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Mel Armstrong - Illustrator
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Добавлен 8 июн 2016
Hello and welcome!
I’m a full-time illustrator, surface pattern designer & online educator from Wellington, New Zealand. I’m obsessed with creating beautiful things, from craft to illustration to sewing and knitting and I love passing on my knowledge to others so they can also pursue their creative career dreams.
I'm a top Skillshare teacher and you can sign up for my classes on illustration and surface pattern design here skl.sh/3RoUrJ2. Or for more intensive courses, check out lean.melarmstrong.com
My client list includes Scholastic UK, Miles Kelly, Spotlight Stores, Harper Collins, Little Tiger Press, Hallmark Creative US, American Greetings, Auzou, Liontree Publishing, New Frontier Publishing, Lilipinso, Oxford University Press, and more.
I’m a full-time illustrator, surface pattern designer & online educator from Wellington, New Zealand. I’m obsessed with creating beautiful things, from craft to illustration to sewing and knitting and I love passing on my knowledge to others so they can also pursue their creative career dreams.
I'm a top Skillshare teacher and you can sign up for my classes on illustration and surface pattern design here skl.sh/3RoUrJ2. Or for more intensive courses, check out lean.melarmstrong.com
My client list includes Scholastic UK, Miles Kelly, Spotlight Stores, Harper Collins, Little Tiger Press, Hallmark Creative US, American Greetings, Auzou, Liontree Publishing, New Frontier Publishing, Lilipinso, Oxford University Press, and more.
Linen Love: Create Realistic Fabric Texture for Your Patterns in Procreate
How to create Linen Texture in Procreate to apply to illustrations and pattern designs
Watch this video to learn my technique for creating organic linen texture that can easily be applied to your pattern designs and other illustrations using Procreate.
Spoonflower Shop: www.spoonflower.com/profiles/melarmstrong
This video will cover:
✅ How to create a Procreate Brush
✅ How to create a Repeating Linen Texture using the Brush
✅ How to apply the Linen Texture to a pattern Design
and so much more...
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⚙️ TOOLS USED:
Ipad Pro* : amzn.to/3Xs14kA
Apple Pencil (2nd Gen)* : amzn.to/4cotMak
Procreate App : procreate.com/
ELETIUO iPad Stand*: am...
Watch this video to learn my technique for creating organic linen texture that can easily be applied to your pattern designs and other illustrations using Procreate.
Spoonflower Shop: www.spoonflower.com/profiles/melarmstrong
This video will cover:
✅ How to create a Procreate Brush
✅ How to create a Repeating Linen Texture using the Brush
✅ How to apply the Linen Texture to a pattern Design
and so much more...
💌 Sign up to my free email newsletter - melarmstrong.com/subscribe/
⚙️ TOOLS USED:
Ipad Pro* : amzn.to/3Xs14kA
Apple Pencil (2nd Gen)* : amzn.to/4cotMak
Procreate App : procreate.com/
ELETIUO iPad Stand*: am...
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Видео
Linen Love: Create Realistic Fabric Texture for Your Patterns in Photoshop
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.День назад
How to create Linen Texture in Adobe Photoshop to apply to illustrations and pattern designs Watch this video to learn my technique for creating organic linen texture that can easily be applied to your pattern designs and other illustrations. This video will cover: ✅ How to create a Photoshop Brush ✅ How to create a Repeating Linen Texture using the Brush ✅ How to apply the Linen Texture to a p...
New Course: Floral Patterns in Gouache: Sketchbook Practice & Illustration (trailer)
Просмотров 86714 дней назад
This is an intro video for my Skillshare class which you can join here: skl.sh/4bwOmVr. (this will give you 1 free month if you're not already a member of Skillshare) Class Overview: Transform your hand-painted florals into stunning, repeatable patterns! This class guides you through gouache floral painting in your sketchbook, then how to digitise your artwork in Photoshop to create seamless pa...
How to Vectorise Procreate Art & Create a Pattern in Illustrator
Просмотров 3,7 тыс.28 дней назад
How to Vectorise Procreate Art & Create a Pattern in Adobe Illustrator Watch this video to learn how to vectorise Procreate art in Adobe Illustrator and then create a simple repeating pattern tile that you can use to sell fabric on Spoonflower or some other POD website. This video will cover: ✅ Creating a simple design in Procreate ✅ Vectorising the design in Adobe Illustrator ✅ Creating a Repe...
