How to create a seamless pattern in Krita?

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 20:29:34 +0000

Gone are the days when you had to manually arrange the edges of a texture or pattern. No more copy-pasting, aligning, and offsetting the tiles. There is an easy and user-friendly mode in Krita that makes the tedious task of creating a seamless texture or pattern a piece of cake.

Game developers and textile artists will find this feature immensely helpful and time-saving. I was blown away by this feature when I first tried Krita. It has existed in Krita for ages and only recently did Photoshop get an inferior version of this feature.

I am assuming you have already downloaded and installed Krita from the official website. So without further ado let us see how it is done.

Step 1 - Create a Document

We will create a new document in Krita. Most seamless patterns are squares but in Krita, you can create rectangular tile too. Open Krita and you will be greeted by a welcome screen. Click on the New File link in the Start section. Or you can also press the shortcut CTRL + N . A new file dialog will open.

Krita’s new file dialog

In the Image Size section marked are number 1 in the image above fill in the dimension of the seamless tile we want. Here I fill in 512px by 512px. We can also choose a ready-made texture template from the template section marked as number 2 in the image. After choosing and filling in the detail click on Create button.

Seamless Handmade Textures

Sat, 30 Nov 2019 12:17:00 +0530

I am sharing these free seamless handmade or hand-painted textures.These were made while I was working on various projects. Not all are hand-painted some are scanned and prepared from the original item, for example, the cartridge texture is a scan of a paper, some might have made by using resources in the public domain. These are shared under CC-BY-SA license, so you are free to reuse modify or share these I’ll be updating and adding more to this page as and when I make a new texture.

001-cement-texture-hires

002-brick-seamless-hires

003-leaves-seamless-hires

004-cartridge-texture-hires

005-mdf-seamless-hires

006-wall-plaster-hires

007-mosaic-tiles-hires

If you find these useful share them with your fellow artists and spread the word, I will also be excited to see how other artists have used these in their artwork. These are free to download but if you like to support me by donating money, you can use my PayPal link.

Textures on Raghukamath – Digital Painter and Freelance Illustrator from India

How to create a seamless pattern in Krita?

Step 1 - Create a Document

Seamless Handmade Textures