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MY PATTERN
PROCESS
@ 2014 ELIZABETH OLWEN FOR SKILLSHARE. FOR STUDENTS OF ELIZABETH’S SKILLSHARE CLASS ONLY — NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
I BEGIN BY DRAWING ON PAPER… I DRAW INDIVIDUAL
MOTIFS, FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING A GROUP OF
ELEMENTS THAT GO TOGETHER AS A GROUP, WITH
THE INTENTION OF ASSEMBLING MY PATTERN ON MY
COMPUTER.
WHEN I’M HAPPY WITH THE MOTIFS, THEN I NEED TO MAKE
MY DRAWINGS DIGITAL/VECTOR SO I MOVE TO A DIGITAL
FORMAT. I LIKE TO TAKE A PHOTO OF MY DRAWINGS,
IMPORT INTO MY IPAD APP (INKPAD) AND REDRAW THEM.
ALTERNATELY, YOU CAN DRAW THEM DIRECTLY ONTO
YOUR COMPUTER WITH A TABLET. OR WHATEVER WORKS
FOR YOU.
THEN I IMPORT ALL OF THE DRAWINGS INTO ILLUSTRATOR.
I USUALLY PULL UP ALL THE ELEMENTS I’M CONSIDERING
WORKING WITH ONTO A 1000PX X 1000PX PAGE IN
ILLUSTRATOR, JUST PLACING THEM IN THE PASTEBOARD
AREA.
I LIKE TO SORT OF NEUTRALIZE THE COLOUR PALETTE
AND MAKE EVERYTHING FAIRLY NEUTRAL FOR THIS
PART OF THE PROCESS SO I’M NOT DISTRACTED BY THE
PALETTE AND FOCUS ON THE ELEMENTS (THE ‘BONES’
OF THE PATTERN).
I BEGIN BY PULLING SOME OF MY FAVOURITE/HERO
ELEMENTS INTO THE CENTRE OF THE PAGE AND PLACING
THEM HARMONIOUSLY. I LET MY EYES & GUT GUIDE ME.
IF SHAPES LOOK LIKE THEY MIGHT FIT OR PLAY NICELY
TOGETHER, I JUST TRY IT OUT. THIS IS JUST TRIAL AND
ERROR AND PLAYFUL EXPERIMENTATION.
KEEP FILLING THE SPACE UNTIL MOST OF IT IS FILLED UP
WITH ELEMENTS, ROTATING, RESIZING AND RECOLOURING
AS YOU GO UNTIL THINGS START TO FEEL RIGHT. FOCUS
ON THE CENTRE OF THE ARTBOARD AND DON’T WORRY
ABOUT THE BORDERS QUITE YET.
NEXT UP: THE REPEAT. FIRST, PLACE SOME ELEMENTS
ALONG THE TOP BORDER.
SELECT THOSE ELEMENTS, COPY & PASTE THEM IN PLACE,
GROUP THEM. USING YOUR X/Y COORDINATES, MOVE
THE GROUP DOWN 10 INCHES. NOTE ANY CONFLICTS/
OVERLAPS AND ADJUST.
DO THE SAME FOR THE LEFT/RIGHT SIDES.
REMEMBER,
WHATEVER EXISTS ON THE TOP EDGE, MUST EXIST ON
THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND WHATEVER EXISTS ON THE LEFT
EDGE, MUST EXIST ON THE RIGHT.
‘MASSAGE’ THINGS INTO
PLACE, ADJUSTING SCALE, PLACEMENT, ROTATION, ETC TO
GET THINGS WORKING HARMONIOUSLY.
