My first pattern came from the idea of a Rubik’s cube. I was actually playing around with one when I thought of the cool pattern it could make. I created one Rubik’s cube from scratch in Photoshop. I started with a regular hexagon shape and created the 3d cube look so that they would all interlock with each other. I find it interesting how you can see a variety of different patterns depending on where you focus. Whether you focus on the regular cube, the upside down cube created in between these cubes, or even the diamonds created for each side.
My next pattern is an animal pattern, inspired by my pet turtle. I took a photograph of him from my phone and used the various selection tools we learned about to crop him out and make a pattern. I created the water-like background with a texture to get the feeling of movement, and because turtles like water. I also utilized half drop repeats as well as reflections to make the pattern slightly more interesting.
