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
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 (677)
- 10,441 students
- 13 lessons (2h 18m)
- 7 additional resources (5 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- 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.
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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
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Get front-row seats
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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
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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b_krmen
The units 3 and 4 are dedicated to how you translate/ work the design into Photoshop - a new skill to learn.
elenacilento
Excelente curso y muy efectivo. La Profesora Mónica transmite de forma muy clara cada parte del proceso. Me encantó y lo recomiendo.
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patriciarte
É um bom curso para quem está a iniciar nesta área de design de padrões. Achei pouco aprofundado, mas recomendo para quem está começando achei que podia haver mais apresentação de prática.
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constarias
Me gusta mucho cómo lo explica, lo que muestra, la flexibilidad en su enfoque, la explicación de las técnicas, tengo prisa de pasar a la siguiente unidad y ver como funciona la parte numérica !!
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camino_lebrato
Me ha encantado!
y me gusta mucho la manera de enseñar de Mónica
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