Make your next idea work.

Bring colour, pattern and practical design decisions into your own projects—with examples you can understand and things you can try.

For artists, designers, makers and creative businesses building work they can put their name to.

Make a repeat that feels effortless.

Understand matching edges, choose a repeat layout and check your pattern at the scale you intend to use.

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Find the cause of a white line.

Separate a real gap in your exported pattern from a display hairline, then repair and recheck the right file.

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Give every colour a role.

Use backgrounds, supporting colours and small accents to create a balanced illustration or coordinated pattern range.

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Find a colour direction you love.

Understand analogous, complementary and triadic palettes, then use harmony, lightness and accents in real artwork.

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One design. More possibilities.

Develop another colourway without redrawing your artwork, and compare lightness, detail and product use before export.

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Know what your pixels can print.

Calculate print size from image dimensions, understand DPI and PPI, and choose the right canvas before making artwork.

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Add texture with a light touch.

Choose an artwork texture, control its strength and scale, and check detail and repeat joins before using the result.

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Make a stamp you will want to reuse.

Turn an illustration into a clear stamp shape, preserve small spaces and prepare useful source images for your drawing workflow.

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Know what is inside your SVG.

Understand editable paths, embedded images and live text, and check whether an SVG suits the job you need it to do.

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Make the download easy to use.

Prepare clear file names, useful instructions and a complete digital download that your customer can understand.

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Get your stamps into your drawing app.

Choose your app when you download from Stamp Studio, then follow its guide to create, test and save your stamp brush.