{"id":931,"date":"2012-02-15T13:17:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T18:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=931"},"modified":"2012-02-05T13:17:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-05T18:17:55","slug":"seamless-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/02\/15\/seamless-patterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Seamless patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-946\" style=\"margin: 8px;\" title=\"owlmicepattern01sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/owlmicepattern01sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"335\" \/>A little while ago I was playing around with seamless patterns&#8211;the manual way.\u00a0 I had a few sketches hanging around in my folders and I finally got around to coloring this one today.<\/p>\n<p>In case you didn&#8217;t know, the manual way of seamless patterns is to get yourself a square sheet of paper and draw on it.\u00a0 Fill it up to the edges as much as you can.\u00a0 Now cut your square into four squares and tape them back together so the top right square is on the bottom left, top left &#8211; bottom right, bottom right- top left and so on.\u00a0 Then draw again.\u00a0\u00a0 Now scan.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem I always run into is that I use cheap paper which inevitably warps and expands with the moisture of my hands while I&#8217;m drawing.\u00a0 Thus I have no really perfect seamless patterns.\u00a0 Shucks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/Downloads.html\">There are more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little while ago I was playing around with seamless patterns&#8211;the manual way.\u00a0 I had a few sketches hanging around in my folders and I finally got around to coloring this one today. In case you didn&#8217;t know, the manual way of seamless patterns is to get yourself a square sheet of paper and draw&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/02\/15\/seamless-patterns\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seamless patterns<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[49,90],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-drawing-2","tag-seamless-patterns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7220,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2016\/07\/02\/which-do-you-like\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":0},"title":"which do you like?","author":"leems","date":"July 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Playing around with seamless patterns again. Thinking of ordering some fabric swatches and making something out of them.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/EyePattern001sm-107x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5736,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/05\/07\/patterns\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":1},"title":"Patterns","author":"leems","date":"May 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I made a couple of new patterns with my tattoo designs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And, while reorganizing my files, I found a pattern I had never posted or used.\u00a0 I really love how this one turns out when on repeat.\u00a0 After some refining, they will be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SurprisePatternba","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SurprisePatternba-600x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4478,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/11\/20\/pattern-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":2},"title":"pattern","author":"leems","date":"November 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"fashioninrestaurant","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/fashioninrestaurant-422x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7678,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2017\/05\/03\/bunny-revenge-pattern\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":3},"title":"Bunny revenge pattern","author":"leems","date":"May 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A little bunny revenge post Easter.\u00a0 I worked up this pattern a very little while ago and did not know what to do with it.\u00a0 Well, here you go... 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