Transform a painting into a pattern! Repeat pattern tutorial in Photoshop with Pattern Preview

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I've made a repeat pattern tutorial before using individual drawings... but what if you want to transform a painting into a pattern? When you have a flat image, like a watercolor painting, it's tricky to create a seamless pattern... but let me show you my best tips to succeed. Here's my repeat pattern tutorial in Photoshop with Pattern Preview!

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[daotae]

Thank you Vanessa! That's very usefull!

[mona_b_art]

Thank you so much, Vanessa! It is very informative and I am planning to replicate it soon with another painting to see how I can apply the same process! Awesome results!

[mariadelmararellano]

I love it! But at the end I got a bit lost with how should you save it to use later… or just like a normal PSD…

[Anuja_Shirke]

Omg you’re amazing 😭 whatta life saver ❤

[marychaseflynn]

Thank you so much Ness, this was fascinating. I'm very interested in this process, as I have a lot of traditional art work that I would like to try making into patterns. You have given me hope that it's possible to use my prior work!