Procreate Floral Pattern Magic: From Ogee Tile to Seamless Bloom
Просмотров 4,7 тыс.2 месяца назад
Procreate Floral Pattern Magic: From Ogee Tile to Seamless Bloom
Print Your Passion: Assessing Spoonflower's Value for Artists
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.3 месяца назад
Print Your Passion: Assessing Spoonflower's Value for Artists
How to create a Simple Gingham Pattern in Procreate
Просмотров 4 тыс.4 месяца назад
How to create a Simple Gingham Pattern in Procreate
Procreate Magic: Turn Your Sketch into a Seamless Pattern!
Просмотров 14 тыс.6 месяцев назад
Procreate Magic: Turn Your Sketch into a Seamless Pattern!
Unlocking Procreate's Layer Masks: A Closer Look
Просмотров 2 тыс.7 месяцев назад
Unlocking Procreate's Layer Masks: A Closer Look
Create A Multipage Pdf From Your Artboards In Photoshop!
Просмотров 3,9 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Create A Multipage Pdf From Your Artboards In Photoshop!
9 Legendary HACKS Pro Digital ARTISTS Use in PROCREATE
Просмотров 3,8 тыс.8 месяцев назад
9 Legendary HACKS Pro Digital ARTISTS Use in PROCREATE
From Ideation to Printed Fabric | My 6 Step Process
Просмотров 27 тыс.9 месяцев назад
From Ideation to Printed Fabric | My 6 Step Process
Creating Stunning Half-Drop Patterns in Procreate: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Просмотров 9 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Creating Stunning Half-Drop Patterns in Procreate: Step-by-Step Tutorial
How to create a Repeating PATTERN using the SYMMETRY tool in PROCREATE
Просмотров 10 тыс.9 месяцев назад
How to create a Repeating PATTERN using the SYMMETRY tool in PROCREATE
Design Like a Pro: Easy 4-Step Pillow Mockup Tutorial in Photoshop
Просмотров 4,3 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Design Like a Pro: Easy 4-Step Pillow Mockup Tutorial in Photoshop
Master Procreate Text Animation with This Tutorial
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Master Procreate Text Animation with This Tutorial
Transform Your Sketchbook with this Fun and Simple Painting Idea
Просмотров 82010 месяцев назад
Transform Your Sketchbook with this Fun and Simple Painting Idea
Procreate Tutorial: How to Design Beautiful Seamless Patterns with Ease
Просмотров 23 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Procreate Tutorial: How to Design Beautiful Seamless Patterns with Ease
Easy Gouache Painting Tutorial for Beginners | Florals
Просмотров 96011 месяцев назад
Easy Gouache Painting Tutorial for Beginners | Florals
Unleash Your Inner Artist: Step-by-Step Gouache Tulip Painting
Просмотров 87311 месяцев назад
Unleash Your Inner Artist: Step-by-Step Gouache Tulip Painting
I Completed 100 Gouache paintings in My Sketchbook : The 100 Day Project
Просмотров 9 тыс.11 месяцев назад
I Completed 100 Gouache paintings in My Sketchbook : The 100 Day Project
Xp Pen ARTIST 12 (2ND GEN): The Ultimate Tool for Artists - Unboxing & Review
Просмотров 7 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Xp Pen ARTIST 12 (2ND GEN): The Ultimate Tool for Artists - Unboxing & Review
Notion for Pattern Designers: Plan, Organise, & Manage Your Pattern Collections!
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.Год назад
Notion for Pattern Designers: Plan, Organise, & Manage Your Pattern Collections!
How to turn a gouache painting into a seamless repeat pattern
Просмотров 9 тыс.Год назад
How to turn a gouache painting into a seamless repeat pattern
Learn the Secret to Making Perfect Pattern Repeats with Procreate on iPad!
Просмотров 61 тыс.Год назад
Learn the Secret to Making Perfect Pattern Repeats with Procreate on iPad!
Procreate Timelapse : Lost in the Jungle Cheetah
Просмотров 706Год назад
Procreate Timelapse : Lost in the Jungle Cheetah
Unveiling My Secret To Making Procreate Reels Go Viral
Просмотров 4,9 тыс.Год назад
Unveiling My Secret To Making Procreate Reels Go Viral
Uncovering the Secret to Professional-Looking Box Mockups with Photoshop!