NOW IT’S TIME TO TEST IT OUT. CREATE A MASK FOR
PATTERN TO HIDE ELEMENTS OUTSIDE OF YOUR
ARTBOARD. IT SHOULD BE SIZED AT EXACTLY 1000PX
X 1000PX AND SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE 0/0 X/Y
COORDINATES. (AS IN, EXACTLY ON TOP OF YOUR
DUPLICATE IT A FEW TIMES TO THE RIGHT…
AND DUPLICATE A FEW TIMES DOWN…
HOW DOES IT LOOK? IF YOU NOTICE ANY WEIRD GAPS
OR VISUAL CONFLICTS, OR IF YOU’RE EYE IS GETTING
CAUGHT UP ON SOME UNCOMFORTABLE AREAS,
DELETE THE DUPLICATED BLOCKS AND READJUST THE
MAIN BLOCK TILL YOU ARE HAPPY. REMEMBER TO ONLY
ADJUST THE ORIGINAL BLOCK.
ONCE YOU’RE HAPPY WITH THE PATTERN BLOCK, YOU’LL
WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU PRESERVE THAT ARTWORK ON
ITS OWN LAYER. LABEL THIS LAYER AS ‘ORIGINAL ART’ AND
DUPLICATE THE LAYER. NAME THE DUPLICATED LAYER
‘MERGED ART’.
ON THE MERGED LAYER, SELECT ALL OF YOUR ARTWORK
AND OUTLINE ALL VECTOR LINES AND EXPAND ALL
APPEARANCES. WE ARE ESSENTIALLY FLATTENING THE
ARTWORK. RELEASE THE LAYER MASK.
SELECT THE LAYER MASK AND CHANGE IT TO A RANDOM
COLOUR. ANY COLOUR IS FINE, PROVIDED IT’S NOT A
COLOUR IN YOUR FINAL COLOUR PALETTE.
DRAW ANOTHER LARGER BOX (BIGGER THAN ALL
ARTWORK ON THE PAGE) IN ANOTHER COLOUR AND
SEND IT TO THE BACK.
SELECT BOTH BOXES AND NAVIGATE TO THE PATHFINDER
MENU. SELECT ‘MINUS FRONT’.
SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS. YOU HAVE ESSENTIALLY CREATED
A FRAME/MAT FOR THE ARTWORK WHICH HIDES ALL OF
THE ARTWORK BEYOND THE BORDERS OF YOUR PATTERN
BLOCK.
SELECT ALL THE ARTWORK, AND THEN SELECT ‘MERGE’
FROM THE PATHFINDER WINDOW.
DELETE THE FRAME AND YOU’RE LEFT WITH YOUR FINAL
PATTERN BLOCK! ALL OF THE ARTWORK BEYOND THE
EDGES SHOULD NO LONGER EXIST. AT THIS POINT I WOULD
TWEAK MY COLOUR PALETTE AND SETTLE ON A FINAL
PALETTE YOU’RE HAPPY WITH.
DRAG THIS PATTERN BLOCK INTO YOUR SWATCHES
PALETTE.
CREATE A NEW LAYER AND CALL IT ‘REPEAT’
IN THIS LAYER, CREATE A NEW RECTANGLE SHAPE AND
FILL IT WITH THE SWATCH YOU CREATED. TEST OUT YOUR
PATTERN BLOCK AND SEE IF IT LOOKS AS PLANNED.
IF THERE ARE ANY WHITE LINES APPEARING IN YOUR
PATTERN, GO BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND
ENSURE THE LAYER MASK IS THE EXACT SAME SIZE AS
THE ARTBOARD AND THAT IT IS PLACED AT THE 0/0 X/Y
COORDINATE. IF ALL IS WELL WITH THE REPEAT, YOU’RE
DONE! FEEL FREE TO CREATE COORDINATING PATTERNS
THAT FORM A COLLECTION OF 5-6 PATTERNS. OR GO TAKE
YOUR PATTERN FOR A TEST DRIVE — DO SOME MOCK-UPS,
PRINT SOME FABRIC WITH SPOONFLOWER OR YOUR OWN
CUSTOM IPHONE CASE THROUGH NUVANGO OR SOCIETY6.

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