Hey steemit! In this piece, I will be taking you through my process in making these patterns above. This is actually my first time trying this process and I don’t have the proper tools to be able to create this with ease. Therefore, what I will be sharing here is probably not the best to do but hey, it worked for me and I am hoping that I might inspire and help you to create your own pattern.
ART CONCEPT
This particular piece is for autumn. My favorite season, aesthetically, is autumn. I love the color, the feel, and it just makes me very creative whenever I think about this season.
For the main piece, meaning the biggest parts of my pattern, I decided to make a collage style of the things that I love that makes me remember or think about autumn. I illustrated a cup of coffee, a pumpkin, mushroom, beanie, apple candies, candle, acorn, lamps, sunflower, and books.
For the other parts, I decided to illustrate some autumn leaves.
MATERIALS
Watercolor
Watercolor paper
Pencil
Micropen
White gel pen
Camera
Photoshop CS6
PROCEDURE
DRAFTING THE ILLUSTRATIONS
As per usual, I start by drafting my illustrations with my pencil. I only draft it with light strokes, just enough for me to be able to see the design for inking.
INKING THE ILLUSTRATIONS
After initial illustration of the design, I inked all of the drawings with my Micropen. I like this pen so much because it is easy to use, it has a good finish, and it is waterproof and it dries fast.
PAINTING THE ILLUSTRATIONS
Afterwards, I painted all of my drawings with watercolor and added some white highlights to give that cute shiny style that I am going for.
EDITING THE ILLUSTRATIONS ON PHOTOSHOP
Since I don’t have a scanner yet, I just took photos of the drawing and then I edited them in Photoshop and saved digital versions of my illustrations.
The next step that I will do is that I will edit these digital versions into repeated patterns and I made one with white background and one with brown background to have some variety.
AND THAT IS IT!
I already have my first ever pattern for autumn. I am aware that this is not the best way in making patterned illustrations but given the fact that I have no proper tools, I think this is a good trial.
I am actually happy with how it turned out and I encourage you to try making your own.
As always, thank you for taking your time to read my entry and I am hoping to have you on my next one.
You can also see me on these links:
Facebook Art Page: https://www.facebook.com/loujaecreations/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loujaecreations/?hl=en
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI0cVcrNls29ndI0RBmcqVw?view_as=subscriber
Have a nice day and…
BE THE MAGIC THE WORLD NEEDS
~ Fenella Samson