Creating a Tessellating Pattern in Illustrator and Photoshop

I’ve thought for a while that there could be a lot of use for some basic tessellating geometric patterns, especially in regards to 3D engrave (create a neat textured background to an image, etc.). Found this little tutorial using Illustrator and Photoshop CC to create a tessellating geometric pattern. If you finished it out grayscale, this approach could provide some interesting designs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_7zhfcrkNs

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Thanks! PLUS… It’s always fun to say “tessellating.”

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Here is the video on the actual Channel of Spoon Graphics

Thanks for sharing. Didn’t know about this guy. Now I have a ton more vids to watch.

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I needed a good design exercise to get my day started today so I followed through this tutorial doing my best to translate the Illustrator/Photoshop instructions to CorelDRAW/PhotoPaint.

The best part was that, while looking for a texture to use, I found the texture I have been using in a lot of the branding for my business for the last few years. I had forgotten where I had saved the original and have been reworking a copy of a copy.

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