Melissa Lee

Pattern Collections and Portfolios: Dos, Don'ts, and Myths | Part 1

Thank you so much for your super kind feedback; I'm so glad you found both classes so helpful! &lt;3I think you've done a really great job with this collection! It's a lovely, somewhat minimalist collection. I love your koi fish illustrations! The only possible contrast or color value issue I see is in the origami print. The yellow (and the color of the linework in the yellow birds) may be just a touch too close in value to the light pinkish purple background. You may want to try bumping up the contrast there just a tad, but that also kind of depends on what products you'd like to see it on. I think this would show up just fine on paper products but might not have enough contrast to show up well on fabric/textiles. But that's also something that companies would work with you to perfect.I'd like to see a little more of the repeat of "Origami" because it looks like there might be an apparent grid in the repeat, which is something you'd probably want to tweak a bit. Overall though, I think you've done a great job! Thank you so much for sharing your work!P.S. I apologize for taking so long to comment!

Thank you for your feedback, it's super valuable! I'll go back to Origami... I intended for it not to have a lot of contrast (I was thinking wrapping paper), but you're right about the grid. Thanks again!!

In that case, I think the contrast is working fine. It's not actually difficult visually to differentiate the colors, I just know from my experience that it might not show up well on fabric specifically. :) You're most welcome! &lt;3

Wow!! I finished it, yay!! Thank you SO much for the class, it was SO helpful! I came to this one after doing 'Surface Design In Adobe Illustrator: A Beginner's Guide to Pattern Building', and I learnt so much.
Despite my patterns still needing work, this is my best attempt at putting a collection together in a portfolio-worthy presentation. I'd reaaaally appreciate feedback, as I'm wondering if I could be good enough to sell this kind of thing!
<img srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/80f7a6a5fded2eb6610948bbaae10a82/646f09d0.png 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/80f7a6a5fded2eb6610948bbaae10a82/646f09d0.png 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/80f7a6a5fded2eb6610948bbaae10a82/646f09d0.png" loading="lazy" alt="My First Pattern Collection - image 1 - student project">

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