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Creating custom patterns

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Patterns:
One of the cool things about patterns is that, like brushes, they can have semi-transparent and transparent pixels, so let’s make a fading checkerboard pattern.

Start with a new image that’s 20×20px in size (I’m zooming in 10x to demonstrate). Create a new layer and hit D to reset the colors to their default black on white. Now grab your pencil tool and start drawing a checkerboard pattern on your canvas, like so.

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial - Custom brushes, patterns and shapes - Fig. 9

Continue until you’ve filled the canvas (you can just duplicate the first few rows a few times to make this go faster)

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial - Custom brushes, patterns and shapes - Fig. 10

Now Ctrl+Click on the layer’s icon in the layers palette to load its selection. Then delete the layer.

Create another new layer and this time, select the gradient tool. Now select the “Foreground to Background” linear gradient.

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial - Custom brushes, patterns and shapes - Fig. 11

Drag from the top of the canvas down to the bottom of the canvas to make the faded checkerboard pattern. Then click on the eye icon next to the background layer in the layers palette to hide it.

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial - Custom brushes, patterns and shapes - Fig. 12

Next, with the checker layer still selected, go to Edit - Define Pattern and give your new pattern a name. Save your pattern the same way you saved your brush, by selecting “Save Pattern” from the Patterns palette menu.

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial - Custom brushes, patterns and shapes - Fig. 13

Now you can start using your pattern in your art!

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial - Custom brushes, patterns and shapes - Fig. 14