Exploring into repeat patterns was an interesting one since there's so many ways to actually do it. I loved the idea of doing a repeat pattern via hand and paint, however the complications and much harder doing it hands on than it is on photoshop. Via photoshop you have a much easier platform and it's much quicker. My favourite point of call with photoshopping them is that you can brighten the colours and lighten the background making the overall composition crisp and unique. I went for red and blue due to the inspiration by William De Morgan and the way his paint and inks print onto the plates. His initial inspiration was Hyspanic and Italian designers which originally work with primary colours and a splash of green.
The way you actually photoshop up a repeat pattern is simple. You make sure that none of the illustration is touching the sides of the square (it has to be square) and you flatten the image. After flattening you go to offset.
When you alter the ratio in offset, you are left with each corner flipped creating alternate sides which will later match up nicely creating that aspiration of repeat pattern.
Then to create the repeat pattern, you copy and paste onto an even document and line up (or duplicate the layer). The one issue I had way that the outer sides didn't always match up leaving an annoying non matched side. However that isn't important if it isn't going to be repeated again.
This is the final look of the experiment. I love the way the colours contrast but the blue is heavier than the red which somewhat leaves it looking washed out because the reds so bright and bold despite being less of it. The outsides are uneven therefor if you were to repeat that finished design, they wouldn't match so that's something to consider and work out at a later date.
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