Affinity Designer Repeating Pattern Tutorial

[@Tempest_5485]

Thanks - your video was a great help for me!

[@ArtistWright]

No problem, check out my newer pattern videos

[@carlhughes2946]

Great tutorial.

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks for watching Carl!

[@teresacrawford5651]

I always learn something 'new to me' from your tutorials! This was fun!

[@ArtistWright]

This is great to hear!

[@asayeed2853]

Such a useful and brilliantly explained tutorial. Thank you!! (Love the use of 80s colours and sweets too! :)

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks for watching, happy to hear you enjoyed it

[@IamP3ngu1n]

Very helpful, thanks for the post !

[@ArtistWright]

No worries and thanks for the comment! Another tutorial coming this week (not patterns but more isometric)

[@cinderaayunifajrin9394]

You really made my day. I can create my first seamless pattern with your tutorial. Thank you

[@ArtistWright]

My pleasure 👍 happy designing

[@youmilkpack]

Am I the only one that things there should be an easier way to such a common need as a repeated pattern?

[@ArtistWright]

Actually there is another way Christian Check out this video from this great KZbinr kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6S2nqtnjch1bqM

[@moreorlesslikeso]

As long as it's not possible to create a (repeating) pattern swatch which you then can apply to any vector form just like a colour swatch (as you can in Illustrator since forever) this seems to be overly tedious...

[@steblina]

Hope they can add quick pattern tools, fills etc along with blend tool

[@ArtistWright]

Fingers crossed 🤞

[@steblina]

@@ArtistWright i literally need few basic tools to switch seamlessly from Illustrator. Until then Illustrator offers better ones

[@kqxx]

By far the easiest to understand seamless patterns. TY

[@ArtistWright]

I appreciate that, thank you

[@theblackdragon7321]

This is awesome.. Also makes me wish there was a mirror feature in affinity.. I know this is 4 years old, but man this is an awesome feature... Thanks for showing

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks check out my more recent video on patterns it has some other options

[@ArtsyLadyCrafter]

Thank you! Love AD! Haven't bought V2 but so tempted. So much I need to master in 1 though.

[@ArtistWright]

Oh I've used v1 for years and it's excellent. It's definitely worth upgrading in my opinion. some Very useful options like vector warp, and the cutting tool to name a couple. The Ui looks slightly different which I'm still getting used to. When I can I will make more tutorials with that version.

[@karinmarlettchoi8197]

Great tutorial! Thank you. Can these be turned into a swatch so it fills any shape with the repeating pattern automatically?

[@ArtistWright]

For sure, you can do it with styles via bitmap fills

[@gregoryperna2987]

Fantastic teacher - easily understood and very clear. Thank you

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you that's so nice to hear

[@gregoryperna2987]

You are very welcome and Thank you for helping me learn to do more with Affinity Designer. There are many tutorials out there and many of them I cannot understand for many reasons, but you really put it together nicely. Thank you

[@ArtistWright]

@@gregoryperna2987 what would you like to learn next?

[@gregoryperna2987]

@@ArtistWright You know, the need to learn is when I am trying to create something, that need is the call to learn the process. Although when I can go to a very informative and enjoyable learning method (Like yours), I am open to do it. I would like to learn more about creating artwork via simplistic methods, ways to streamline the work time. Gosh, there are so many.....

[@ArtistWright]

@@gregoryperna2987 I completely understand, I learne by creating and I'm forever learning.

[@ocelotcat]

Thank you, great tutorial ! Very understandable. 🙏

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you!

[@yimduong5086]

Thank you for making it so intuitive

[@ArtistWright]

My pleasure

[@woodystefeneylee7290]

the most underrated video for affinity designer!

[@ArtistWright]

thanks, also a new video is up!

[@samkalib1324]

you are the best thank you

[@ArtistWright]

You're welcome!

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Thanks for the excellent tutorial. I liked your delivery (speaking pace and tone), and good tips, I will subscribe to your channel. Keep up the good work.

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks ulrich. I did a more recent patterns video for Affinity Designer. Check it out

[@HeadTripCreations]

That was SO helpful. You gave a great presentation. I learned a lot. Thank you!

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you for watching!

[@ArtistWright]

Oh and don't forget to watch my latest video on patterns

[@frenzic25]

Hi, this is a great tutorial for repeated pattern design. However I have encountered an issue about the GAP lines between the all tiles after I lay them together in a bigger document. The lines did not seem to appear in your video. Is there something I can do to rectify this problem? Will the gap lines appear when I export for printing?

[@ArtistWright]

Hi Frenzic! Sometimes you see those faint gap lines in Affinity but they don't actually exist. Try exporting it to a jpeg and check it over to be sure

[@frenzic25]

Cool, I’ll try that to see if that works! I actually saw the same comment in your earlier thread. Thanks! Love your videos!

[@ArtistWright]

@@frenzic25 appreciate that 🤜

[@Pyxelles]

Yeah I still encounter this problem after the clipping mask is created not matter what I do. I even see the lines when exported as a PNG. It's complaint I've seen in the forums.