Просмотров 3 тыс.Год назад
Uncovering the Secret to Professional-Looking Box Mockups with Photoshop!
Procreate Timelapse : Fantail Bird Pattern
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.Год назад
Procreate Timelapse : Fantail Bird Pattern
Unlock the Secrets of Selling on Spoonflower: Discover my Top 3 Tips
Просмотров 23 тыс.Год назад
Unlock the Secrets of Selling on Spoonflower: Discover my Top 3 Tips
Hi Mel, thank you so much for this wonderful channel! Please, I am new here, can you share how to use paper motifs in procreate? I’d like to keep all of my pencil marks from the paper and then isolate them and use them in procreate is that possible?
Amazing. Thank you so much for the step by step process!
I didn't know Procreate had a clone tool. Thanks so much!❤
No problem!
Excellent tutorial. Thank you for the clear instructions on how to create this.
You're very welcome!
This is wonderful!
Thank you!
Hello Mel! I just have recently came across your videos and they are so inspirational! I graduated last year in graphic design and I wanted to get into pattern making! I have done it before and I enjoy it so much! I was wondering if you have a video or content that shares how you use procreate and illustrator hand and hand to make patterns. If so I would appreciate if you could point me to that content. Also, just wanted to share that you are very talented! You have a God-given talent my friend! Jesus loves you! ☺️
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Thank you so much for this tutorial Mel !
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Got to minute 15 and gave up, I got the snapping understood but once you started with the grouping of layers again I was overwhelmed and it felt too hard to follow for me rn even with pausing. Maybe naming your layers would help us follow along. I’m gonna search for a more beginner friendly one then try to come back and finish this one!
Love it! Thank you very much!
Thank you Mel for this video! I learnt so much from your videos. Please make more with tips and tricks in procreate for creating patterns . ❤
Absolutely! So glad it was helpful!
Another fabulous tutorial! Thank you for including a link to your Spoonflower shop. You have so many gorgeous designs for sale there. 🎉🎉🎉
Awww thanks Anne! 🥰
Hi-im new to this - do you use RGB colours or cymk if working on procreate? I don't have procreate yet .! Thx
I work in either RGB or CYMK depending on what I'm creating for. Children's books are generally CMYK, whereas if I'm creating a pattern collection for Spoonflower, it's RGB.
I’m getting a differential when I manually enter the pixel width 1500 and height 1498, can this interfere with the designs and why can this be happening? (Help).. by the way, I love your instructional videos ❤
The save & load option is not available, why can this be?
this video is very helpful ❤ thank you
Very interesting tutorial Mel. Thank you so so much. I also would use the brush in clear mode to homogenize a bit the dark areas. What do you think?
That was so interesting. I'll be giving that a go. Thanks.
Fabulous Peta!
Thank you, this is a great and helpful tutorial!
Fabulous! So glad you found it helpful!
Thank you so much for sharing Mel!
You're welcome!
Love this ❤ you're an inspiration . New sub here 😊
Ohhh...thanks so much! 😃
So beautiful ❤ love these patterns especially the blue green with orange one
Thank you!
Thank you so much! I was really admiring this effect
Awesome! So glad it was helpful.
Very nice❤❤❤
Brilliant Mel... thanks
You're welcome!
I like how the transparent linen texture changes color as it is laid over the colors below it. (e.g. it become a darker pink over the pink, a darker teal over the teal, etc.) Is it possible to get this same look in a vector format?)
I haven't been very successful in creating a brush that will do this in Illustrator like I do it in Photoshop, but you can do it using filters. I will be doing a tutorial on how to do that.
@@MelArmstrong Wonderful! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for sharing how to do this! You really make learning new techniques easy! Can’t wait to try this!
Oh...thanks for your lovely comment! Have fun trying this technique.
This is a great video Mel! Eactly what I needed to know. ✨
Fabulous Autumn!
Can you create this brush in Procreate?
Yes, you can. Tutorial in the works!! 😀
That would be greatly appreciated Mel! Love you videos can I send you my first attempt at a pattern😀
That was great and useful, thank you ❤
So happy it was useful.
brilliant! I have a question Mel: Do we need to remove the texture when send to print?Or it will print double texture?
