that I don't have to draw anything again on this area because when we are putting this template in a repeat, this particular flower that you see over here is going to get repeated over here. Okay. So anything that you draw on this diagonal line will get repeated over here. Save anything that you draw on this side of this line, it's going to get repeated over here. So say, for instance, if I'm drawing a leaf over here, I don't have to draw the leaf again. Rather, when we are putting this in a repeat tile, this leaf will get replicated over here. So right now, I'm just drawing and showing it to you, but you don't have to draw. So when we are drawing our final pattern or sketching a final pattern, once you draw any element over here, you have to be aware that whatever you draw over here or over here, it's going to get repeated over here. So I like in this example, since I have drawn a flower over here, I'll not be drawing any other element over here because if I do so, then this flower will overlap on that particular element that I had drawn. Right? So this is how your diamond template is going to work. Just be aware that anything that you draw on one of these lines over here is going to get replicated over here, and anything you draw over here is going to get replicated over here. Right? So now I'm going to go back into my layers panel over here, and I just want to remove all these elements that I have drawn here. So instead of deleting everything, I'm just going to undo. So to do that, just take your two fingers and tap on your screen. And you see it just undos everything and you can use three fingers and tap on your screen, and it redos everything. Right? So two fingers tap Undo. Three fingers stab. Read. I'm going to undo everything that I have right now on this layer. So just two fingers. So now my sketch layer is clear, and now we can start with the sketching. So again, for the sketching, I'm going into my brush library over here, and I'm choosing this six B pencil because I feel like it sort of gives me this nice pencil like texture. So I'm using it, but you can go ahead and use any brush which you feel comfortable using. Since this is just a sketching and we will be coloring on top of it, it necessarily doesn't have to be texture like a pencil texture is fine, but nothing fancy. You to be on the safer side, you can either choose a sketching brush like six B or HB pencil, or you can also go into this calligraphy and you can choose monoline as well. So this sort of gives you a very solid line, and it doesn't have any texture as well. So this is something that I'll be using while coloring, but you can also use the same for sketching. Now going back into my brush library and clicking on sketching and choosing the six B pencil. Now, again, I'm going ahead with the black color over here. So if you want to choose the black color, just double click on the black and you'll have your black color, right? So on the sketch you selected, I'm going to start drawing my pattern elements. So I'm not drawing the idea behind this pattern element is basically I want to draw just a few flowers and leaves. Nothing very fancy or complicated. We're going to keep it very simple. Okay. So I'm not going to go ahead and draw the petals right away. Rather just to understand the spacing, I'm going to go ahead with a simple circle for the floral part at this point. Once I'm happy with the placement is when I will start drawing the petals. Until then, it's just going to be a circle. And again, this circle doesn't have to be perfect because flowers like in nature, when you see a flower, it is not perfectly, like, you know, built into a circle. The petals aren't perfectly aligned, but there are also flowers where you see this perfection, and then there are also flowers where you see this imperfection. In my art style, I usually prefer to have that imperfection incorporated. So I'm not worried or concerned about the circle being perfect. So now I'm just going to go ahead and draw the circle and add a stem portion to it, and then couple of leaves. Now, if you remember earlier, I told you that anything you draw on this diagonal line, it's going to repeat itself in the pattern over here, right? So when I'm sketching, I am not going to draw anything over here again. I'm going to leave this space empty. Okay? The same applies on the side as well. So now I'm just going to draw another flower on this side. Now, also remember that there is no limit as to you should only draw within this diagonal line. You can also draw outside. You sketch can go outside that diagonal line. And when it comes to the center, you don't have to worry too much. You can place your elements as you like. It's just when it comes to the side that is the side of the diamond template, is that you should be aware that whatever you draw on this side, it's going to get repeated here, and whatever you draw here is going to get repeated over here. So I also feel like I might want to move this a little towards the top. So I'm just going to go ahead and choose this selection tool and making sure that it is right now on free hand, and I'm just going to draw around it, and then hit this move tool and just slightly move it to the top. And I'm going to repeat the same for this element that is here that I'm drawing around. Hit the transform tool and just move it. The idea is that you have to make sure that there is also a little negative spaces between your elements so that there is a