The Complete Pattern Library

With this fabulous book-and-CD combination, anyone can produce personalized gift wraps and stationery; generate original templates for stencils, needlework, and stained-glass art; and create stunning designs for a huge variety of uses. All that is needed is a computer (PC or Mac) and an image-manipulation program (such as Adobe Photoshop); the simple step-by-step tutorials show even the novice how to proceed.

The 100 striking repeat patterns are infinitely adaptable to home crafters and professional designers alike. Each pattern is included on the copyright-free CD as a layered file that can be easily repeated, recolored, added to, subtracted from, and scaled up or down by the user. Patterns are grouped by type-geometrics, plaids and stripes, florals and foliage-and are inspired by everything from Islamic mosaic to Renaissance wall ornament, from Indian paisley to Pop art. A superb tool for teaching the basics of pattern design, this package is also a rich stimulus for the visual imagination. AUTHOR BIO: Keith Hagan is an accomplished graphic designer, illustrator, film animator, art director, and copywriter. He has developed well-known graphic work for such companies as Shell, Marks & Spencer, and The Wall Street Journal.

Ian Hamlin has worked in pattern design for over 30 years. He has worked as a technician at the Royal College of Art and now works as a technical adviser on rendering design into digital forms.