Splat! Pattern Design

Introducing Splat! Pattern Design

Splat! evolved when I was looking for a more freehand pattern. One of my sketches of blobby shapes was a ten-armed amoeba-shaped blob that could morph into other shapes. The Splat! name of the pattern was the last stage of the process.

Simplifying the Pattern Repeat

I concentrated on nine Splats so that they could easily make a 3×3 grid shape, so an easy pattern repeat.

Developing the Pattern

The first version of the pattern had the central area of the Splat in a contrasting grey. Later versions had the central area matching the background as if it was a hole. The final version does away with the central area altogether and reverses out the design on white.

Scaling the Pattern

Unusually this pattern looks great huge – and tiny. For instagram I created a close up version matched with the much smaller scale to show how flexible the pattern is.

Testing The Pattern Repeat

These full-screen versions use actual pattern repeats, set to repeat and scaled using my CSS style sheet. This is the ideal way to test if a pattern repeat works.