#projectpattern

When the research was  done I started to sketch the elements I like and then scan them. I stopped by at “Trick and Treat” theme with elements of Halloween candies and some spooky characters. 

For this pattern, I used the similar color palette as for the leaves pattern. All the colors are natural except black one and white which were used for spooky characters.

I used shading techniques such as knife tool to add up some volume to my objects. When all the elements were ready I had to decide which ones would be suitable for my pattern and look harmonically together.

When the elements were positioned correctly I repeated the same steps to create the swatch for a seamless pattern. Although I faced up with some difficulties as not really precise repositioning of the elements on the opposite side of the box. I had to do all the composition all over again due to this mistake.

At the end, the pattern was ready to be added to swatches and used as a pattern background.

After processing the scanning images I worked on the outer leaves contour and adding up the details to them.

After the elements were ready to create the pattern, I had to think about the composition. It’s important to align them with the help of bounding box so that you see where the elements could possibly cross when they are repeated on the other side of the box. I took me some time to position them in a good way so that there won’t be overlaps or big gaps in between the elements.

The next step was putting the elements which cross the border of the bounding box to the opposite side of it exactly in the same distance and length of the bounding box. Then we create the clipping mask with or without background colour. 

When this box with the pattern is ready we have to use crop tool so that the edges which come outside of the box would be hidden. When it’s done the pattern is ready to be added as a swatch. We use the swatch to create the seamless pattern background.

I had to work long time to adjust the elements of the fruit composition so that it’s borders would match with the repeating elements from the sides, top and bottom of the bounding box.

First the pattern didn’t repeat properly because I didn’t use the technique properly. After some attempts I came to this result.