Drawing I created 19 triangle designs using a sharpie marker. Now they are going to use Photoshop to create tessellations!
Here are the instructions:
Drawing I
Tessellations!!!
If opening
your triangles for the first time: (If you have already created a tessellation skip ahead to the blue area!!!
1. Open your triangles.
2. Select the MAGIC wand tool. (forth from the top)
3. Click your empty triangle.
4. Go to SELECT- Modify-Contract 2
pixels.
5. Go to SELECT- Save Selection- name
it triangles.
6. GO TO FILE SAVE AS- press ok- you
want this to be a psd file so you can load your selection next time you open
your file!
If you have
already done steps 1-6.
1. Open your triangles.
2. Select the rectangular marquee tool
(2nd down).
3. Go to SELECT-Load Selection.
1. Now that
you have a triangle selected move it to the triangle you want (you must have
the rectangular marquee tool or the magic wand too selected)- use the arrow
keys to nudge your outline and Cmd + to zoom in and Cmd – to zoom out.
2. Copy your triangle (Cmd C)
3. File- New-
Width
10 INCHES
Height
8 INCHES
Resolution
300
RGB
mode
4.
Paste
your triangle.
5.
Select
the arrow tool (top tool)
6.
Duplicate
your layer (Cmd J)
7.
Edit-
Transform- Flip Vertical
8.
Move
your triangle down and match it PERFECTLY!!!
9.
Cmd
E (merge down) rename your layer diamond.
10.
Cmd
J (duplicate layer)
11.
Move your triangle to the left.
12.
Edit-
Transform- Flip Horizontal
13.
Select- transform- Rotate- at the top where
you see the angle type 60.
14.
Move over to match up PERFECTLY- remember to
use the arrow keys to line it up perfectly.
15.
Cmd+J
16.
Edit-
Transform- Flip Vertical
17.
Move
your diamond to line up perfectly.
18.
Cmd
E twice!!! Make sure you don’t merge
down to the background layer!!!
19.
Cmd
J and move to line up- Fill your entire 10x8 canvas! You can merge your layers to make a larger
image, but make sure you keep on single to fill in small layers.
