Drawing I tessellations

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 (2^nd 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.