Learn Surface Pattern Design
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Learn how to save time uploading to Society6 with this free taster lesson from my Skillshare class “Speed up Your Society6 Game.” https://youtu.be/FBkrPU3MMWE Sometimes it feels like it takes forever to upload surface patterns to print on demand sites like society6! For me and many other surface pattern designers like you, it’s probably our least favourite part […]
Learn how to save time with social media templates in this free lesson from one of my Skillshare classes! Tired of scrambling to create Instagram posts at the last minute? Wasting time finding and reopening old files to make images to share on social media? Wish you could easily apply your branding to all your Instagram posts […]
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Learn how to make seamless background textures for your surface pattern designs! I love to use texture on my motifs and it really makes a pattern look pulled together if the background has some texture in it too. It’s easy to forget that this also needs to be perfectly seamless, but it’s easier than you […]
I get asked a lot about what size canvas to use for print on demand in Procreate. So I thought I’d go through a few of the sizes I use and the reasons I choose them. With Procreate, we’re using pixel based art so it’s important to work in the biggest size you need. You […]
Watch me make a pretty pink and coral floral surface pattern design in Procreate! Get inspired by this speedy time lapse and take away useful techniques for quickly creating easy patterns using the diamond repeat method. In real time this design took me about an hour and twenty minutes and I didn’t plan it out […]
Watch me make a wavy psychedelic surface pattern design in Procreate! I didn’t plan this in advance and it took me a few minutes of dithering to figure out what I wanted to do! This week’s pattern took me about 16 mins from start to finish.
May was a month of summer seaside patterns and illustrations. I’m lucky enough to live fairly close to the coast; just a short 40 min drive away and it is a big source of inspiration for me. I love to explore rock pools (with or without my little boy!) and collect shells and fossils along […]
Ok, so I am way behind in posting these, but, you know, life etc. I think I did even share this one on my old website, so technically not as behind as I thought I was 😉 Anyway, the theme for this month was “April showers, spring flowers, Easter, dogs and daisies!” Not exactly a […]
For this month I was feeling inspired by March hares, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Velveteen Rabbit. I went with a fresh spring blue palette and a folk-art floral feel.