breathing space there and they don't look too much of, like, you know, visually cluttered. I might also want to add a few elements over here, but I also have to be aware that when this repeats here, how much space is left here. So this is the time where you take a break and take a break with the sketching and go into your layers panel over here, right? And sort of create duplicate versions of the particular layer that we have right now and see, let's say, test if this pattern is going to work out, right? So before we do that, I also want to make sure that I mark the corners so that I am not ending up with any snapping error. So on your sketch layer, just make a little mark at the very corner over here. Over here over here and one more over here. And now when I select this particular layer, you see the selection happens throughout the canvas. Now go into your layers menu, and you're going to create duplicates of this particular layer. So I'm going to duplicate it four times, so hit on duplicate. Then again, duplicate. Right, so we have four duplicated version and the original sketch. Now, I'm going to go ahead and rename this last layer as original sketch. So just go ahead and click on thumbnail and hit on Rename and just rename it as OG sketch. So we have the original, and then we have two duplicated versions of the same sketch, right? So now the next step is to move each of these layers to the quadrant. So let's start with the first one over here. I'm going to turn off the other layers, including the OJ sketch layer. Right now, we only have the first layer, that is the first sketch layer turned on, and the diamond template turned off. Now, click on the first sketch layer and then hit on the move tool or the transform tool over here, and then click on this snapping option and make sure that the magnetics and snapping is turned on and the distance and velocity is at max. Okay. And now hit on the transform tool again. Now again, click on the transform tool, and this time, we are going to move this particular layer to the top half of our canvas. So we're just going to move it to the top half and make sure that it snaps at the center, both vertically and horizontally. Well. Now we're going to move it to the left. So we're going to repeat the same with the rest of the layers. I'll turn on the second layer, click on it, hit the transform or the move tool, move it to the upper half of the canvas, and now move it to the right. I'm going to select the third layer, hit on the transform tool. Now, this time, we are going to move it to the lower half of the canvas and move it to the left. Select the transform tool. Move it to the lower half of the canvas. And now towards the right. Don't worry about this little X symbol over here. You can erase it later on. But now you can see that the element, which is repeating on this side is quite evident. Now go back into your layers panel and make sure to turn on the OG sketch. So now you get an idea. So you see that whatever you draw on this particular line is getting repeated over here. And the same whatever we have drawn on this particular tiinal line is getting repeated on this side. Now, it also gives you an idea as to how much of a space you have left for the other elements that you are planning to add on. Right? So now the next step is to merge all these four layers together. So we're going to keep the OG sketch as it is, and we're just going to use the pinching method. That is, we are going to pinch all these four sketch layers together and make them as a single layer. Now, all of these are a part of a single layer. So if I turn it off, you can see that all the other parts of that layer is turned off. I turn on. They appear. So what you sketching? Like, what we are planning to sketch the other elements, we'll be sketching it only on the OG sketch layer. So this sketch layer on the top is just for rn. We get it. The same time if you find this little X to be disturbing, just click on the sketch layer, go to the erase tool over here and just erase the top. Okay. So now make sure that you are on the OG sketch layer. Okay. And if you feel like you might accidentally end up drawing on the sketch layer, you can swipe towards your left and hit Lock. So that way, you'll not be drawing on the sketch layer, and you'll be one D drawing on the OG sketch layer. So now I'm going to choose my brush. And again, with 60 pencils selected, I'm just going to fill the rest of the areas. So while you're sketching, it's better to turn off the magnetics and snapping. And one day, when you are actually moving your elements to the quadrants, you can turn it off. So for the time being, I'm just going to turn it off. So I'm going to go ahead and test this again. So go into your layers panel. And this time, I'm just going to delet the sketch layer. I don't want it because I'm going to again, create a new version of that. So just swipe towards your left, unlock it, and then you can just hit on Det. So whatever we have drawn is right now already on the OG sketch layer. So again, we are going to duplicate this particular OG sketch layer four times. So swipe towards your left and hit on duplicate. Four times. So again, we have five layers in total, and we have four duplicated version and then the original sketch version. Right? So again, this is confusing for you, you can go ahead and rename it. For now, I'm just going to keep it as it is. So I'm just going to keep the first layer turned on, and I'm