surface pattern design

  • Procreate Time Lapse: Rainbow Leaf Pattern

    Another week, another Procreate time lapse! This week I made a rainbow coloured leafy pattern. Get inspired by this speedy time lapse and take away useful techniques for creating easy patterns using the diamond method. This design took me about 30 minutes to make and I didn’t plan the design before filming. Until I hit […]

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  • How to Use Linear Burn in Procreate + Free Procreate Brush

    Learn how to use the linear burn blend mode in Procreate to add depth and detail to your surface pattern designs and illustrations! This video tutorial will guide you through the entire process, from selecting the blend mode to adjusting the intensity for bringing your illustrations to life. With with step-by-step instructions, you will soon […]

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  • Procreate Time Lapse: Quick Pink Daisy Pattern

    Heyy! 👋🏻 So I decided to start recording myself doing a little bit of drawing every day and share the time lapses here and over on YouTube! I love watching other people draw so I figured you might enjoy watching me too! Today I drew a quick pink daisy pattern. This is how I design […]

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  • May Art Challenge Prompts

    I thought I would also put May’s art challenge prompts here on the blog as well as over on Instagram and my newsletter! Since January this year, I’ve been hosting the #committedtocreate2023 art challenge over on Instagram and it’s been so much fun! It’s hard to pick my favourite part: seeing your lovely artwork, or […]

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  • How to Make a Seamless Gold Texture in Procreate

    I wanted to see if I could make a seamless texture in Procreate because I love using gold textures in my surface pattern designs. But all the ones that I use were made using various different programs on my desktop computer and I wanted to share a tutorial that those of you who only use […]

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  • Surface Pattern Design : A Procreate to Photoshop Workflow

    This is more than just another surface pattern design class about how to make patterns in Procreate. It’s about creating a workflow that will make the most of your time. You can enjoy the creative process and fast forward through some of the more tedious steps. This post contains affiliate links! I’m going to take you through […]

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  • How To Download Better Quality Spoonflower Images

    Do you want to download better quality Spoonflower images without pixelation? Are you looking to make your designs shine on social media? With this hack, you can easily do both. Now you can download bigger, higher-quality images from Spoonflower that are perfect for sharing on your social media accounts. No more pixelation and fuzzy images […]

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  • Fill textured shapes from Procreate using Photoshop with just one button!

    I make almost all of my patterns in Procreate and then put them together in Photoshop. I LOVE using soft textured brushes in Procreate. Cool to draw lines with and get those lovely rough edges, but not so much fun for filling in, right? Because you get those wooly edges that just won’t fill all […]

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  • Speed Up Your Society6 Game

    I am delighted to announce my newest Skillshare class is now live! This is a class that has been on my heart to make for a long time now. I’ve been uploading to Society6 for nearly 5 years now and over that time my workflow has been constantly streamlining and evolving in a way that […]

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  • Quick and Easy Way to Make a Seamless Plaid Pattern in Procreate

    I have been asked a few times how to make a gingham, tartan or plaid pattern in Procreate The answer is normally, that I wouldn’t make these in Procreate, I would use Photoshop, as I think it gives you more flexibility and precision. BUT… I wanted to share a quick and easy way to do […]

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