Designing Patterns That Work: Creating Motifs for Products | Learn with Spoonflower

Make a full motif inspired by your favorite city with designer and pattern-maker Samarra Khaja!

Join Samarra in this fun, energetic class to learn the ins and outs of creating an effective motif. From the importance of a hero image to creating a pattern with different components, Samarra shares her process for building a collection and using Spoonflower to bring her creations to life as fabric, tote bags, pillows, and more. You’ll learn how to:

• Create a complex motif with hero and supporting images
• Design a repeat pattern with varying components
• Optimize components of your motif for a variety of products

Whether you’re a pattern-maker or designer looking to explore your style or are just looking to create a souvenir set inspired by your city, this easygoing approach to pattern and motif design will give you the skill set to create items that are fun and functional.

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• Introduction
• Making a Motif
• Drawing Your Motif Theme
• Designing Your Pattern
• Building Your Pattern in Illustrator
• Motif Pattern into Product: Fabric
• Motif Pattern into Product: Stuffy
• Motif Pattern into Product: Tote Bag
• Your Cohesive Motif
• What's Next?