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simple ornament patterns for Photoshop and Illustrator

simple ornament patterns for Photoshop and Illustrator

First of all Happy New Year since this is my first post in 2010 (and yes, I promise to post more… )
This time simple ornament pattern (in four versions). Free for personal and commercial use.

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doodled christmas Ai and Ps patterns

doodled christmas Ai and Ps patterns

Christmas is coming … What I love about Christmas is all this ‘decorating madness’.
Very likely I’ll follow this craziness and this is not my only xmas-related post this year.. We’ll see …
Meanwhile enjoy my simple patterns (Photoshop and Illustrator pattern swatches). I doodled the trees and then live-traced them in Adobe Illustrator.
(Yes, I know, the [...]

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halloween freebies – Ps and Ai pumpkin patterns

halloween freebies – Ps and Ai pumpkin patterns

It’s been sweet for a while … now it’s time for some ‘pumpkin’ .. We are approaching Hallowe’en celebrated October 31st, the eve of All Saints’ Day. It’s almost the whole month left but I want you to have enough time to decor whatever you wish (within both your personal and commercial projects) with my patterns.
As each time I created them in Adobe Illustrator then turned into Photoshop patterns. Consequently the Illustrator swatches contain a few more color variants than the Photoshop .pat file.

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doodled PS and Ai free patterns: evening walk

doodled PS and Ai free patterns: evening walk

Doodling is relaxing.. This time I doodled with my Wacom tablet. Honestly, pen and paper work much better for me but gathering my doodles as vectors – that’s tempting… Converting them into Photoshop patterns – ‘just give me a second’. Plus, I can share them with my visitors.
This time 7 Photoshop [...]

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forget me not (how could you forget these patterns?)

forget me not (how could you forget these patterns?)

A bit chaotic (as forget-me-nots naturally are) but seamless, believe me, Photoshop patterns and Adobe Illustrator pattern swatches. Free for both personal and commercial use. And yes, forget me not! ;)

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ultra-easy pattern making – illustrator tutorial

ultra-easy pattern making – illustrator tutorial

In this post I will show you how to quickly create a seamless simple geometric pattern swatch in Adobe Illustrator. In the last (extra) step I will show you a very simple way to ‘export’ it as a pattern to Photoshop.
First, have a look at what we aim to obtain (this pattern is inspired by the fabric of my favorite tunic).

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