How to Make a Repeat Pattern (Advanced PS)

How to Make a Repeat Pattern. I show the logic behind the seamless pattern. Pattern design tutorial for 3 ways of doing a repeat pattern in Photoshop. See also tutorial about OFFSET filter: • Make Seamless Pattern ...
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How to make the pattern by hand: 0:42
Memphis Birthday Cat - Pattern // How to make repeat pattern in Photoshop of illustrations made in Adobe Illustrator: 2:27
Sunray Trough The Venetian Blind - Pattern // Geometric pattern design in Photoshop: 04:58
Dreamy Clouds - Pattern // Digitally painted seamless pattern: 05:37
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[@michaelballinger6419]

Elli, you're super generous to share your process, and links. Love the cat pattern, it's like a smile in the mind :)

[@ellimaanpaa]

Love that! "like a smile in the mind" 😄Thank you Michael.

[@COSMICGIRL009]

Awesome video!!! Loved it. Thank u.

[@angeladatseri5254]

wow, that was one of the most useful videos on repeat patterns I have watched! Thanks for sharing!

[@ellimaanpaa]

That is awesome to hear. Thank you Angela so much for such kind comment.

[@thisisyusuf]

I use pattern maker app to create and preview pattern repeating with 11 styles in a flash kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJSXYqmflt6er8k

[@bixnash1]

Angela Datseri agree. Well done for simplifying this. Bx

[@pauline5115]

OMG, yours is by far the easiest pattern tutorial to follow! And you have the most striking designs!! I love bold colours, polka dots, and cats.

[@ellimaanpaa]

Pauline Chin oh thank you so much Pauline 💖

[@dxmkrew]

I loveeeee your art style. It looks so clean when digitalized, but still looks hand drawn. Def gonna try this method for repeating patterns, too.

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you so much 😀

[@stronggirlsyndrome]

Holyyy....you just blew my mind

[@prettydigitaljournal]

Girl, you need to join pattern bank your art is truly cute!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thanks for the tip. I need to check it out!

[@anjaatkinson1910]

This is such a great and helpful informative video! I did fashion design at university and watched the pattern designers making patterns for 4 years and could NEVER understand it 😂 I watched your video once and it’s the best explanation I’ve ever seen 😍💙

[@ellimaanpaa]

Haha I'm so happy to hear that. And that's so relatable: me too studied fashion design for 4-years and only learn to make tiling patterns from this book I found by chance in library :D

[@_ains]

this was really helpful and a lot of my questions were answered on just the first watch. thank you so much!

[@ellimaanpaa]

thank you for such a lovely comment. Glad it was helpful

[@ellimaanpaa]

Edit: See my new tutorial about OFFSET FILTER which makes creating repeat patterns easier: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nojGeZVjmM-Nnc0 Hey everybody! Thank you so much for the new views and comments on this video. I'm so happy to hear this tutorial has helped you to create awesome repeating patterns of your own. When I made this video two years ago I never thought it would get 17K views. Thank you. With 17K views there's also 17K levels of Photoshop skills. Everyone who has ever attended a computer course knows that teaching such courses is not EASY: All the attendees are in different levels. There's the people who could be teachers themselves and then there's people who are opening the programme for the first time. That said: This video is NOT THE BEST for the Photoshop beginners. That's why I added ADVANCED PS to the title. Virtual hugs to everyone. Stay well, Elli

[@Vantorea]

Mind freakin blown! This is genius! I've studied clothing design but missed all the pattern design classes. I have a feeling I learned everything essential here :D Thank you! Such a great and helpful video!

[@ellimaanpaa]

I'm so happy to hear that. Thank you for the comment. That's exactly how I felt when i found out this "secret" for repeat pattern. It just so cool to make it work :D

[@Vantorea]

Exactly! :D

[@ryanfajar9047]

Thank you so much i will try it very helpfull

[@ellimaanpaa]

Great. Thanks for the comment Ryan. Check out the Offset tutorial too kzbin.info/www/bejne/nojGeZVjmM-Nnc0 - Good luck with your pattern!

