One of my favorite programs to work on the go with is Affinity Designer on my iPad. The program is a powerhouse of an app that works wonders for those of us who create surface pattern designs.. Affinity Designer is a dream to work in and if you haven’t heard, there was an update and Serif officially released version 2 of all three apps on the desktop and iPad. This month, in this class we will be exploring the updated Affinity Designer version 2 on the iPad, it’s interface and I will be sharing some of my tips and tricks that I find make the design process more streamlined. We will also explore ways to create different templates that will work for different pattern types to help elevate your skills on more complex pattern types such as: rectangle half drop, diamond and stripes.
Hello everyone, welcome to my latest class. If this is your first class with me, welcome! I am Jen Veguilla-Lezan and I’ll be the one guiding you through this creative course. I’m a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and educator based out of the midwest and I run Bella + Sophia Creative studio. If you want to learn more about me, you can find me online at:http://www.bellasophiacreative.com. You can also check out my YouTube channel: The Creative studio where you will get a behind the scenes view of the work I do as a creative freelancer and find a huge library of free tutorials catered to those of you interested in graphic design, programs like Affinity and procreate as well as art and illustration.
If this is your first foray into my classes relating to surface pattern design or your first time building patterns on the iPad, I highly suggest you check out some of my previous surface pattern design classes. I have a variety of beginner and more complex classes within my course library that walk you through surface pattern design and building repeats on the iPad. If you are interested in using traditional mediums in surface pattern design, check out my most recent class: Surface Pattern Design: Digitize Traditional Artwork in Affinity Photo V2. In today’s class, though — we will take the basic design process a little further and explore 3 complex pattern repeats – a half drop repeat, a diamond repeat and stripes.
Expanding on the types of patterns you can create helps to add visual interest to your patterns. Choosing the right pattern repeat for your design will depend on what sort of look and feel you are after. But, the wonderful thing is you can keep experimenting with your repeat layouts until you get the result that you are after.
