Adobe Illustrator for Surface Pattern Design

Adobe Illustrator is one of the most popular design application that is used in the Surface Pattern Design industry. Creating repeat patterns in Illustrator is pretty easy but designing a seamless repeat pattern that is aesthetically pleasing and saleable at the same time is what we need to focus on, and upgrading our technical skills is one of the most important steps towards it.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

In this class I will take you through the different steps in the Pattern design process:

• Finding Inspiration and Choosing a theme
• Creating the Moodboard and Color palette 
• Sketching Ideas using Traditional and Digital mediums 
• Drawing and Digitising Motifs
• Creating a Repeat pattern using the Manual way
• Creating a Repeat pattern using the Pattern Option Tool
• Editing, Resizing, Saving and Exporting a Pattern as Swatch and Tile 
• Working with Colors in Illustartor
• Creating Multiple Color variations with Recolor Artwork Tool
• Generative Recolor 
• Designing Professional Mock ups using Adobe Photoshop and Photopea