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How to Create Detailed Graphic Patterns in Photoshop

Spoon Graphics

Patterns come in all kinds of styles, from simple repetitive shapes to complex graphical arrays. In today’s Photoshop tutorial I’m going to share some tips for creating detailed pattern effects that are made with full-colour illustrations. How to Create Random Fill Graphic Patterns. Go to Edit > Fill.

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How to Create a Colourful Geometric Pattern in Illustrator

Spoon Graphics

Making geometric patterns in Adobe Illustrator is always a fun creative project. You can follow the same basic technique each time but experiment with different shapes and colours to create endless pattern styles. Create a new document in Adobe Illustrator to begin. Find a colour scheme to use for your pattern.

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IKEA and Raw Color Invite You to Embrace Vibrant Colors + Patterns

Design Milk

The psychological benefits of color and how it impacts our mood have been well-documented over the years. As the pieces gets moved throughout your space, it presents a moiré effect of an overlapping wavy pattern, displaying how colors, form, and movement can interact.

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How to beat creative block: practical tips from your fellow creatives

Creative Boom

The responses revealed a fascinating mix of approaches, and what emerged was a tapestry of wisdom that acknowledges both the personal nature of creativity and the universal patterns that help us reconnect with our creative flow. In the article below, we've compiled the most insightful of their tips and advice.

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How to set boundaries and stick to them, to protect your time and energy

Creative Boom

It can also help to document boundary breaches, to identify patterns with specific clients. As illustrator and surface pattern designer Carrie Cantwell notes, "Sometimes they try to push [boundaries], but I use iron-clad contracts I can point to if they try. If so, reaffirm it politely but firmly.) work/life balance)."

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Patterns are good

UX Collective

Source: Tidbits A design pattern is a document that describes a common solution to a recurring design problem. According to Tibor Kunert (2009), using design patterns allows designers to quickly find solutions to problems using proven designs, rather than starting from scratch each time. Welcome to Design Patterns.

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Overlooked 2.0: Inspired by London’s utility hole covers

Creative Boom

The series celebrates the diversity of London through its industrial patterns. In addition to coal shutes, the covers documented give access to services such as water and sewage, gas and electricity, telegraph and telephones that run through a network of subterranean tunnels. Overlooked 2.0