Pattern Design For Painters (A Photoshop Class for Traditional Artists)

Get your art ready to go on products! Using Photoshop, learn to use your traditional art (paintings, drawings etc) to create pattern repeats while maintaining the hand done charm of your work.

Working knowledge of Photoshop is a plus but not 100% necessary. I will cover scanning and some photoshop basics.

What will you learn:

• Photoshop Basics

• My Favorite Tools for creating patterns in Photoshop

• How to remove backgrounds from your scanned art

• How to create pattern repeats (half drop and overlapping half drop)

• How to change the colors of your original design, reduce for screen printing and create multiple color ways.

• Preview - Pattern Design for Painters
• Welcome! What will you learn and need?
• Photoshop Basics
• My Fav Photoshop Tools
• Scanning 101
• Removing Backgrounds to Prep Your Art: Lasso and Magic Wand
• Removing Backgrounds: Pen Tool
• Removing Backgrounds: Freeform Pen Tool
• Creating Dynamic Motifs with Multiple Pieces of Art
• Creating a Simple Half Drop Repeat
• Creating an Overlapping Half Drop Repeat
• Creating Multiple Colorways by Indexing
• Conclusion - Bonus: About Pantone Colors