[@lilidong487]

It was a bit hard but I did it! Luv your videos! I liked and subscribed and turned the notifications on!!! Thank you for the videos!!!!!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Awesome to hear you did it Lili. Congrats on your pattern! :) Did you notice the video where I show the Offset tool in Photoshop? It makes the process of making the pattern repeat little easier. Thank you for the comment Lili!

[@lilidong487]

I did notice the video where you showed the offset tool in the photoshop, it was soooooo cool! I also tried to follow other drawing ideas you did! Some where cute and some came out satisfying! I think it would be good if you made more videos about art stuff!!!

[@taresaobrien9674]

Love this video, your designs are all beautiful I could not decide on a fave.

[@ellimaanpaa]

Oh thank you so much Taresa :) What a lovely thing to say

[@n8sgr8adventure]

Gr8 content & Fabulously made all around from Designs to editing! 100% professionally well done! 👏👏👏

[@ellimaanpaa]

Glad you liked it!

[@robbiemcinerny]

This was so helpful! thank youuu

[@Kuiperbelttt]

you are the best!!!!!!!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you so much

[@Disgustipado]

I wasn't able to wrap my head around making one that works, but thanks to you now I do. Thanks!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Awesome to hear that. Sharing the magic of repeating pattern :) Thanks for the comment Ivan

[@abinashparida7837]

I'm happy watching this tutorial really helpful .... please can you help me how to make half repeat pattern ....I would be thankful to you ....

[@rachelgoldbeck1995]

You are awesome! I have watched so many videos and yours one of the only ones the was very clear and showed both ways to do it!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Oh thank you so much Rachel. I appreciate you saying that. Thank you for the comment. You truly made my day :)

[@AmanRajput-ku5qe]

Great trick for creating pattern . I like it 👍🏼

[@crftieph]

This is probably the best and easiest to follow lol thank you!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Glad you think so! Thank you for the comment :)

[@antonellaloparco1520]

TI AMO!!!!!!! GRAZIE, se passi da Locorotondo ti offro un caffè!!! :*

[@matiag333]

wow!!!! That's like the best advice and tip ever! Thanks so much!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Chokkan]

That was a great tutuorial. Thank you. If you consider doing more on this topic, I'd like to know what you mean when you talk about cleaning up the pattern.

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you Chokkan. I am planning (I've been planning for a year now so I should shortly get to it) to do more videos on patterns so topic suggestions are really welcomed. I will definitely add that one to the list. Thank you.

[@bixnash1]

Fabulous description in how to do this. I don't have ps but can work this out with what I have. Thank you. Bx

[@ellimaanpaa]

I'm so happy to hear that. Definitely my goal to explain it such a way that viewers can learn the "magic" behind tiling pattern and then apply the knowledge in their own way. Thank you for the comment :)

[@a.prakoso1766]

Thanks a lot, Elli! It's really helpful ❤️❤️❤️

[@ellimaanpaa]

Great to heart that :) Thank you!

[@lahf82]

thanks for the method , great work.

[@ellimaanpaa]

thank you :)

[@sereneillustrations8060]

This is sooo helpful. Please do more photoshop tutorials like this! Also, this is the first time I've seen you with short hair. It looks so good on you. I wish I could rock hair like that

[@ellimaanpaa]

Serene Illustrations oh I’m so happy to hear that. Thanks for the video ideas. Do you have some specific topic/question in mind for photoshop? Maybe I could show how to make GIFs. Would that be interesting? And thanks on the hair compliment :) I wanted a buzzcut already a long time and finally did it two weeks ago. I’ve loved it so far. It’s perfect length for the summer ☀️ I’m sure you could rock it too 😎

[@sereneillustrations8060]

I think if having it written out would be helpful too because sometimes it takes time for me to follow the steps. This way people won't have to pause every few seconds or keep re-watching the same GIF over and over again. For me personally, I struggle with making shapes and vectors on photoshop. I feel like it takes soooo long just to do something simple. I'd love to see what hacks you have to do it! It seems like you can do it really quickly

