Add Patterns to your Twitter profile

It’s very easy to customize your twitter profile with any pattern from DinPattern. Here’s how to do it in a five easy steps.

Define that Pattern

I just stumbled across a great glossary that lists different pattern design definitions. Maybe I’ll try a “Bayadere” design next.

Found Patterns – Yogi Tea

Had a craving for some green tea last night, so I grabbed a packet from a box of Yogi Tea I had. I had never noticed it before, but the packaging has some great patterns and packaging design. I was even more impressed when I opened the box and found a pretty unique repeating pattern surrounding a lotus illustration on the inside.

Pattern Inspiration from Vera Bradley

Looking for pattern inspiration? Have a look at what the most stylish ladies are carrying around these days. Patterned handbags are all the rage from Louis Vuitton to Vera Bradley.Vera Bradley’s been spicing up the wardrobes of people every where for over 20 years.

Fuchsia

Bewitched

Larkspur II

Larkspur

DinPattern Grunge Brush Set 2 Hi-res

More pattern brush fun for Photoshop (CS4). Inside are 5 select patterns turned into vintage, worn brushes for usage on any artwork desired. We’ve taken Haunted, Haunted II, Cellar Heat, Hollyhock and Vintage Walls; roughed them up hires style and ran them through the brush treatment. Enjoy! Download Now (13mb)

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DinPattern Grunge Brush Set 1

Have some fun with a new grunge pattern brush set for photoshop. Inside are 5 select patterns turned into vintage, worn brushes for usage on any artwork desired. We’ve taken Bones, Winchester Walls, Old Vine, Haunted II and Aloha Turkey; roughed them up and ran them through the brush treatment. Enjoy!

How It’s Made: “Old Posy Gold”

“Old Posy Gold” was inspired by two elements – that wonderful color “goldenrod” and some late 60’s vintage wallpaper. It has that harvest, floral feel but still remains geometric here and there. I have no idea what the technical title of this form of pattern making is, but the end pattern gets created into offset vertical stripes. Each pattern is duplicated, moved vertically and then copied again parallel to it. That next stripe of pattern is then offset vertically and the whole thing gets duplicated over and over.

Catherine’s Animals

I just stumbled upon a site called “Catherine’s Animals” that has some great animal photography. What caught my eye though, was the settings the animals were in. Behind a majority of the animals are some great patterned wallpapers. The patterns of the wallpapers creates an interesting focal point on the animals.

Pattern Basics: Easy tiling patterns

I’ve been asked many times, “how do you make all those patterns?” So, here we go. All of my patterns are constructed in Adobe Illustrator. I’ve used Illustrator for years, and feel much more comfortable with it rather than any other vector package. So first off, boot up illustrator, open a new document and get ready.

DinPattern’s “Simply Ornate” WordPress theme available

“Simply Ornate” is a minimal, streamlined wordpress theme that comes in multiple flavors. The theme features an ajax sidebar with latest comments, tags and posts, along with the ability to link up your flickr account. The theme is easy to turn on and use, and looks sharp to boot.

News and Tutorials are on the way

DinPattern will now be featuring articles, news, inspiration and tutorials from here on out. They’ll be published as they get written up. Enjoy!