Easy Repeat Pattern in 15 Minutes: Affinity Designer for Beginners

✨ Affinity Designer Pattern in 15 minutes ✿ Step-by-step tutorial ✨

Want to create easy seamless repeat patterns in Affinity Designer - fast? In this easy step-by-step tutorial, I’ll show you how to design a beautiful vector pattern in just 15 minutes! You’ll learn essential tools & techniques to speed up your pattern-making workflow.

This is what you'll be learning in this quick class:

✅ How to set up a pattern design automated template in Affinity

✅ Using vector shapes for floral motifs

✅ Quick re-coloring and other floral variations

WHAT YOU WILL GET

• a unique approach to creating seamless patterns in minutes, or rather in seconds after you create the initial template :)
• 1 Affinity Designer .aftemplate document with the checkered repeat template (2 variables +2 stripes)
• 3 vibrant color palettes as vector assets

WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR

This class is very beginner-friendly and allows you to learn creating repeat patterns in a matter of minutes. It's great for both professional designers, as well as people new to the industry. Perhaps you are a Spoonflower creator, or you run a POD shop? After taking this course, you will be able to generate countless pattern variations for your shops.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Affinity Designer software, any version, however I'm teaching my demo on the iPad version
• an idea for your pattern - I highly recommend something floral :)

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 40,000 students take their digital illustration skills to the next level.

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FAQ 🤔

• What tools do I need?
  • Any version of Affinity Designer, desktop or iPad. I will be demonstrating on my iPad in Designer V2. There is one important difference between V1 and V2: the older V1 version doesn’t have the auto-close option for the Pencil Tool, so you will need to make sure to close your vector shapes manually.
• Is this course good for beginners?
  • Absolutely! I actually had complete beginners in mind when creating this fast tutorial.
• What do "AUTOMATED patterns" mean?
  • Previously I’ve been teaching creating repeat patterns using the Live Pattern Preview Tool. This approach requires the use of the Transform Studio and manually shifting all the objects that are on the edges of your pattern tile. From this moment on, I am abandoning this way of working and I’ll be creating all my patterns using my automated templates. To demonstrate how it works, I’ll be teaching you how to create beautiful diamond repeats. Normally building an error-free repeat with the old approach would give me a BIG headache - so I designed automated templates which allow you to create a pattern IN REAL time and building your seamless repeat as you draw.The automation aspect refers to building the repeat, but of course you still have to do the drawing part. You’ll see though that the repeat comes from under your fingers in seconds! Bye bye X- and Y-axis calculations, I won’t miss you :)
• What if I don't understand something?
  • If something just isn't clicking, just give it a rest and come back to it later if you're having trouble. Perhaps you would like to join our Facebook Affinity Designer group? We share their Affinity-related findings, answer questions and give each other feedback. You can also approach me on Skillshare or via email: hello@weronikasalach.com.