It's really up to you and also what you're printing it on. You may not want this texture if you're printing on Linen fabric for example. But I use it in a lot of my designs and it prints well on a lot of fabric and art prints.
@@MelArmstrong Got it, thank you so much for sharing this, Mel!!! So excited to try this
this is fantastic, thanks Mel
Enjoy! I'm working on a tutorial to do this in Procreate as well.
Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome!
awesome! thank you for the great tutorial! been wanting to do this for some time but didn't know how!
Fabulous! So glad it was helpful!
thank you Mel, cool tip!
No Problem. I hope it was helpful.
🎈🎈🎈
Cool Mel, thanks sharing this technique
You’re welcome! So glad it’s helpful for you!
Fantastic Mel! Thank you so much! ❤
So glad it was helpful Anne. Feel free to share!! Thanks so much!
Great tips Mel; thank you.
You are so welcome!
RUclipsr: Proceeds to create quick tutorial video. Also RUclipsr: flashes settings screen so quickly, you thought you saw the ghost of the crayon you were supposed to be learning to make.
Love this video...very clear instruction process. I'm confused on why we need to do the extra step of vectorizing when it has been saved as a rasterized JPEG in the end anyway. Is the final JPEG a higher quality out of the process?
Great Question Laurie! One good reason is if you need a larger scale, you can increase the original illustrator file without losing quality and then resave it as a final jpeg if needed. You couldn't rescale the jpeg. 🙂
Hello, and first of all, I wanted to thank you so much for your generous videos, I have learned so much from you. I have a question and I know you are busy, but if you have a chance I would love your suggestion. I have made a stamp brush before, and had no problem, but when I make the drawing for the fan template, and paste it, it pastes on a black background instead of the white, and the drawing is super light grey and I can't see it. when I tap to reverse the image so that the background is white , my drawing is super light grey instead of black. I tried to export it into photos and import from there, and that worked but it also was super light grey. I'm sure I must have changed a setting somewhere without realizing it, because I did the exact same thing for another brush stamp a few weeks ago and it worked great. If you have any insights that you can share I would be so grateful.
This looks awesome and I can’t wait to try it. Your tutorials are terrific. If people are interested in designing fabric, wallpaper, etc. there is a wonderful company called Spoonflower where you can send your digital designs and have it printed. I’ve printed some of my watercolors.(not Procreate.) on fabric on Spoonflower. Terrific company.
Hi Mel! I tried this with an illustration I did of cherry blossoms on a branch. It's pretty simple, just solid flowers with centers and stamens on a solid branch. I found that once I hit image trace on certain elements, like the lines of the flower stamens they just disappear. Also the smaller elements like the flower center details turn into blobs. I've been playing around in settings but can't seem to make them work. Any suggestions? Thanks so much!
I did not understand how you extracted the repeat tile. What calculation you used for drawing the rectangle??? Please help.
I recommend downloading the accompanying pdf which has the instructions on how to make the calculations. Link in description.
Thanks for sharing these tips. 🙏🏼What if it’s something more complex with a bit of shading or overlay textures etc or even watercolour ? Cos I know watercolour textures when done in procreate, they always look weird when you convert to vector..
Yes best to stick to flat designs in my opinion. I generally will use Photoshop for textured or traditional art. It is possible to vectorise but you will lose all the lovely textures and painterly affects.
@@MelArmstrongyea I’ll stick to flat lol I love textures though 😊
Great tutorial and inspiration! Thank you!
Thank you for watching! Glad you liked it!
Delighted that I found your video on Top 3 Tips for Selling on Spoonflower. I do have one question about entering Design Challenges. I noticed in your file setup, the size is for a fat quarter (21 x 18 inches) and the resolution was set to 300 dpi. Spoonflower recommends design files be set at 150 dpi. Do you submit your Design Challenge entries at 300 or 150 dpi? Always good to check on the details of things. Thanks so much!
I create at 300 dpi as that means I can use it for other things like licensing. Spoonflower will automatically adjust it down to 150dpi or you can just upload a 150 dpi.
Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much!! ❤ I feel comfortable with procreate now too
Oh that’s awesome! So glad it was useful!
I love this… but this is not goth. Nothing about it is goth. Mystical sure.