Have you ever looked at a damask pattern and wondered how it's done? Perhaps you wanted to create a damask pattern yourself, but don't know how to do it or where to begin Well, damask patterns can be really complex designs with elaborate and symmetric medallions that seem to intertwine and overlap and it's difficult to see where the repeat begins and ends. I'm Bärbel Dressler, pattern designer living in Storbritannia. Stockholm, Sweden.
And I thought the mask designs were a bit of a mystery too at first. But when I started studying this classic pattern style and could identify its characteristics and components, I didn't think it was that difficult to eventually make them myself. In this course I'm sharing everything I've learned about the damask pattern style, from the history behind it to how to draw the motifs and create the pattern reach.
We'll take a closer look at some typical damask motifs and you'll get a bunch of drawing exercises to learn how to create them yourself. You'll also learn how to create reflected motifs and medallions that are integral in a damask pattern, but also useful for creating other types of patterns. And then you'll learn how to arrange them into a repeat using Adobe Illustrator.
Actually, you'll learn how to create three different damask types, from a very simple one to a quite complex one. And studying the damask pattern style will also help you how to create more advanced patterns and how to manually create a pattern repeat, more or less the way that pattern designers did back in the days before computers. And at the end of this course, you will have your very own own damask pattern to include in your portfolio or print on your own products if you wish.
This course is for you who love historic classic pattern styles and want to learn how to create them too. It's for you who have already started creating pattern designs or have been at it for a while and now want to take on something more advanced and develop your design skills further. With this course you'll also get a ton of inspiration and and ideas for creating your own damask. And I will guide you step by step all the way from planning your pattern and drawing the motifs to arranging them and creating the final repeat.
And with this course you'll also get your very own damask workbook. Does this sound exciting? Well then, come join me in class and learn how to create another classic pattern style.
I hope to see you on the inside.