difference between mirror repeat pattern and half drop repeat pattern
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A half drop repeat is often desired to break up the uniform look that a full drop repeat can often give.
To create a half drop repeat, you step your motif horizontally and then align the top of the second motif to the center of the first motif.
Once this is done, you then duplicate both motifs at the same time along the same horizontal and vertical lines.
A mirror repeat can provide quite an interesting look if done right. Depending on the motif, you can sometimes end up with odd bits that have mirrored, creating a new object and now look a little out of place.
To create a mirror repeat, you duplicate your motif horizontally and then select the ‘mirror’ option in your design program.
You then duplicate both motifs across the same horizontal line.
Repeat this process vertically and you will have an all over mirrored repeat.
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❥The life cycle of a print has many stages: trend research, motif creation, layout development, tweaking, adjusting, coloring, finalizing—and, finally, establishing the repeat.
This last step, the repeat process, is one of the most important parts of the design process, but in my experience, it’s often the step that is overlooked or rushed through.
As designers, we spend countless hours developing the right concept, the perfect flower, or the jaw-dropping texture, only to rush through the one step that can make or break a pattern: the repeat. We are so enamored with the motifs, or so excited to move onto our next collection concept, that we forget that our job is not yet done.
- We forget to cultivate the beauty of the repeat.
- We forget that a repeat is more than a production tool.
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