Art Styles, Patterns and Themes: A Visual Guide for Designers
A practical visual guide to design techniques, subjects, traditions, themes, and layouts, and how they combine in wall art, fabric, and wallpaper.
A practical visual guide to design techniques, subjects, traditions, themes, and layouts, and how they combine in wall art, fabric, and wallpaper.
Explore Art Nouveau patterns, their flowing lines and botanical motifs, and how they compare with Arts and Crafts and Art Deco. Find ideas for wall art, fabric, and wallpaper.
Before you upload or print a seamless pattern, run it through an actual repeat test. Here are five free tools to do it with, the exact steps to follow, and what each result means for what to fix next.
Learn the difference between pattern repeat size and motif scale, and discover how to choose the right scale for fabric, wallpaper, stationery, quilting, and POD designs.
A diagnose-first guide to white lines, hairline seams, and gaps in seamless patterns — how to tell a real file flaw from a screen display artifact, then fix it by tool.
Why does your seamless pattern print bigger or smaller than expected? A clear, beginner-friendly breakdown of pixel dimensions, PPI vs DPI, and the exact formula behind print size — plus Spoonflower’s 150-DPI system explained and how Printful/Printify compare.