Surface Pattern Designs On The Ipad With The Affinity Apps

Building repeating patterns on your iPad using Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo

What you'll learn

Learn how to create surface pattern designs in Affinity Photo

Learn how to create surface pattern designs in Affinity Designer

Learn how to use Affinity Photo on the iPad

Learn how to use Affinity Designer on the iPad

Requirements

All you need to take this class is an iPad, and Apple Pencil with the following apps installed: Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer

Description

Class DescriptionHello everyone welcome to my latest class! I’m Jen Lezan and I’ll be the one guiding you through this course. I’m a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and educator based out of the midwest and I run Bella + Sophia Creative studio. If you want to learn more about me, check out my youtube channel:The Creative Studio to get a behind the scenes view of the work I do as a freelancer and the work that goes into making classes like this one. I really enjoy sharing my knowledge here online and over on Youtube as I think it’s an accessible way to learn new skills.This month, I wanted to share my process for creating surface pattern design work using my iPad and the Affinity iPad apps. I have shared classes in the past where I walk you through my process using my desktop, but in this class I wanted to show you how seamless (pun intended) the process of making pattern repeats can be working with the Affinity iPad apps. I will show you both of the processes I use when working in the raster based app Affinity Photo and when I create in the vector based app Affinity Designer.I wanted to share some tips, my knowledge and process to help you design surface pattern repeats that you can use for print on demand sites like Spoonflower. I know that surface pattern design can sometimes seem daunting when it comes to the tech side of things, but for this class -I wanted to show how you can streamline your process and complete the whole process using only your iPad, a stylus and the Affinity apps.What the class is aboutIn this class, I will walk you through my process on how to make a seamless repeating pattern using both the raster based Affinity Photo app and the vector based affinity designer app on your iPad. You can complete the entire process from sketch to final pattern tile completely on the pad. IA few of the skills students will learnYou will learn the basics of how to use the Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer apps to design a repeating pattern. I will walk you through my research process to find references and inspiration for both motifs and color stories and how to create a quick mood board in Affinity Photo. Then you can begin the sketch process. You can either sketch traditionally, but I urge you to experiment with sketching digitally. I will even show you, though, how you can pull hand drawn sketches into your app by taking a simple photo of your sketchbook. Then we will go over the basics of the workspace including the brushes, layers, color studio, transform studio and things like the affine effects in both apps. Then, I show you I how I sketch, ink and color motif concepts directly within the affinity software. Finally, show you how I build my repeats in each of the apps.I will essentially go through each of these steps in each of the apps individually for an easy to follow along creative session. This course is designed to give you all the technical and creative skills you need to start designing patterns using the Affinity iPad apps.Make sure to check out the class resources for a resource guide on surface pattern design and the color palettes I use for the projects in the course! Also, make sure you check out the Pinterest Board Link with some great surface pattern design inspiration.If you want to check out some of my surface pattern and other design and illustration work - make sure you check out my shop on Etsy: Bella + Sophia Creative. You can also check out my website!Tools neededAll you need to take this class is an iPad, and Apple Pencil with the following apps installed:iPadApple PencilAffinity Photo appAffinity Designer appWho the class is geared towardThis class is geared towards anyone interested in learning how to create surface pattern designs using Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer on their iPad. Whether you are a seasoned pro in surface pattern design or someone just learning how to use the software, I work to ensure you will feel comfortable in the apps and the course. As I said before, I know that surface pattern design can sometimes seem daunting when it comes to the tech side of things, but for this class -I wanted to show how you can streamline your process and complete the whole process using only your iPad, a stylus and the Affinity apps.I am looking forward to creating with you today! Let’s get Started.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Class Project + Tools Needed

Lecture 2 Class Project + Tools Needed

Section 3: Research + Finding References

Lecture 3 Research + Finding References

Section 4: Creating a MoodBoard

Lecture 4 Creating a MoodBoard

Section 5: Sketching Motifs in Affinity Photo

Lecture 5 Sketching Motifs in Affinity Photo

Section 6: Inking Motifs in Affinity Photo

Lecture 6 Inking Motifs in Affinity Photo

Section 7: Coloring Motifs in Affinity Photo

Lecture 7 Coloring Motifs in Affinity Photo

Section 8: Shading Motifs in Affinity Photo

Lecture 8 Shading Motifs in Affinity Photo

Section 9: Adding Texture in Affinity Photo

Lecture 9 Adding Texture in Affinity Photo

Section 10: Prepping Elements to Repeat

Lecture 10 Prepping Elements to Repeat

Section 11: Building the Repeat Tile

Lecture 11 Building the Repeat Tile

Section 12: Exporting and Testing Your Repeat

Lecture 12 Exporting and Testing Your Repeat

Section 13: Setting up Your Affinity Designer File

Lecture 13 Setting up Your Affinity Designer File

Section 14: Exploring the Vector Brush, Pencil + Pen

Lecture 14 Exploring the Vector Brush, Pencil + Pen

Section 15: Sketching Motifs in Affinity Designer

Lecture 15 Sketching Motifs in Affinity Designer

Section 16: Inking with the Pencil Tool

Lecture 16 Inking with the Pencil Tool

Section 17: Inking with the Brush Tool

Lecture 17 Inking with the Brush Tool

Section 18: Inking with the Pen Tool

Lecture 18 Inking with the Pen Tool

Section 19: Grouping Elements

Lecture 19 Grouping Elements

Section 20: Tips on Color Matching and Creating Swatch Libraries

Lecture 20 Tips on Color Matching and Creating Swatch Libraries

Section 21: Coloring with the Pen Tool

Lecture 21 Coloring with the Pen Tool

Section 22: Shading and Texture with the Pen Tool

Lecture 22 Shading and Texture with the Pen Tool

Section 23: Coloring in Pixel Persona

Lecture 23 Coloring in Pixel Persona

Section 24: Changing Vector Colors

Lecture 24 Changing Vector Colors

Section 25: Grouping Elements for the Repeat

Lecture 25 Grouping Elements for the Repeat

Section 26: Prepping the Live Preview

Lecture 26 Prepping the Live Preview

Section 27: Building a Repeat in Affinity Designer

Lecture 27 Building a Repeat in Affinity Designer

Section 28: Exporting Your Final Repeat

Lecture 28 Exporting Your Final Repeat

Section 29: Course Outro

Lecture 29 Course Outro

This class is geared towards anyone interested in learning how to create surface pattern designs using Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer on their iPad. Whether you are a seasoned pro in surface pattern design or someone just learning how to use the software, I work to ensure you will feel comfortable in the apps and the course.