[@ArtistWright]

Sorry to hear that, check out my more updated tutorial on patterns, maybe it will be of help

[@BritBavaria]

A great tutorial, very easy to understand. Thank you!

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks, Aspects of Lee, a new video is up, all about the corner tool

[@chariots8x230]

I like that this method is simple. The only thing I wish I could do is view the pattern on a bigger canvas in real time as I’m creating it. I know that artboards are recommended for this but I have yet to see a tutorial that makes using artboards for patterns easy. They have all felt complicated to me when I’ve tried them. I hope to find a simpler way to view my pattern on a bigger canvas in real time. This will really help me find mistakes and see if I like the overall look of the pattern.

[@ArtistWright]

Check out my more recent tutorial on patterns. I cover it all

[@ArtsyLadyCrafter]

Yes, his recent vid on using art boards to create patterns was easy for me. Going to use it always. Artboards was confusing to me too.

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks, yes definitely check it out and give it a shot. You'll be a pro in no time

[@yolaamz6015]

👍👍👍Thank you very much . great video I'm loving

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks

[@woodystefeneylee7290]

I think this guy is the best! 2017 omg! still great

[@ArtistWright]

that made me laugh thanks woody.

[@vanolique2364]

Brilliant! Thank you very much, it helped me a lot

[@ArtistWright]

I'm so happy to hear that!!

[@mikeem6212]

Hi there, I was trying to follow this but when I add them all to test it - it has a very faint white line along the sides. I've checked if there are borders and strokes but there isn't. Can you help? Thanks again!

[@ArtistWright]

Try exporting it to a jpeg and the lines won't be visible. I can also see faint lines on Affinity Designer that don't appear when exported

[@einsteinparrot]

Love this! Great tutorial! Exactly what I was looking for!

[@ArtistWright]

Thank you!!

[@earljmaui_boy2546]

* * * Right on, Einstein. . . I enjoyed it very much as well... I especially liked the use of pixels to specifically and precisely locate the duplicates and then grouping them together for synchronized movement around the edges. . . simply brilliant...! (grin) * * * Until that time. . .

[@ArtistWright]

@@earljmaui_boy2546?

[@joelaming]

Duplicate is Cmd+J

[@ArtistWright]

Joel Aming thanks for that

[@loumills5248]

Also "power duplicate" will copy and move over an identical amount of pixels if you do it multiple times after moving!

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks lou, check out my more recent videos too

[@AntonisTsagaris]

Thank you for this tutorial, amazing explanation!

[@ArtistWright]

Antonis Tsagaris thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it

[@TedMattos]

Thanks so much for this! You're a great teacher. :) With the complex patterns, do we have to make sure the corners are specially placed? In the "tropical" pattern, for example, did you have to do anything special for the umbrella drinks to make sure that not only do they repeat VERTICALLY but also as each CORNER meets the coordinating corner. Not sure if I'm making sense. :) Thanks again!

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks for watching Ted. If you watch my more recent tutorial on patterns I think it will answer alot of your questions.

[@TedMattos]

@@ArtistWright I'll check for it. Thank you!

[@rycoryco2888]

ArtistWright made pattern making "fail-safe". Pays off to measure. Pays off to put pattern into SYMBOLS.

[@ArtistWright]

Cheers Ryco!

[@xthieryx]

Hello, I was doing a seamless pattern for a website and it required the pattern to be in svg so ppl could to color it whatever the color they want and also should have nothing outside the artboard. The thing is, even is hidden, what is outside the artboard is still saved in svg. I tried cutting using trimm/cut tool just to discover it won't really cut, but mask it. I tried using boolean but it is a hassle if you have 1 zillion of layers to cut and it cannot cut grouped layers. It sounds ridiculous but there is some work around, tool or export mode to make this work not so hard?

[@ArtistWright]

Hi and thanks for watching. Why draw anything outside of the art board? Have you seen my other pattern tutorials? Take a look at them I think it will help

[@xthieryx]

@@ArtistWright Isn't like I'm drawing anything outside, but like your tutorial where you put the object in the corner, part of the object is hidden but it still is there. I was looking at affinitty forum it seems that a knife and an erase tool are also an old request, so no solution for the problem right know, but thank you for take your time to answer and for creating tutorials, they are very helpful.

[@ArtistWright]

Ah I get you. So if this is an issue for what you are doing. Then you will have to cut those parts. Doesn't have to be too long winded, draw out a big rectangle to cover what you need to cut. Have it on the top of the layer stack,then Select the rectangle and all the shapes and click on the subtract option in the boolean operations. Repeat this for all of the sides

[@xthieryx]

@@ArtistWright I tried doing it this way. It doesn't work well if you have multiple underlayers (or I'm doing it wrong). I guess I'll add it to the list of needed implementation for Affinity Designer. Thank you anyway.

[@ArtistWright]

Cutting into individual shapes that are overlapping or have shapes clipped is a pain. You will have to cut each piece separately if that's the case. You will need to design with that in mind on your next piece

[@chumlee77okcvaz76]

can you do a video on how to create a rhinestone template with affinity?

