About This Workshop
About This Workshop
Patterns are exciting, and they’re everywhere! Try your hand at creating your own with three classes offering three different techniques. You’ll begin with analog tools, creating a pattern by hand. Then you’ll explore pattern design on the popular iPad app, Procreate. Finally, combine your analog and digital skills, using Illustrator and Photoshop to create shapes, choose colors, and add natural-looking texture. By the end of the four weeks you’ll have three different techniques for creating beautiful repeat patterns. This workshop is great for all levels, but some basic familiarity with Procreate, Photoshop, and Illustrator will be helpful (you’ll also need access to these tools).
Timeline
- Milestone 1: In Create Handmade Repeat Patterns: Plus Turn Your Art into Wrapping Paper with Juliet Meeks, you’ll learn how to make a repeating watercolor pattern by hand, how to clean up your pattern tile in Photoshop, and how to order digitally-printed wrapping paper of your design. Share your work in the project gallery by August 7th.
- Milestone 2: Next up, in Create a Repeat Pattern on the iPad Using Only Procreate with Peggy Dean, you’ll put down the pens and pick up your iPad. Peggy walks you through creating your pattern in Procreate. Then, you’ll experiment with testing, scaling, and creating 3D mockups. Share your pattern in the project gallery by August 16th.
- Milestone 3: Finally, in Pattern Play: Combining Illustrator and Photoshop with Dylan Mierzwinski, you’ll learn Dylan’s workflow for creating patterns using both popular tools. You’ll build shapes, construct pattern repeats, and play with color palettes in Illustrator. Then, you’ll bring your pattern into Photoshop to add hand-sketched elements, dimension, and texture. Share your final pattern in the project gallery by August 26th.
Classes
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Classes
Projects
Students
Patterns are exciting, and they’re everywhere! Try your hand at creating your own with three classes offering three different techniques. You’ll begin with analog tools, creating a pattern by hand. Then you’ll explore pattern design on the popular iPad app, Procreate. Finally, combine your analog and digital skills, using Illustrator and Photoshop to create shapes, choose colors, and add natural-looking texture. By the end of the four weeks you’ll have three different techniques for creating beautiful repeat patterns. This workshop is great for all levels, but some basic familiarity with Procreate, Photoshop, and Illustrator will be helpful (you’ll also need access to these tools).
Timeline
- Milestone 1: In Create Handmade Repeat Patterns: Plus Turn Your Art into Wrapping Paper with Juliet Meeks, you’ll learn how to make a repeating watercolor pattern by hand, how to clean up your pattern tile in Photoshop, and how to order digitally-printed wrapping paper of your design. Share your work in the project gallery by August 7th.
- Milestone 2: Next up, in Create a Repeat Pattern on the iPad Using Only Procreate with Peggy Dean, you’ll put down the pens and pick up your iPad. Peggy walks you through creating your pattern in Procreate. Then, you’ll experiment with testing, scaling, and creating 3D mockups. Share your pattern in the project gallery by August 16th.
- Milestone 3: Finally, in Pattern Play: Combining Illustrator and Photoshop with Dylan Mierzwinski, you’ll learn Dylan’s workflow for creating patterns using both popular tools. You’ll build shapes, construct pattern repeats, and play with color palettes in Illustrator. Then, you’ll bring your pattern into Photoshop to add hand-sketched elements, dimension, and texture. Share your final pattern in the project gallery by August 26th.
