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Shiny Object Syndrome: 5 simple tips to avoid it as a multi passionate creative

I’m super excited to introduce my first-ever blog contributor! Kate Frances is a surface pattern designer and creative coach, and she’s written a fantastic guest blog post for you on a topic I believe many creatives are very familiar with. Enjoy!

As a creative business owner or artist, it’s easy to fall victim to shiny object syndrome. You know what I’m talking about – that feeling when you’re scrolling through social media and see someone else doing something new and exciting, and suddenly you feel like you’re missing out. Or, you start a new project with enthusiasm, only to lose interest halfway through and move on to the next shiny thing that catches your eye.

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Beat your creative block with Repper, an awesome pattern-making app | Pitter Pattern

I think you’re gonna love what I’m sharing with you today!

The other day I got contacted by Wouter from Studio Ludens. He and his partner Alex are the creators of Repper, a web app to create patterns on the fly. He wanted some feedback on the app, and to do some research on how it would fit into the workflow of a surface pattern designer. I fell in love with the app in about 5 minutes…

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How to easily change colour groups to Pantone colours in Illustrator [video] | Pitter Pattern

At the end of last year, I made a few video tutorials for my Pattern Kick customers, explaining some useful tips & tricks to help them make the most of their pattern files. Today I’m sharing one of them with you: How to easily change colour groups to Pantone colours in Illustrator.

This video tutorial will show you, as described in the title, how to convert Illustrator colour groups in your Swatches panel, to Pantone colours. A very useful trick for when you have some artwork ready to send to the printers but didn’t work with Pantone colours from the beginning.

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How to recolour patterns automatically in Illustrator [video] | Pitter Pattern

At the end of last year, I made a few video tutorials for my Pattern Kick customers, explaining some useful tips & tricks to help them make the most of their pattern files. Today I’m sharing one of them with you: How to recolour patterns automatically in Illustrator.

This video tutorial will show you how to change the colours of your Illustrator’s patterns and/or artwork with Illustrator’s own ‘Recolor Artwork’ feature. It’s so fast and easy, it makes tedious work a breeze! If you haven’t used it yet, you’ll soon be wondering how you ever managed without it…

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How to easily add texture to your Illustrator designs [video] | Pitter Pattern

As promised in my last post, I have created a video tutorial on how to add texture to your vector designs in Illustrator by using bitmap images. This technique is very useful and can produce some gorgeous and interesting results.

If you downloaded the free texture images from last post you can use those to follow along. If you haven’t downloaded them but want to, here is the link: 17 free textures that can help your designs kick ass. You can also, of course, use your own images!

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