[@ellimaanpaa]

You mean the cat faces etc? I actually did them in Adobe Illustrator which is a vector based programme. I never used Photoshop for that even though I've seen others do amazing vector stuff with Photoshop. I use Photoshop only on the pixel world. I'm bit concerned of doing very full on Adobe tutorials since there is way more technically skilful people out here in KZbin doing them. I've mostly learned Photoshop and Illustrator on my own trying out different things so I work very intuitively. That's why it's hard to make to list: first do this, then this, then this. It's more like - what if try this - oh it works. Yey! So maybe I should stay on the more creative side of influencers. 🤔 But maybe to follow up this pattern video I could show how I would make tee print in Adobe illustrator? How I mould shapes and vector there. I try to pin down with words the tools that are most important. And maybe at some point I could show how to make a simple GIF animation in Photoshop, since animation is the field of my studies right now.

[@sereneillustrations8060]

ohh i see. yes that would be helpful! i can't wait to see it :)

[@jcaites]

Excellent explanation! thank you.

[@ellimaanpaa]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sbukku25]

Thsnkyou so much for this video , loved the explanation and also your cheerful voice 😃

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you so much Soumi. That really makes my day :D

[@f3rrrmi]

you have no idea how much you helped me ;__, I was going crazy because I did my first pattern and it was such a mess, Im going to do it again thanks to you :D you deserve a like and suscribed

[@ellimaanpaa]

I'm glad I was able to help. Thank you so much for the comment!

[@panic21crybabiesatblink21]

Thanks for the tutorial! The patterns in this video are amazing!!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Panic 21 crybabies At blink I’m glad to hear you like them ☺️ Thank you for the comment!

[@spinaslot25]

Thank you so much for sharing this! So useful!!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Glad it was helpful!

[@eisemeriraibarra3448]

This is a neat trick ❤ thanks a lot!!!

[@ellimaanpaa]

You're welcome 😊

[@gudspreaddesignstudio1857]

Beautiful work✌👌

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you so much 😀

[@LOSVIAJESDEMONKEY]

What a great video girl! I love it. Thank you so much for share your knowledge :D

[@bob-pk2ly]

THANK YOU !

[@infinitcreative7309]

Thank you

[@pollplace1]

the best tutorial ever

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you so much

[@hka1625]

just wow!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thanks :)

[@frankj.2426]

Great video. Thank you.

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you too!

[@SilenEneliS]

Thank you very much! It was very useful, clearly explained, and your patterns are lovely!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Sahi24476]

Of hy hand gz ho back how you're

[@sujayroy5758]

creative girl..

[@geetarlover4]

Would love a video on the business side of it! Licensing and redbubble stuff are a mystery to me!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Alison Mercer thank you Alison. That’s great to hear. I’ll definitely think about it. 🤔

[@LetsbeCartoonybyAmendoaArt]

Hey elli just found your channel and love your videos.. this one is so cool with all the patterns congrats . You got a new subscriber here 😍

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thanks for subbing!

[@LetsbeCartoonybyAmendoaArt]

@@ellimaanpaa of course love your art 💜

[@ariennechristine7621]

Love this! You are amazing!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you so much!!

[@jptheastronaut7480]

Oh wow. The way you choose colors is SOOOOO GOOOOOOOD!!! I love it so much!! Do you have some sort of like inspirations when choosing which colors to use? Like maybe googling some color palette? Or is just following your gut? Edit: ok i checked ur channel after watching this vid and i saw that u have a vid abt colors. I'm gonna watch it next! 💕💕

[@ellimaanpaa]

Yes! Thanks for the comment Blank White Screen. I was just about to mention the video I made about the colors: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3WQXpxunrNoZ68 - You guessed it right: I usually work with colour palettes. Either ready made ones or I make my own from photographs since nature always knows how to match colors. You'll find all the info from that video. And thank you again on the compliment. Colors are my soul food :D

[@chris.369]

It’s awesome! Do you have a video showing each of these techniques alone? I am beginning to create patterns and need more step by step instructions for complex patterns. Thank you!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you Chris for the comment. That's a good idea. I will definitely keep that on mind: making a tutorial on how I created a certain pattern from start to finish. Not only the pattern making tools (tiling) but everything involved in it. On the meanwhile did you notice the offset -tutorial? -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/nojGeZVjmM-Nnc0 - It makes the tiling a lot easier. Thanks.

