Tutorial: design repeating patterns in Affinity Designer and use them in your designs

[Swörl]

Hi there! I love designing with repeating patterns. Now I found a good workflow to design and apply repeating patterns in AD. I recorded a tutorial that shows you how to design them, build a style library and apply patterns. They blend nicely with color fills using blend modes. The pattern and the color fill are in one shape, so no duplicates! 

--> https://vimeo.com/443692483

If you prefer the short explanation: I design vector patterns in a separate document using symbols to get the tiling right, export as bitmaps, use bitmap fills to build up a Style Library and apply those in drawings on iPad and desktop.

 

[jer]

Interesting technique. Really appreciate seeing how you build the patterns. Thanks for sharing.