Designing for Kids: Create Playful Patterns
Coloring the Elements 2
A course by Tati Abaurre , Pattern Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Coloring the Elements 2
Overview
“Now that I have the base of my drawings ready with all the details I envisaged, I will show you how to incorporate texture and highlights. ”
In this video lesson Tati Abaurre addresses the topic: Coloring the Elements 2, 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
“ Coloring the Elements Now that we've colored our base and added some details, I'll show you how to add texture and highlight to your drawings. What I'll do right now is hide the color for now and I'll hide the layer that had our drawing and then just have our elements. I'll hide the background layer as well. You can see there's a bit of a mistake here. I'll erase that in a second. Now you can see that there's no background. We'll take our three fingers and select everything. Copy All and then I'll paste. I'll paste my elements and put them on top. I'll group the other elements from our ba...”
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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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