[@maryorininamangopretel5860]

Thanks for explain us! you are a genius!. I really want to do it ;)

[@ellimaanpaa]

Go for it!

[@alexng4]

How did you slice the shapes with the guides??

[@ellimaanpaa]

I used the Rectangular marquee tool (the 2nd from top in the left panel menu) for selecting one quarter at a time. After the selection is active Right mouse click > from the drop down menu > Layer via copy. I repeated the step for each quarter at a time. - But there’s also another way of doing this crucial step without separating the quarters in individual layers: it's called OFFSET and I've made another video on that kzbin.info/www/bejne/nojGeZVjmM-Nnc0

[@nellia2097]

Mahtavia nämä videot! :) Seurailuun menee! :)

[@ellimaanpaa]

Kiitos Nelli. Ihana kuulla. :)

[@savyamallick998]

thanks ma'am ur work is beautiful as u r.

[@ellimaanpaa]

oh thank you Savya 😳😄

[@kruakhunjane]

Thank for your sharing

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you for the comment Krua Khun Jane

[@hastudio7104]

❤️👍

[@cjscrafts]

Thank you, this is really helpful. I have used Photosop for years, but didn't know I could do this. thanks again. What is the Redbubble please?

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you for the comment. Redbubble is a print-on-demand site that an artist can upload their design to and get i.e.20% profit when Redbubble sells their product with your design. Hope this helps.

[@cjscrafts]

@@ellimaanpaa Thank you so much for responding, that is really kind of you. - I will have to take a look. x

[@syystuuliknits]

Ooo vau! Mä on tilannut sun kanavan, mut kokonaan on mennyt ohi tää uus video! Mahtavaa, että teet videoita! Super.

[@ellimaanpaa]

Oh en ole huomannut kommenttiasi hhildur. Kiitos kauneista sanoista

[@SimpleMarketingAcademy]

I would love to have your talent for design!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Oh Jill. Thank you for saying that. Thank you ❤️

[@lvgraphics3333]

very thankfull to you dear this video

[@ellimaanpaa]

Most welcome

[@EllenHayes24]

Is there a reason you compose the final product in Photoshop rather than illustrator?

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thanks for the good question Ellen.The Cat Pattern (where I did the elements in AI) I could have composed as well in Illustrator. So Photoshop was just my preference since I have more experience with it. The other two were born in Photoshop : Either by painting or layer styles that only work in raster based programmes like Photoshop. I'm planning to do a tutorial on pattern design with Illustrator later as well.

[@bgstanleycreative]

Neat video!

[@ellimaanpaa]

Glad you think so!

[@wilmarei3086]

Thank you!🥳🥳

[@ellimaanpaa]

You’re welcome 😊

[@Sahi24476]

Nice chatting

[@israrmalik4336]

i love it

[@rahmaameer1291]

how did you create new layers to make layer 1,2,3 and 4 (before moving layer 1 to 4 and so on)? is it just copy the contents and paste it as new layer?

[@ellimaanpaa]

Rahma Ameer Thank you for the question. I hope I understood it right: I used the Rectangular marquee tool (the 2nd from top in the left panel menu) for selecting one quarter at a time. After the selection is active Right mouse click > from the drop down menu > Layer via copy. I repeated the step for each quarter at a time. - But there’s also another way (easier) of doing this crucial step which I talk about in my latest video kzbin.info/www/bejne/nojGeZVjmM-Nnc0 • Good luck with your pattern!

[@claudiamyatt8301]

How did you get each quarter of the design into separate layers after clicking snap? Nothing happens when I do it, it stays as one single image, so I must have missed something! Many thanks, much appreciated.

