Article · Envato Tuts+
How to design a maximalist design pattern
By Diana Toma
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2025
About this lesson
Builds a 'more is more' pattern in Affinity Designer from a circular base tile. Each circle is filled with a different treatment (dots, shaded cubes, hatching, type, imported graphics) and the clashing fills are layered into one dense composition.
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