Let’s make a Seamless Diamond Repeat Pattern in Procreate!
If you’re ready to speed up your surface pattern design skills, learning how to create a diamond repeat pattern in Procreate is a game changer! This method gives your designs a beautiful rhythm and flow, and it’s easier than you might think—especially when you use the Pattern Maker Canvas and Brush Set from my Etsy shop!
In this full step-by-step video tutorial, I’ll walk you through everything you need to know to create your own seamless diamond repeat pattern. You’ll learn how to sketch your motifs in the central diamond zone, duplicate them into all four corners with perfect alignment, and bring your pattern to life with colour, texture, and shading!
✨ Why Use the Diamond Repeat?
The diamond method is a clever twist on the traditional square repeat. By rotating the tile 45 degrees, you get more dynamic results and a lovely offset effect, similar to a half-drop. The Pattern Maker Canvas is set up to make this process simple and visual with built-in guides. Plus, you can sketch directly onto the diamond area, refine your layout, and build your motifs with intention—rather than guessing where everything will end up!
🛠 What You’ll Learn in the Tutorial
In the video tutorial I’ll guide you through:
- How to use the Pattern Maker Canvas effectively
- The basics of diamond repeats and how they work
- Setting up your sketch and duplicating it accurately
- Using blend modes to shade your motifs with 50% grey
- customising the subtle seamless texture overlays
- Testing your repeat with perfect alignment
You’ll end up with a fully repeatable tile that looks fantastic!
🎥 Video: How to Make a Seamless Diamond Repeat Pattern in Procreate
💌 Freebies and Discounts
Don’t forget—if you’re a Pattern Maker’s Toolkit member, you’ll get 10% off everything in my Etsy store, including the Pattern Maker Canvas. You’ll also receive free Procreate brushes, palettes, templates, and drawing prompts delivered straight to your inbox each month!
Take your surface pattern designs to the next level
Discover the fun and non-destructive* way to make patterns in Procreate with the Pattern Maker Canvas and brush sets from my Etsy store. Designed for Procreate, these tools make it easy to build seamless repeats, add beautiful texture, and bring your floral and geometric motifs to life with ease. Pattern Maker’s Toolkit members also enjoy a 10% discount.
*non-dectructive
In digital art, non-destructive editing means
making changes to your artwork without permanently altering the original pixel data, allowing you to undo, modify, or remove edits at any time, preserving quality and flexibility through techniques like layers, masks, and adjustment layers. It’s like editing on transparent sheets stacked on your original, so you can always see or change what’s underneath.
✨ Join The Pattern Maker’s Toolkit
If you’re using the Pattern Maker Canvas (or thinking about it!), then The Pattern Maker’s Toolkit is designed to support you beyond the tools — with inspiration, encouragement, and practical resources you can actually use.
The Toolkit is a free email newsletter (only ever one email per month and that’s a promise!!), and it’s the only place where I share exclusive resources and behind-the-scenes extras throughout the year.
As a member, you’ll get:
- 🎁 Exclusive Toolkit freebies – Including the monthly stamp brush sets created to follow along with my cosy colouring time-lapse videos — available only via the newsletter.
- 🧰 Access to the growing Resource Library – Packed with Procreate brushes, colour palettes, templates, mockups, and pattern-making tools to support your workflow.
- 🛍 Toolkit-only perks – Including a discount on everything in my Etsy store, from the Pattern Maker Canvas to floral templates and textures plus monthly colour palettes and brushes.
- 🎬 Early peeks & newsletter-first content – Including selected YouTube tutorials, projects, and announcements shared with Toolkit members before they go public.
- 🌱 Creative reset moments – Gentle reminders, mindset shifts, and permission to slow down — because sustainable creativity matters.
- 🎨 Community highlights – I regularly feature patterns and work shared by Toolkit members in the YouTube community area, celebrating your progress and creativity.
No subscriptions. No pressure.
Just a friendly email, creative encouragement, and tools to help you keep showing up for your pattern practice in 2026!
If you enjoyed making this pattern in Procreate, don’t forget to like and subscribe over on YouTube for more tips and tricks every week.
Have fun, stay creative and I will see you soon!
If you enjoyed making this seamless diamond repeat pattern in Procreate, don’t forget to like and subscribe over on YouTube for more tips and tricks every week.
Have fun, stay creative and I will see you soon!