How to Create a Coverstitch Pattern Brush in Adobe Illustrator CS5

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a coverstitch pattern brush using Adobe Illustrator CS5.  Instead of hand drawing coverstitch details on your designs, using pattern brushes will greatly reduce your workload and will help keep your artboard and files more tidy.  Use this to apply decorative coverstitching to your fashion sketches, or to specify technical details for factories.

How to Create a Zipper Tooth Pattern Brush in Illustrator

Pattern brushes are very powerful and can be used for endless possibilities.  This tutorial demonstrates how to create a pattern brush for both open and closed zipper teeth, as well as how to manipulate the directionality of it.

How to Blend Colors in Illustrator

When creating patterns and designs, you may want to “mix” two colors together.  There are a couple ways to do this and this tutorial will show you how.  It’s also a handy tool if you need to create gradient stripes or other motifs.

How to Create Seamless Repeating Patterns in Illustrator using the Move Command

With a variety of ways and techniques to create seamless repeating patterns, this tutorial shows you one of the simplest and most exact ways to do it.  Use the move command to precisely place your motifs on the edge of your repeating boundary so that they seam up perfectly.  You can easily create complex patterns using a variety of motifs.

How to Create a Seamless Repeating Pattern in Photoshop Using Vector Smart Objects from Illustrator

This tutorial demonstrates in depth how to use vector smart objects from Illustrator as a motif for creating seamless repeating patterns in Photoshop.  The use of vector smart objects allows for quick and easy modification to the motif in your repeating pattern.