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Pattern Play: Combining Illustrator and Photoshop
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Korshub's take
Best of Both Programs
Why choose between Illustrator's fluid shape-building and Photoshop's textural depth? This workflow harnesses each program's strengths: Illustrator for shapes and color palettes, Photoshop for hand-sketched elements and dimensionality.
Pattern Repeats in Focus
Learn to construct pattern repeats that are technically sound yet visually alive. The combination approach produces finished patterns with depth and hand-crafted character—something neither program alone achieves as easily.
Intermediate-Beginner Friendly
You'll touch on digitizing hand-drawn sketches (explored in depth in the instructor's earlier class), making this accessible if you have foundational design skills.
About this course
In this class I show you my workflow for creating patterns using both Illustrator and Photoshop. We’re going to use Illustrator to build shapes, construct pattern repeats, and play around with color palettes. Then we’ll bring the patterns into Photoshop to add hand sketched elements and build dimension and texture.
I love illustrator for its fluidity with creating shapes and changing colors, but I love Photoshop for it's ability to add depth and artistic texture. You don't have to choose one or the other! Play with each program's strengths to create a final pattern repeat that you're proud to call your own.
This class is suitable for intermediate beginners. We briefly touch on a technique for bringing hand drawn lines into Photoshop, which can be learned more in depth in my first class: Digitizing Hand Drawn Sketches.
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