Designing for Kids: Create Playful Patterns
Sketching Ideas for the Collection
A course by Tati Abaurre , Pattern Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Sketching Ideas for the Collection
Overview
“To conclude this unit, I will show you how to sketch thumbnails of your patterns, thinking about composition for the pattern collection. ”
In this video lesson Tati Abaurre addresses the topic: Sketching Ideas for the Collection, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing for Kids: Create Playful Patterns. Learn to create a collection of whimsical pattern designs for children's clothing and decor, from the initial sketch to the final mock-up.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Sketching Ideas for the Collection In this lesson, we'll be sketching ideas for our collection, thinking about composition, scale, and planning the collection as a whole. As I have mentioned, a pattern design collection is a combination of patterns that are tied together through a common color story, theme, and style. When creating our own collections, it can be helpful to plan and think about the collection as a whole. In this step, we will be thinking about making the collection cohesive in theme, style, and color story. For this, it's helpful to create thumbnails. Thumbnails are small ...”
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Course summary for: Designing for Kids: Create Playful Patterns
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Pattern Design, Product Design, Traditional illustration

Tati Abaurre
A course by Tati Abaurre
Tati Abaurre is a Brazilian pattern designer and illustrator. She fell in love with art from a young age and experimented with sketching, painting, writing, and beyond before going on to study architecture. In search of something that fulfilled her more creatively, she took a course on children’s book illustration and fell in love with the medium. Soon after, she immersed herself in the world of pattern design and illustration, sharing her creations on Instagram and dedicating herself to creating patterns full-time.
Since then, Tati has brought her designs to life in the form of kids’ decor, rugs, art prints, wallpaper, greeting cards, clothing, and beyond. She has also designed patterns for Disney, Lilipinso, Figo Fabrics, Up with paper, YOYO Books, and Stormy Knight. In 2021, she also started her own brand of stationery, "By Tati Abaurre".
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