I WAS CHALLENGED TO RECREATE A TILE PATTERN FROM A PHOTO OF A KITCHEN DESIGN. WITH ONLY A PARTIAL VIEW OF A TILED BACKSPLASH, I FOUND A BETTER IMAGE OF A SIMILAR TILE REPEAT ONLINE. I USED ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR AND PHOTOSHOP TO CREATE THE SINGLE TILE PATTERN, WHICH I THEN TURNED INTO A REPEAT SWATCH IN ILLUSTRATOR TO USE ON A HOME GOODS ITEM.
ORIGINAL FADED IMAGE OF A WALL BACKSPLASH.

IMAGE OF A TIN CEILING REPRODUCTION WITH A SIMILAR PATTERN THAT I FOUND THROUGH SEARCHING FOR TIN CEILING DESIGNS.

THIS IS THE BASE TILE PATTERN I CREATED IN ILLUSTRATOR, DRAWING 1/8 OF THE DESIGN, AND THEN FLIPPING AND JOINING THE IMAGE UNTIL IT CREATED A REPEAT.

I THEN EDITED THE IMAGE SLIGHTLY AND CREATED IT AS A PATTERN SWATCH IN ILLUSTRATOR SO THAT IT COULD BE GENERATED AS A FULL REPEAT PATTERN ONTO IMAGES OF PRODUCTS. THIS DESIGN IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR AN EMBOSSED PATTERN INTO HOME GOODS ITEMS.
