Do you dream about becoming a successful pattern designer? Do you find vectors a bit scary or too rigid? Let me help you kick-start your surface pattern design career and show you the amazing world of Affinity Designer!

Affinity Designer is a fantastic tool for surface pattern designers! It's a great alternative to Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Fresco on your iPad. With regard to vectors, it is also superior to Procreate (where you can only create raster illustration).

In this course, you will learn everything you need to know about creating seamless vector repeat patterns in Affinity Designer. I will guide you through the process of designing a full-drop repeat pattern from start to finish, covering everything from creating the initial design to saving the pattern for use on a variety of products. This course serves as a great introduction to vector surface pattern design.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

You will learn everything you need to know about full-drop repeats in Affinity Designer and why you should include them in your portfolio. Other synonyms for this pattern type is a standard repeat or a block repeat pattern.
I will guide you through the process of creating a fun seamless pattern in Affinity Designer, 100% vector and hand-drawn!
You will get very familiar with the Pencil Tool (stroke, fill, stabilization etc.), using clipping masks and working across multiple artboards.
You will master building a full-drop repeat Live Pattern Preview from scratch and explore the Symbols panel in Affinity Designer.

You will know how to navigate multiple layers and groups in Affinity Designer without losing your sanity :)

We will tackle quick ways to export and resize your pattern tiles and prepare them for POD shops.

You will get familiar with the Transform Studio to build perfect repeats, error-free.

I will show you a step-by-step demo on how to upload your design into a Redbubble shop (POD).
By the end of this course, you will have the necessary skills to design vector repeat patterns that you will be proud to show in your surface pattern design portfolio!

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

any version of Affinity Designer (just be mindful that there is no auto-close for the Pencil Tool in V1)
you can follow along with the desktop version of Affinity Designer, however, I am showing my whole process on the iPad = you will learn very handy iPad gestures in this course
physical sketchbooks if you wish to sketch outside of the iPad

Enrol now and start designing your own full-drop repeat patterns with Affinity Designer.

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WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR

Artists
Surface designers
Pattern designers
Graphic Design enthusiasts
Illustrators
Anyone creative who would like to draw beautiful vectors!

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MEET THE TEACHER

Hi! I’m Weronika Salach, an illustrator, surface pattern designer & art teacher. I create vibrant work to fill your world with color, and I teach how to draw in Procreate and Affinity Designer. I'm a Top Teacher on Skillshare where I helped over 30,000 students take their digital illustration skills to the next level.