Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design
Selection and adjustment of scales
A course by Marta Afonso , Textile Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Selection and adjustment of scales
Overview
“In this class, I will choose which patterns will include the collection in order to make it interesting, diverse and versatile. I will also show you how to adjust the scales of the standards.”
In this video lesson Marta Afonso addresses the topic: Selection and adjustment of scales, 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
“Selection and Fixing Scales In this lesson, we'll choose patterns to make our collection, and we'll fix their scales. Let's look at the file that has the patterns and let's select those that work together to create our collection. They all should convey the same theme. Let's go? In this file, I have all the patterns I developed. For each pattern, I have several color palettes, but it's too much for a collection. So, we'll select a few. In the first pattern, I'll choose this one and this one, because I think the third option strays away from the colors we chose. I'll remove this one. Let's j...”
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Course summary for: Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Fashion Design, Pattern Design, Printing, Textile Printing, Traditional illustration

Marta Afonso
A course by Marta Afonso
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.
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