going to turn off the other layers. So at this point, again, the first layer layer that is on the top is turned on and the diamond template is turned on. Now hit on the move tool. Make sure that the snapping is turned on. And then we're going to move this to the upper half of the canvas and then to the left. Next turn on the second layer, click on it, hit on the transform tool or move tool and drag it to the upper half of the quadrant, the canvas and move it to the right. So repeat the same. But this time, we're moving this particular layer to the lower half of the canvas and move it to the for the last layer, drag it to the lower half and move it to the right. Now you can turn on your last layer. And now this again, gives you an idea with the placing of the elements, right? So again, I'm going to go ahead and merge all these top four layers, pinch and merge, and now you can rename this as just sketch layer. So you have your sketch, and then you have your original sketch. So go to your sketch layer. Take the eraser to, and you can just erase off this cross mark. And from time to time, also make sure to turn off the diamond template and check if you're happy with the presing of the elements and, like, you know, you want to add or remove anything. Now I'm going to go ahead and turn it on again. And I sort of feel like, um, there can be made certain changes or certain elements can be added over here as well so that, you know, these big negative spaces can be eliminated. So I'm just going to go ahead and do that. But whatever sorry, whatever you're drawing, make sure you're drawing on the OG sketch layer. So just go ahead, swipe and lock this one and click on the OG sketch, and you can start drawing again. I think I'm quite happy with the placement. So there's still room for improvement. But I like where this is going right now. Again, I'm going to recheck if everything is okay because I placed these dots again. I just want to check if they are repeating properly. Again, go into your layers panel over here and unlock this layer and delete it. So you want to again create duplicate copies of this original layer four duplicate copies. So you have four layers and the original sketch, so we want to repeat the same process. Now, just turn on the original sketch layer and merge the rest. Erase that cross. I'm going to turn off the template layer just to see how it is going. I think it looks okay, except for the fact that these two dots over here look a little awkward. So I probably need to do something about that. But other than that, I think it looks great. And yes, there's always going to be a point where you want to keep on working on this particular pattern, and, you know, you keep working until you feel you're satisfied with it. And for me, this happens very late because it's really hard for you to satisfy yourself when it comes to, you know, um, art, right? So keep working on it, and this is the process that you keep repeating. So if you add an element or you're deleting an element just to see if the placement is working or not, you're going to create duplicate copies of that layer, and then you're going to place it in different quadrants and check it out. So this is a process that we're going to keep repeating again and again. And once you're quite happy with it is when we are going to put an end to it. So right now, I feel that these two dots are looking a little awkward, so I have to do something about it. So I'm just going to quickly change. Second a lock can rename this layer. It's confusing. The lock it and work on OG sketch. So I'm gonna just quickly check if that is working. I want to dele it unlock, Del it and I'm going to repeat the entire process again. So, yes, I'm kind of happy with how it looks now. And yes, like I said, if you still feel like you want to work with it, go ahead and work with it. But I'm going to stop here and I'm done with the sketching part. So the next part is to start coloring. I'll see you in the next lesson. 7. Colouring: Once you're done with the sketching, the next part is to start coloring your pattern. Now, we're going to click on the color palette. And once you do so, you would see that this is how it's going to look, and probably you'll not have anything over here. It might be a little empty. So don't worry too much about this area for now. So we're going to go and click on the palettes, and then we're going to click on Plus over here and new from five. And then hit on Reasons. And if you have downloaded the color palette that was attached to the resources section, then you would be able to see that particular swatch file over here in your file section. So just on it. And once you do so, you would see that particular color palette is imported inside your Propriate. So make sure that particular color palette is selected, and if you have selected it, you would see this tiny blue color tick mark over here, which indicates that that palette is currently active. So now go back to your disk and you would see that particular palette appears over here. Now, inside your layers panel, we are going to sort of remove this sketch layer. We don't need it anymore. So you can either turn it off or you can delete it. That's up to you. So I'm just going to delete it because I don't need it anymore. Okay, so we just have the OG sketch layer and our diamond template ly. Okay. So now I'm going to go ahead and reduce the opacity of this OG sketch layer. So I'll click on that end and reduce the