Show Off Your Patterns: Find Free Mockups & Build Your Own

Learn how to create and use mockup files in Photoshop to display your own illustrated patterns

Created by: Erica Sprules
Science Teacher, Colour Lover

What Will I Learn?

• Create patterns: Learn how to make simple patterns in Photoshop
• Use online mockup generators: Discover the top 5 online mockup generators and learn how to use them
• Find free mockups: Discover the top 5 websites for free Photoshop mockup files, learn how to open them and how to add in your own patterns
• Locate free photographs: Discover the top 5 free stock photography websites
• Isolate and select objects: Learn how to use smart objects as well as how to select and isolate objects from their backgrounds
• Use filters: Make an applied pattern look realistic by using displacement maps, the liquify filter and warp transformations
• Add highlights and shadows: Create shadows, highlights and textures to make an applied patterns fit in with the rest of the photo
• Build mockup templates: Complete your Photoshop file so you can add any pattern you like to your objects

Requirements

• To complete this class, you will need a computer, access to the internet, and Adobe Photoshop. You can always download a free trial of this program from Adobe.

Target audience

• This class is aimed at intermediate-level students with some working knowledge of Photoshop as well as advanced students with a deeper understanding who wish to create their own mockups to show off their patterns.
• This class has been created for illustrators who wish to build their own high-quality mockups, hobbyists who want to learn how to use free resources to create mocked-up images of their illustrations or patterns, and even side hustlers looking to learn how to make digital assets that they can sell.