How to Create a Traditional Indian Kolam Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating Kolam is a form of drawing that is drawn by using rice flour/chalk/chalk powder/rock powder often using naturally/synthetically colored powders as Wikipedia says. A Kolam is a geometrical line drawing composed of curved loops, which is drawn around a grid pattern of dots. In South India it is widely practiced by

How to Create a Tribal African Inspired Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial we will create a simple yet beautiful circular African pattern in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll use basic shapes to create various spiritual symbols such as the ankh cross and cowrie shells. Then we’ll combine them into a neat composition, forming a seamless pattern that will fit perfectly as a