Because I want all of the hearts to take on color from the overlays & background, there are certain heart fill colors to avoid. The best blend mode for the space-fill layer is Luminosity 100% – it works well with overlaid & background colors.įor overlaid colors, I find combinations of Overlay, Soft Light, and Color produce interesting combinations that are somewhat predictable if you have half a grip on colors & blending.Įach blending mode has rules related to black, white, and sometimes gray – ignore, knock out, and so on. Thinking of the core pattern as a texture, there are a few things to keep in mind …įor ease and speed, use multiple layers like I am and set blend modes on the layer – not the individual color tiles. I sacrifice fine control over color for speed & flexibility. Then I use multiple layers, blending modes, and opacity to quickly try different colors. The source art has a neutral-ish, monochromatic fill that I set using global swatches. In this case I find it helpful to treat the pattern like a texture. I don’t have exact colors picked out, but I do have an idea of where I’m going. My goal is a single pattern with multiple color variations. They are completely optional – you can always start with art that is the exact color you want and skip blending altogether. These blending modes and layers are part of how I create a single pattern with multiple colorways. How much larger isn’t an exact thing, but does relate to the size of the objects in your pattern and how Space Fill works, which will make sense further on.Ībove the space-fill layer are soft-light and overlay layers – named for their blending modes.Īnd below the space-fill layer is a bg layer with no blending mode. The first always matches the artboard / pattern tile – 3600 px. This layer has a blending mode of Luminosity 100%. The space-fill layer is my main working layer – it’s where I’ll be using Astute Graphics to create the bulk of the pattern.
The larger artboard is for my pattern tile – it’s 3600 px x 3600 px. The smaller artboard is where I put the source shapes used in my pattern.
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