Creative Pattern Development
A course by Mónica Muñoz Hernández , Textile and Surface Pattern Designer
Joined July 2006
Discover a variety of techniques for developing your own patterns and prints for packaging
Joined July 2006
In this online course, Mónica Muñoz teaches you how to transform your watercolor, marker, or crayon illustrations into patterns that can be applied to a wide variety of surfaces.
What will you learn in this online course?
13 lessons & 7 downloads
- 98% positive reviews (683)
- 10,648 students
- 13 lessons (2h 18m)
- 7 additional resources (5 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, German, English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Who is this online course for?
Graphic designers, illustrators, fashion designers, and anyone who wants to turn their illustrations into a pattern for any medium.
Requirements and materials
An intermediate level in Photoshop is required for this course. You also need a computer, a scanner, and drawing or painting materials such as watercolors, crayons, or markers, and suitable paper for each material.
Reviews
Mónica Muñoz Hernández
A course by Mónica Muñoz Hernández
Monica is a fine arts graduate who entered the world of textile design in part due to a personal passion for the craft and partly by chance. She’s worked as a graphic designer creating store products for well-known museums and as art director at Fun&Basics. She currently has her own design studio and works on a freelance basis for brands such as Zara, Zara Home, Introphia, Urban Outfitters, Sainsbury's, and Häagen-Dazs.
She splits her time between commissions for brands and working on Moniquilla, her own brand and online store where she designs and produces printed accessories and special limited edition pieces.
Content
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U1
Hello! I'm Moniquilla
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Introduction
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Searching Inspiration 1: The Moodboard
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Looking for Inspiration 2: Interesting references
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U2
With what drawing and what drawing?
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Materials
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Drawings and scribbles
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U3
Scan, clean and change color
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Cleaning 1
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Cleaning 2
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Colour
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U4
From paper to screen
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Composition
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Rapport 1
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Raport 2
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The reason
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Mockup
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FP
Final project
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Reasons to repeat. Make a pattern for a packaging
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Certificates
PlusIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
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Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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Watch professionally produced courses
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to combine traditional techniques like watercolor, markers, and wax crayons with digital processes in Photoshop to create patterns, clean up illustrations, adjust colors, and develop repeating motifs for packaging and surface design.
Yes, the course is designed for those with basic drawing or design knowledge who want to deepen their skills in mixed techniques and digital workflows to create print-ready patterns and illustrations.
Basic Photoshop knowledge is recommended since the course covers specific functions like cleanup, composition, and pattern creation. Still, all key steps are explained clearly, step by step.
You’ll need watercolors, markers, Manley wax crayons, special paper for watercolor and markers, pencils, a scanner, and a computer with Photoshop installed.
You’ll learn to blend colors directly on paper with watercolors, layer tones with markers, and combine techniques to achieve bright, natural effects in botanical illustration.
The course teaches digital cleanup techniques like removing blemishes, adjusting color levels, fixing edges, cleaning white backgrounds, and using tools like the clone stamp to perfect scanned illustrations.
You’ll learn how to select, duplicate, and transform elements, use the Offset filter, and check pattern repeats to create a seamless digital tile ready for print or packaging.
excelente
curso muito bom!!!!!!!
Bonito, sencillo y claro. Muy fácil de seguir y relajante.
Muy relajante, bien para un nivel inicial de encuentro con estas técnicas para pintar.
Un curso muy completo. Muy bien explicado. Me està encantando!!!