Repeating Patterns in Illustrator Made Easy: The Pattern Making Tool (CS6 & Newer)

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Repeating Patterns : tutorial by Sew Heidi Repeating patterns in Illustrator used to be a very manual process and more than a little bit frustrating. With the introduction of the Pattern Making Tool in CS6 (if you’re in CS5 or earlier, you won’t have access to this...

Surface design : Nicky Ovitt (part 2)

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Nicky Ovitt : I having been contemplating some “re-visits” for a while – I love the idea of following someone’s career development in real life – to see how their work is progressing, what new ideas they have, to see how they’ve...

Hot or not : cactus

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OK OK OK. Well I reckon that if I’ve got a Pinterest board called “Love a good succulent”, than you can safely assume that hey, I don’t mind the odd cactus. The shapes and colours are pretty incredible – I love their chunkiness, their...

Surface design : Anna London

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Anna London is a serial creative, and for a long time had been filling her life with various classes in print making, graphic design and fashion design. It wasn’t until she took a course in hand-printed textiles while studying Art Studio and Design in university...

Surface design : Cathy Helmers

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Cathy Helmers always thought of herself as a writer, not an artist. When she was growing up, her older sister was always considered the artist. “She’s quite talented, even was as a child, and I felt I never measured up to her. As a child I was easily intimidated...