[@ArtistWright]

Hi there tell me more about what you are wanting to see. I'm looking for inspiration

[@emelinec4580]

Thank you so much ! This is exactly what I was looking for 🙏

[@ArtistWright]

appreciate it

[@flutterIgnite]

The best of the best

[@ArtistWright]

Thanks June

[@cattunga]

Very interesting but I still have some problems with the rapport alignment. I still see a separation line among the rapports.. maybe you know why!! Please can you help me?

[@ArtistWright]

You will see this very small seperation line, i don't know why, but you will not see that if you export the image to jpeg or whatever, that line dissapears. its only apparent when editing the vector, maybe to remind you of the separate pieces they once were.

[@user-wv1rd4he4e]

Thank you so much!

[@ArtistWright]

You're welcome!

[@eileenfin83]

Hi everyone! Ive seen lots of tutorials on how to create repeats using symbols or singular images at different sizes. Ive been struggling to create a repeat using Affinity with one of my scanned images, I cant find a way to get rid of the seams, I'm beginning to wonder if this is even possible? Im hoping someone out there has managed to do this and can tell me how? Any help or advice appreciated :)

[@ArtistWright]

Hi! Seems like you are not working in Vector as you said you have a scanned image. The seams can be annoying but there is always a solution. I make seamless textures from photos sometimes and it's better to use Affinity Photo for that. Just type this into KZbin 'affinity photo seamless texture' and check out some of the videos.

[@IvetaMackova]

Thank you very much for this tutorial i love it

[@ArtistWright]

My pleasure

[@k9drwho1970]

Mines not snapping into the corners with blue border around it when selected

[@ArtistWright]

be sure to check out the snapping options (look for the magnet icon in the toolbar)

[@k9drwho1970]

ArtistWright thanks

[@TeddyLeppard]

Again, patternmaking with Affinity Designer falls far short of what is available with Illustrator. Can Affinity use plugins from other companies to facilitate faster patternmaking?

[@ArtistWright]

Hi, why not leave your thoughts in the affinity forum too.

[@nathanbieber2840]

question. 1kX1k should look square.. but to me it look taller than wide. is that a vision thing???

[@ArtistWright]

Probably an Optical illusion

[@alicenwonderland3813]

You could just drag it to the first position and command J the rest .. but this is interesting

[@ArtistWright]

Alicen Wonderland at the time of making the video I wasn't using command J so much, that has changed now

[@Svreign.Studious]

Hmm, could it be easier like we did on adobe illustrator?

[@ArtistWright]

They do have a fair few options, Affinity Designer will keep advancing

[@alanwhite5552]

You present a very good tutorial, however, missing is a good lesson on the tool features. As an artist that did everything by hand for offset printing, this is totally new and I haven't found a source to simply understand how all the tools work. I Took a $2000. course that was very misleading and frustrating due to the information that was lacking.

[@ArtistWright]

Hi Alan, which tool features did you want to see? check out my other tutorials regarding patterns. More detail in those.

[@jaytypat963]

Thank you so much.

[@woodystefeneylee7290]

I'm the new follower at 2021

[@ArtistWright]

Great to have you on board!

[@funnyg460]

I am making duplicate and putting +500 that's good but when I put +1000 either way it goes to far it is not even am I missing something?

[@ArtistWright]

Diane K make sure youre document is in pixels and not cm or inches

[@funnyg460]

Thank you :)

[@Sedonartist]

TThank you for this tutorial. The clicking noise in this video is very distracting. Perhaps this noise can be eliminated in the future.

[@ArtistWright]

Sedonartist thank you so much really appreciate it. I did think about that when I first started doing these videos, but the click sound represents an action, it helps people to know when to click and hold etc, especially for people not au fait with this software.

[@paolamonnihenderson]

I love it :)

[@alicenwonderland3813]

Maybe you should also make Math tutorials... you certainly have a brain for that ... I also think you'd be good with engineering or architecture... and of course there's no end to what you can do with a Mathematically inclined brain with Graphic Design :)

[@ArtistWright]

Alicen Wonderland Thank you so much Alice! Really appreciate it, but in reality I'm terrible at mathematics Lol!

[@Ziplock9000]

FYI, for anyone looking, he's manually repeating them.

[@ArtistWright]

Check out my recent patterns tutorial

[@BellesLettresMagazin]

Bloody hell, this is insane. If Designer really is incapable of real patterns, use Illustrator or code it in SVG.

[@ArtistWright]

Hi Belles, Its a bit of a long winded way of making a pattern i agree. I hope they introduce updates to make it easier.

[@kristilyons8735]

Nice tutorial. If you could please stop your loud tongue-clicking/smacking, that would make it nicer. It's percussive and distracting.

[@ArtistWright]

It's all part of the experience! But seriously thanks for watching. I've since stopped with those bad habits, and also edited most of that out in my more recent videos.

[@TroliciaPelotilla]

The way you hit Enter is very, very, very annoying. But I mean VERY!!!! annoying. 😡

[@ArtistWright]

Have a listen to my more recent tutorials and see if it's the same