Skillshare - 10 Photoshop Tips for Surface Designers

In this class I’m going to take you through 10 different tools and techniques that I use frequently in Photoshop to create my pattern designs.

Starting with a sketch of a simple motif, I’ll show you all the tools I use in Photoshop to transform it into a surface pattern design. This includes how I draw and colour my motifs in Photoshop, what brushes I use, how I create background texture, a simple repeat and how I create mockups.

It’s jam packed with lots of useful tricks to make Photoshop fun!

By the end of the class hopefully you’ll have created a pattern design in a totally new way to add to your portfolio.

The class is broken down into 3 parts:

Tools for creating motifs & textures

Lasso tool & Kyle Webster Brushes
Clipping Masks & Blending Modes
Create a brush from a simple motif
Create texture using brushes
Puppet warp tool
Cleaning up scanned in artwork
Create a colour palette from a photo
Tools for creating repeats

Create a simple repeat
Create a repeat from texture
Tools for displaying your work

Create a simple mockup using smart objects