opacity a little bit. So I think 35 or somewhere 36 should be enough. I'm also going to lock this particular layer. So swipe towards your left and hit on lock. Now, both the layers are locked, and I'm going to create a new layer over here. And this is where I'm going to start coloring the elements. Now for the brush, I'm going to go ahead and choose the Caligraphy underbrush library and choose Monoline brush. So inside your layers panel, make sure that anyway that you have now both the layers locked, it'll be obviously on the new layer that you have if you want to rename it, you can rename it. So what I'm going to do here is for each element, I'm going to create a new layer. So say, for example, if I'm going to draw the flower portion of this particular element over here, then all the flowers, that is the petals and all those things are going to be in a single layer. And then I'm going to create a new layer, and then I'm going to draw the leaves. So for each new element, I'm going to be creating a new layer. So I'm going to go into the color palette now. And I'm going to choose this nice pink color that you have a darker version and a lighter version, so I'm going to go ahead with this bright pink over here. And I'm going to start. So my idea is basically to keep the element very simple, so I'm not going with anything fancy. I still feel that the sketch layer is a little bit dark, so I'm going to go into the layers panel and unlock it and reduce the opacity a little bit more and lock it up. So your flower that you have drawn doesn't necessarily have to be very perfect. So don't worry too much about making it perfect. Once I'm done with the whole outline, I'm just going to drag this and drop into it. I'm going to repeat the same for every other circle that I have created over here. Next, I'm going to create a new layer and I'm going to draw these tiny flowers over her. I'm using the same color. But I'm just changing the shape of the flower. Again, create a new layer, and now I'm going to choose this green color over here, which is a lighter shade, and I'm going to draw the leaf. Now, since this layer that I am currently drawing on is at the top, it's interfering with this floral portion. So I'm just going to clay below the floral layer. So all the way to the last. So at this point, you can either drag and drop the como or you can hit on continue filling and you can just next, I'm creating a new layer. And using the same color, I'm adding the leaves for this particular flow. You can also draw it in the same layer like the previous one, but I usually prefer to have it in a separate layer so that maybe in future, if I just want to make any changes or add anything extra, I can do that without having to worry about, you know, it interfering with the leaves that are on the previous layer. Again, I'm going to create a new layer and I'm going to choose this dark green color, reduce the brush size a little. And again, create a new layer. I'm going to use the same color, and this time I'm going to change the brush. I'm going to go into the inking and go with this dry ink brush. So now I'm gonna go ahead into the layers panel and turn off the sketch and also the diamond template layer and see if it's working out. They looks fine. So next turn them back on. And I'm going to add the center part of the flower. We'll go into the layer spanner, and I think this is the layer. Probably this is the layer. So I'm going to create a new layer about this particular layer that is the flower layer that we have here. Layer three. I'm going to create just click on layer three and hit on this plus sign. So it's going to create a new layer above it. Now, to this layer, just click on the thumb layer. And you can add clipping mask if you want, because adding clipping mask sort of helps you to contain whatever you draw within that floral element. So, for example, if there's anything that I want to add as a detail, I'm going to go ahead and probably choose this darker pink. And if I try to add some sort of petals into it, maybe I think I should choose some other colors. Sorry. Be a dark color. This is just to show you an example, so don't worry too much about it. So once I've added clipping mask to the new layer, you see, even if I start drawing from the outside, it doesn't show that part. It only shows whatever I'm drawing inside or on that particular flower. Click on the thumbnail and hit on this clipping mask. You see that so I go back and turn on the clipping mask, it sort of clips it to the shape of the flower. So I get the freedom to work within the flover so that none of my lines are going out, even though I have drawn them from the outside. Right? So for now, I'm not going to do anything with these kind of lines. I'm just going to quickly hit on Telit, again create a new layer and just add the center part. Now, for this, I'm going to use the blending more to my advantage. So I'm going to click on the same color that is the base color, so you can choose it from here, or you can just click and hold and you can choose the color. Now go to your layers panel, and on layer nine, that is the newly created layer. Click on this, and you see right now it's at normal. So now I'm going to change that to multiply. So as you drag it down, you'll be able to see this multiply option at the top. So just hit on that and with the same dry ink brush selected, can just draw. And you see it sort of gives a different color. This is a fun way to actually