Tag Archives: folk

create a pattern brush in Illustrator

create a pattern brush in Illustrator

In this detailed tutorial you will learn how to create a custom decorative pattern brush in Adobe Illustrator. We will use the Pen Tool to create a nice curl. We will play with the stroke style and use ‘offsetting path’ to give it a sort of multicolored folk ribbon look. Next I will show you how to make sure that the brush elements match seamlessly.

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slavic soul – free vector

slavic soul – free vector

Inspired by traditional czech paper cuts. Folk and floral.

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free tile patterns for Photoshop and Illustrator

free tile patterns for Photoshop and Illustrator

This time a simple tile pattern. Black & white / white & black are my favorites.
The colorful variants make me think of Slavic folk tales with cannibalistic Baba Yagas living in the chicken-leg huts who kidnap small children. Maybe because Baba Yagas feed skinny kids with ginger cakes…
(But, no worry – there is always happy-end [...]

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illustrator tutorial: create a seamless folk pattern

illustrator tutorial: create a seamless folk pattern

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a seamless pattern composed of simple folk-flavored flowers. In the first part we will create an individual flower. In the second we will focus on constructing a pattern and define a seamless Illustrator pattern swatch.

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