Designing for Kids: Create Playful Patterns

Overview

“In this lesson, I will show you how to create your hero pattern in Adobe Illustrator, using the "Pattern" tool. You will learn the methods that I use to create interesting and complex patterns more easily. ”

In this video lesson Tati Abaurre addresses the topic: Creating the Hero Pattern in Adobe Illustrator 1, 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

“ Creating the Hero Pattern in Adobe Illustrator In this lesson, we'll be creating the hero pattern repeat in Illustrator using the Pattern tool. Let's dive in. I like to use Illustrator to create my repeats because the Pattern tool makes creating complex patterns so much easier. As you'll see, when we're in the Pattern Preview mode, we can visualize our elements repeating very well and this helps when creating more complex patterns like a half drop or brick repeat. The most recent version of Photoshop also has the Pattern Preview tool. If you have an older version like I do, you have to cr...”

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Course summary for: Designing for Kids: Create Playful Patterns

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (133)
• 5159 students
• 4 units
• 21 lessons (4h 29m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Design, Illustration

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Pattern Design, Product Design, Traditional illustration