add a new color into your color palette without actually selecting a new color, right? And whatever color it sort of creates is also incohesive with this entire color palette that we already have. So I'm just going to color inside this because sometimes when I drag and drop, it'll not work. So since this brush also has a nice texture to it, it's better to start coloring inside instead of flag drop. I'm gonna repeat the same for every other flower. So going to go back and click on this. So now you see since we have chosen the multiply mode, it shows M instead of N. So click on that M, and you can experiment with different blending modes. Each these blending modes have something to offer. Some might not work, some might work. So just lay around with it and see which particular effect do you like. So I'm just going to go back with multiply. I think color burn also looks great. I think I'll stick with color burn. So once I do that, you see here, it changes to CB. No, I'm sorry. Okay, so now we are done with that particular flower. The next step is to go ahead into your layers panel and create a new layer about the layer four, that is about this particular floral layer and repeat the same. So click on N, hit on Color Burn. And the same color selected. Going back into the layer nine because I feel like this is slightly moved. We're gonna select it? I'm gonna turn off the snapping for now and just align it. So at this point, you can turn off the sketch layer. You don't need it anymore. So now I'm going to go to the leaves layer that is layer five over here. So if this is confusing, you can always rename your layers. I'm going to go ahead with a layer five, that is where my these huge leaves are. And I'm going to create a new layer above it. And this time, I'm going to also use the same multiply mode and use the same base color and with the dry ink brush selective. Just go to draw these veins. Just dry ink brush works based on the pressure that you apply. So if you apply less pressure, then the line that you get is thin. And if you apply more pressure, then the line that you get is slightly thicker. So if you want to add similar kind of lines to these leaves over here as well, you can do it. I'm just going to leave it as it is. So the next step is I also want to add some nice texture to these leaves and those floral elements that we have here. So I'm going to use the clipping mask to my advantage. So we're going to go into our layers panel over here and click on this layer four. So this is probably the tiny flour that we have that kind of layer. And just click on new layers or new layer gets created above it, and then hit on clipping mask. Now, this clipping mask works onely for the layer that is immediately below it. So it will only get applied to this layer four over here. It will not get applied to layer nine or whatever that is below it. I only get applied to Layer four. So if you want to make or apply clipping mask to this layer nine, then you have to again, create a new layer and apply clipping right now, I just want it to be applied to layer four. So I'm creating a new layer above it and hitting on the thumbnail and making sure that the clipping mask is turned on. Now, inside the brush settings, I'm going to go into the materials, and I'm going to choose this noise brush. So you only have one noise brush. I kind of have two. They're the same, but just slight settings have been changed. So I'm just going to give it a try. So I'm going to select the same color, same technique, click on, change it to multiply more. Increase the brush size a little. And you see, once I do, it sort of adds a nice texture to it. So now you can see the difference between this particular flower and this over here. So earlier, our flowers look very flat. The elements look very flat, but now that we have added a little bit of texture to it, it sort of gives us a nice depth. Now, this is not necessarily that you should use only noise brush. You can also experiment with different kinds of texture brush and tries. By create a new layer about this layer three. Hit on clipping mask and turn the blending mode to multiply and repeat this. So I'm choosing the same day's color. I'm going very lively with the pressure. I'm going to go back into the layers panel, and I feel like right now at this point, this color burn that we had added previously looks a little bit too bright. So I think I probably just want to go back with multiply and see how it looks. No, I think I'll stick with color burn, but I also find it to be very, very dark. So I'm just going to reduce the opacity a little bit. I'm also going to reduce the opacity of the texture that we added. So it is this particular layer. And we're going to reduce the opacity a little bit, not too much because then you will not be able to see the texture at all. So somewhere like 85 should be okay. And same for this flour also, the texture portion. So I'm also going to go ahead and add the texture for the leaves as well. So just click on that layer, create a new layer about it, hit on the thumbnail, clipping mask, and change the blending mode to multiply. Choose the base. Choose the base color. You can add the texture. I'm going to repeat the same for these leaves as well. So go to your layers panel, choose that layer, create a new layer above it, it on clipping mask, and multiply move. Choose the base color. So I'm gonna go ahead and turn off the diamond template just to see how it looks overall. I think that's good. Maybe I just have to reduce the opacity of the texture for the leaves. So just reduce it. Just like how we did for the flowers. So I like the way how it looks now, and we're almost done with the coloring pat. The next step is to put this into a key pad. I'll see you in the next lesson. 