Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design

Collection creation: mood board

A course by Marta Afonso , Textile Designer and Illustrator

Textile Designer and Illustrator. Porto, Portugal.
Joined May 2020
100% positive reviews (158)
3,599 students
Audio: Portuguese
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About the video: Collection creation: mood board

Overview

“Here I will explain about the creation of a collection of patterns, their application and theme. With the theme of the final project defined, I will show you how I develop my mood boards on Pinterest.”

In this video lesson Marta Afonso addresses the topic: Collection creation: mood board, which is part of the Domestika online course: Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design. Discover manual stamping techniques that bring fabrics to life and create an original digital collection of patterns.

Partial transcription of the video

“Creating your Collection: Mood Board Now, we'll talk about creating our stamps and defining our collection. We'll make a mood board that will be used for the final project. Why a collection? Usually a pattern collection sells more than an individual pattern, because you can apply it in different ways. A collection are patterns that work well together as a whole. They are connected because of the shape or color they have in common, they have the same base for inspiration. I'll show you a collection I developed inspired by a trip I made to Goa, India. During the trip, I made sketches of incre...”

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Course summary for: Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (158)
  • 3599 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

Marta Afonso

Marta Afonso
A course by Marta Afonso

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Textile Designer and Illustrator

From an early age, Portuguese designer Marta Afonso was inspired by her grandmother's mastery of thread and needle and grew up fascinated by the textile world and its creative possibilities.

In 2015, Marta decided to combine her background in pattern/dressmaking and lino/woodcutting with her professional experience in graphic design to create Atelier Karaka, a studio specializing in manual fabric stamping, pattern design, and illustration.


  • 100% positive reviews (158)
  • 3,599 students
  • 22 lessons (4h 48m)
  • 34 additional resources (9 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Portuguese
  • Portuguese · Spanish · English · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
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Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design. Illustration, and Craft course by Marta Afonso

Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design

A course by Marta Afonso
Textile Designer and Illustrator. Porto, Portugal.
Joined May 2020
  • 100% positive reviews (158)
  • 3,599 students