[@ellimaanpaa]

Claudia Myatt Thank you Claudia for the question. I hope I understood it right and I’m going to try to explain what I did at that point: I used the Rectangular marquee tool (the 2nd from top in the left panel menu) for selecting one quarter at a time. After the selection is active Right mouse click > from the drop down menu > Layer via copy. I repeated the step for each quarter at a time. - But there’s also another way of doing this crucial step without separating the quarters in individual layers: 1st) Count the pixels of your canvas. 2nd) Divide them in two 3rd) Go to Filters > Other > Offset > Type the numbers 3rd) It’s done. I’m planning to do another video about that technique at some point. Let me know if I was able to answer your question. Best of luck with your pattern.

[@claudiamyatt8301]

@@ellimaanpaa thanks for answering, I'll give it a try! much appreciated

[@calipsous]

shit i was looking for this video for days!! also i realized how stupid i am)) thank you girl!! thank you so much

[@ellimaanpaa]

That's awesome to hear. It's a kind of magic to realize how easy it is in the end to create a repeating pattern. Made me feel stupid too for not realizing it before... :D

[@calipsous]

@@ellimaanpaa hah))) i just made three beautiful patterns for creativemarket! thank you again

[@1stWorldProblemsSolved]

That book now sells for 500-1000USD.

[@janineweiss1828]

I think your tutorial was great...though I wish you showed your whole screen, so I could follow better where you were clicking in the menu. Thanks for sharing.

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you Janine for the comment and tip. That’s a good point. I’ll do that on the next video. Thanks.

[@shauniwhite3627]

This confused me so much, I got lost around the flattening and moving one section to another. My background kept not being transparent, how did you move the top layers only and not the background? too fast

[@ellimaanpaa]

Shauni White thank you for the question. You need to keep the background in a separate layer from the pattern illustrations. Don`t merge all the layers (flatten) together. Only the layers where you have the pattern illustrations. Hope you found a way.

[@shauniwhite3627]

@@ellimaanpaa thank you! i was trying to follow it for my design assignment :) I passed

[@psclip3309]

i download pattern and in photoshop when i apply to object, it get lines resiud and not seamless

[@ellimaanpaa]

Then the pattern is not seamless: there's at least one pixel cap in your pattern. If you did it with the method I showed in this video maybe your selection tool had some feather on? Remember to keep that at zero. You can also try the Offset method which I explain on this other video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nojGeZVjmM-Nnc0 . Hope this helps.

[@psclip3309]

@@ellimaanpaa okay, thanks to reply👍😊

[@psclip3309]

@@ellimaanpaa there's no cap, but pixel with less opacity or a feather..i try to scale the image to hide those pixel

[@ny5894]

Heyy....Can you teach me online?

[@remochii]

Can i say you look so pretty?

[@ellimaanpaa]

Well thank you so much

[@roselemessiah5129]

Hey welcome me I'm your new student

[@rospinara9390]

please where I can found a free books

[@ellimaanpaa]

Do you have libraries near?

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[@antoniakinanthi6483]

I think this tutorial is too fast for beginners. I hope u can make video tutorial that r more obvious and detailed

[@ellimaanpaa]

Thank you for the comment and feedback Antonia. I apologize for your frustration. I agree that this tutorial is not for the beginners with Photoshop. Photoshop is such a vast programme. I added now to the video title "Advanced PS" so that it wouldn't be misleading. Thank you for your understanding.

[@roxannetamberen2140]

Whoa. WAAAAY too fast.

[@ellimaanpaa]

Hi Roxanne. Thanks for the comment. What part is too fast? You can always pause the video to mark down of the tools used.

[@roxannetamberen2140]

Hi, thanks for the reply, but pausing it would not be a remedy, because, what's happening, is, you're talking while you're showing what you're doing, but you're not really saying what you're doing, you're just talking about what you are doing in general, and the speed of the video is fast. I'd say take a look from 3:00 on. It's, as if you're assuming we know what you're doing already. . Maybe someone else can describe it better than me. Anyway, thank you for the video, I'll try slowing it down.

[@artmaniuc4878]

too fast ,i didn't understand