8. Repeat Pattern: Now that we are done with the coloring of our elements, the next step is to test them into a repeat pattern. So now go into your layers panel. Once you're inside your layers panel, you're going to choose all these layers. So to do that, you're just going to click on layer ten over here, and you're going to swipe towards the right on all the other layers to make multiple selection. So we're just going to select all the layers on which we have colored. We are going to leave the sketch and the diamond template as it is. And once you have selected all the layers, you're going to click on group. So once you have clicked on Group, I show you that now all these layers are a part of new group, you can close it and expand. Now, inside this new group, just click on the topmost layer. So for me, it is layer ten, and I'm going to create a new layer and just use any bresh and we're going to mark the corners. Next go into your layers panel, and now just close that new group, and we're going to duplicate it. So just swipe towards your left, hit on duplicate. Now, we cannot make multiple copies of the same group because there are a lot of layers included in it. So we're going to retain the new group that is the original group as it is. So to avoid confusion, I'm going to rename this group into OG group. And this new group, I'm going to click on the thumbnail over here and hit on flat. So now we have merged all those layers that were part of the group. So we have the original group, and then the duplicate of the group has been flattened. Now we are going to duplicate this three times. So we have four layers and the original group layer. And we are going to repeat the same. We are going to drag each of these layers to the top half and the bottom half respectively. So I'm going to turn off all the layers except for the one that is on the top. And I'm just going to turn on the diamond template just for our reference. Click on the top layer, hit the Woolf tool, make sure that the snapping is turned on and just drag it to the top half. Snap and move to the left. Now select the second layer. Move it to the top half and towards the right. Next layer to the lower half and towards the left. And the last one again to the lower half of the canvas and to the right. And then you can turn on the original group layer. That's now you have your repeating pattern type. Now you can again merge all these four layers on the top and use the eraser tool and erase of this mark. And you can also turn off the diamond dim. So now we have our repeating tile, but the next step is to test it to see if it's repeating seamless fum less. So I'm going to go ahead into the layers panel and into this Pj group, I'm going to turn off this tip, layer 70, which is actually the layer where we sort of put down and you get this marked the corners. Click on I'm just going to turn that off and then hit on pick. We're going to use our three fingers, swipe down. Copy all, and then again, three fingers swipe down paste. Now, what this does is it sort of creates an image version of whatever was there on the canvas. So now we are going to duplicate this inserted image three times. In total, you're going to have four of those images. Now I'm going to turn off the layer five and also the OG group. And we're going to select all of these inserted images, select all the four. Hit on the transform tool and then hit on this tiny blue dot. Here, I'm going to enter half of 3,000. That is 1,500. Sorry. Thousand 500 pixels. Now when I do so, you see that the image sort of moved to the very first quadrant. So half? So I accidentally turned off the drawing diet. I'm just going to turn it on. Yeah, so now you can see that it has perfectly so all the port snapped to the very first quadrant. Go back to your layers menu. You can select any one of these images, hit on the move tool, and now just drag it to each of these quadrants. And now go into the wrench tool and turn off the drawing guide. So now you have your own seamlessly repeating pattern using the dim in technique. Now here, as you zoom in, you should not be able to see any lines, white lines. If you see that, it means that there has been a snapping error. So when you actually tried to move these images to the quadrant, probably they didn't intersect in those yellow lines, and there was a slight snapping error here and there. So that might have happened, and hence you see that white line. You might have to rework on the snapping part again. So this might also happen when you are also creating your pattern that is sketching your pattern. So that's why it's very important to make sure that you are snapping perfectly and exactly at the point where you vertically and horizontally b yellow lights. So that's it. I'll see you in the next lesson. 9. Final Thoughts: Congrats on completing this class and creating your own seamless repeating pattern. If you enjoy this class, don't forget to leave a review and share your class project. Feel free to drop your queries under the discussion section, or you can connect with me on Instagram at the wishing Ink. Thank you for taking this class. I'll see you in the next class.