Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design

Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design

“I hope you have learned a lot and feel inspired by this course. Domestika's invitation to develop it was for me the recognition of several years of work and persistence in the area of manual fabric printing. I tried to pass on all the knowledge that I gained with the successful experiences and those that went less well. Now it's your turn to venture into manual fabric printing autonomously. I leave you here some parts of my process in the development of my project: My mood board In addition to helping you in the creative process, defining the story behind the collection will make it stronger. Tools like Pinterest are great for adding and organizing inspiration.

Sketch your ideas and adapt them to the creation of stamps In order to design a design for a stamp, we must take into account some concerns. And one of them is that the drawing must be adapted so that it works in a figure-ground logic taking into account the type of material where we are going to record. Manually record stamps on the material of your choice We got to the part that requires more patience. Engraving a stamp by hand is an activity that takes practice, but it can become quite relaxing and meditative. woven by hand with your stamps This is where all the magic happens. Each print is a surprise, we never know exactly what texture it will have. Through some techniques we can achieve different standards with a single stamp! Scans the print on paper and treats it in Photoshop Stamps can be used on fabric or paper. Starting from its printing on paper, it scans and cleans in order to preserve the stamp texture. Different patterns created in Illustrator and prepared in Photoshop. Taking advantage of the pattern tool in Illustrator, you will create different patterns in a simple and fun way. Prepare the "Rapports" and work on the color in Photoshop "Rapport" is the area that when repeated gives rise to the pattern. You will define yours for each pattern and work within it taking care of the details and color. Choose the patterns that make up the collection and set the scales Select some patterns that work well together and form a versatile collection at the same time. Print each pattern to the actual size and, if necessary, adjust the scale by changing the size of the "Rapport". Simulates patterns in mock-ups With the defined collection, you can simulate your application in the pillow mock-ups that I share with you or carry out your own mock-up. I hope that you have received the foundations to, from now on, venture out to create your own products with patterns printed by hand or digitally printed. I look forward to seeing the results of your final projects on the forum! Don't forget to also post your comments and questions in the forum so that we can all learn together. A hug full of creativity! Marta ”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final Project Dear student, we've reached the end of our course. Thank you for having followed these videos. I hope you learned and were inspired to create your own patterns and stamps. Before I say good-bye, let's review some tips so you don't forget them when developing your final project. We saw it's important to define a theme and gather images for inspiration on your mood board. This is an important stage in which we should spend some time, because it's the foundation for all our project. When sketching your ideas, follow your personal style, but don't forget that block printing has it...”

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Course summary for: Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (161)
• 3700 students
• 5 units
• 22 lessons (4h 48m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Fashion Design, Pattern Design, Printing, Textile Printing, Traditional illustration