Designing for Kids: Create Playful Patterns
Thinking Outside the Box
A course by Tati Abaurre , Pattern Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Thinking Outside the Box
Overview
“In this lesson, I will encourage you to think outside the box and create collections that can be applied to a variety of kids' products.”
In this video lesson Tati Abaurre addresses the topic: Thinking Outside the Box, 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
“ Thinking Outside the Box In this lesson, we'll go through some creative ideas of where you can apply your patterns and illustrations to encourage you to expand your collections, so they can be applied to a variety of kids' products. There are many interesting products you can create artwork for that go beyond fabric and wallpaper. It can be helpful that while you design your collections, you brainstorm new ideas of where to place your patterns and illustrations. Designing with specific things in mind and thinking of products you'd like to see your patterns on can be a nice way of pushing ...”
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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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