I know this is late. My bad. But, if you read my last post you’ll know why.
I am still navigating through the maze of surface pattern design and figuring out where I fit in. I have a few patterns at some POD (Print On Demand) sites. I love seeing my patterns on physical items – pillows, rugs, phone cases, etc. I have a feeling I’ll end up leaning towards more paper type products over time. But we’ll see. I’m still trying to figure out what I’m best at and what my strengths are.
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Along with Skillshare I signed up for three months at Textile Design Lab through Pattern Observer. They offer courses on learning the ins and outs of surface design. There’s a great class on Photoshop and I’m learning a few things I didn’t know. They also have courses on Illustrator, so I’m hoping to squeeze those in before my trial is up.
For one of the classes, I decided to create a pattern for Valentines Day. I created the motifs, which are pretty much like elements in the scrapbook world. Sort of lol. I created them on my iPad Pro in the Procreate app, then created the pattern in Photoshop. I decided to turn them into a paper pack, adding some basic, traditional patterns to round out the pack. These papers do not have any texture to them.
I *hope* to begin adding pics of my process to give you some behind the scenes look at how things come into being. Once I get working, I’m terrible at remember to take pictures! Sometimes things start out as doodles in my sketch pad, others I just start creating right in whatever app I’m using on my iPad.
That’s about it for now! Check out “Lovebirds” – I have more views of the papers in my stores.
As always, thanks for visiting!
-Lisa
Get them in my Etsy shop: “Lovebirds” Digital Paper Pack
In my Creative Market shop here.
In my Design Bundles shop here.
At The Hungry JPEG shop here.
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