Repeat Patterns in Photoshop: Incorporating Sketches into Digital Design

Learn how to create fun conversational repeating patterns in Adobe Photoshop and incorporate hand sketches into digital design. 

Conversational patterns are packed with personality and they can be used to illustrate the things we love. They are a wonderful way to get started in the world of surface pattern design and can incorporate all sorts of drawing styles, from the most polished to the most sketchy ones!

By the end of this class you will be able to create designs packed with personality which sell well commercially and can be applied to a vast number of products. 

It can take years to discover these methods and you will learn them all in this class. Whether you want to advance your career or simply create something for pleasure, the skill of combining hand drawn elements with Adobe Photoshop will open up a whole new world of possibilities for you! 

The skill of incorporating sketches into digital design can be extended beyond repeating patterns and the skills that you will gain in this class can be applied to all sorts of illustration and creative projects. 

If you have a basic understanding of Adobe Photoshop, this class will be easier to follow but If you’re a total beginner this class is still for you. I believe that anyone can be a great designer and I will guide you, step by step and show you all my Photoshop tips and tricks so that you can design like a pro in no time! 

In this class we will cover:

• Creativity and brainstorming methods to get inspired
• Things to have in mind when sketching the assets that will form the base of your pattern
• How to digitize hand scanned elements to be used in Photoshop
• We’ll create color palettes and I’ll show you various tools that will help us get out of our color comfort zone. 
• How to add color to your sketches and drawings. This is very useful as it is not only applicable to creating conversational patterns but for any type of black and white illustrations. 
• The fundamentals of pattern theory. I’m a big believer that having a solid foundation is important for your growth as a designer. 
• My methodology  for creating the repetition on each side of the canvas and you’ll have the chance to practice the fundamentals whilst creating simple patterns. Simple patterns can be a great compliment for when designing collections and if you use different assets to cover the different exercises, you’ll have a mini collection of 6 when finishing the “Practicing the fundamentals lesson”. 
• Once we create our patterns we’ll explore different colorways. This will help you reach a wider audience when commercializing them. 
• Finally, I will show you how to visualize your pattern in different products to add to your portfolio or how you can easily sell them directly on print on demand websites. 

• Introduction
• Your Project
• Tools and Materials
• Brainstorming Ideas
• Creating a Moodboard
• Sketching Your Assets
• Inking Your Assets
• Digitizing Your Assets
• Shortcuts, Shortcuts!
• Isolating Your Assets
• Color Palette
• Coloring Your Assets
• Assets into Different Layers
• Pattern Fundamentals
• Practicing the Fundamentals
• Creating a Structured Pattern
• Creating an Organic Pattern
• Colors into Different Layers
• Exploring Colorways
• Exporting Your Pattern
• Your Patterns Everywhere!
• Building a Library
• Final Thoughts