#self-repeating pattern design

This self-repeating surface pattern design (D11X11_310v4) where the each piece is identical and interchangeable is based on an 11-square grid and was made by defining the edges of the tessellations. It was hand-drawn with pencil on a quadrille grid paper sheet; digitized in Adobe Illustrator as vector art, and enhanced as a png file in Photoshop, 2020.

When I lie in bed and the bad thoughts have taken over, I try to remember the tactics that I have learned work against them. I try to create, to entertain myself with a goal of a finished pattern. The radio goes on in the background and creates a nice blanket of safe noise. At least it’s not quiet.

This self-repeating pattern (D11X11_087) based on an 11-square grid was hand-drawn with pencil on a quadrille grid sheet; then it was digitized in Adobe Illustrator as vector art and enhanced as a .png file in Photoshop, 2020.

This self-repeating pattern (D11x11_245v2) is based on an 11-square grid. It was hand-drawn with pencil on a quadrille grid paper sheet; digitized in Adobe Illustrator as vector art, and enhanced as a png file in Photoshop, 2020.

Emphasizing the rounded edges of a self-repeating pattern (D11X11_228v8) and then reflectively doubling the bands created this interlaced surface pattern design. It is based on an 11-square grid. It was hand-drawn with pencil on a quadrille grid paper sheet; digitized in Adobe Illustrator as vector art, and enhanced as a .png file in Photoshop, 2020.

This self-repeating pattern (D11X11_109) based on an 11-square grid was hand-drawn with pencil on a quadrille grid sheet; then it was digitized in Adobe Illustrator as vector art and enhanced as a .png file in Photoshop, 2020.

This self-repeating surface pattern design (D11X11_316v2) where the each piece is identical and interchangeable is based on an 11-square grid and was made by defining the edges of the tessellations. It was hand-drawn with pencil on a quadrille grid paper sheet; digitized in Adobe Illustrator as vector art, and enhanced as a png file in Photoshop, 2020.

This self-repeating surface pattern design (D11X11_309v4) where the each piece is identical and interchangeable is based on an 11-square grid and was made by defining the edges of the tessellations. It was hand-drawn with pencil on a quadrille grid paper sheet; digitized in Adobe Illustrator as vector art, and enhanced as a png file in Photoshop, 2020.