We will explore sketching the human figure through three fun drawing exercises; collect figurative photography as inspiration; sketch icons for our design in Procreate, then transfer them to Illustrator to complete our technical repeat pattern and play with the recolour tool!

In this class, we’ll create a symmetric diamond pattern in Procreate using full drop custom actions. We’re going to explore what makes a good symmetric diamond pattern, how we can plan it out by starting from very simple templates and then make it rich by adding different elements, colors, and details to it. Also, to turn our illustration into a perfect repeating swatch in Procreate, we’ll use custom actions.

Graphic Design for Lunch™ is a series of short video courses you can study in bite size pieces such as at lunchtime. In this course you'll learn to use the new Repeat feature in Illustrator on the desktop as well as Illustrator on the iPad to make patterns to use for Print on Demand sites like Society 6 and for Scrapbook papers. I'll explain when it is safe to use this tool and when it won't work for some pattern design situations.