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Designing Patterns That Work: Creating Motifs for Products | Learn with Spoonflower

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Overview

Make a full motif inspired by your favorite city with designer and pattern-maker Samarra Khaja!

Join Samarra in this fun, energetic class to learn the ins and outs of creating an effective motif. From the importance of a hero image to creating a pattern with different components, Samarra shares her process for building a collection and using Spoonflower to bring her creations to life as fabric, tote bags, pillows, and more. You’ll learn how to:

  • Create a complex motif with hero and supporting images
  • Design a repeat pattern with varying components
  • Optimize components of your motif for a variety of products

Whether you’re a pattern-maker or designer looking to explore your style or are just looking to create a souvenir set inspired by your city, this easygoing approach to pattern and motif design will give you the skill set to create items that are fun and functional.

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Spoonflower is a place where you can design, print and sell custom fabric, wallpaper & gift wrap on-demand. Or shop from the largest marketplace of independent surface designs.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Making a Motif
  • Drawing Your Motif Theme
  • Designing Your Pattern
  • Building Your Pattern in Illustrator
  • Motif Pattern into Product: Fabric
  • Motif Pattern into Product: Stuffy
  • Motif Pattern into Product: Tote Bag
  • Your Cohesive Motif
  • What's Next?

Taught by

Samarra Khaja

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