Work In Progress
Below is the Inkscape svg file as of this post, which here isn’t rendered for the full repeatable pattern using the live path effects novel mirroring scheme, that would be a larger selection.
Also, working file hosted here for reference.
Check out my Inkscape Tiling Surface Design tutorial!
I’ve been dipping into tutorials for tiling surface pattern design, ultimately Inkscape is letting me do what I’m wanting even if the workaround is slightly awkward and even if drawing is less than perfectly elegant.
GIMP will be suitable for sketching rough designs with simpler geometries. Symmetry Painting is lovely for brush strokes but there’s no direct automation for arraying existing elements besides a basic square tiling filter. One can however use the Layer Transform offset for selections. Symmetry Painting only does offsets for the x axis, so some designs would need drawn rotated sideways first. Both only apply to one layer.
Krita would be helpful for basic square grids but has no variable offsets. Its tiling mode does extend out the entire canvas rather than just operating on layer which is nice.
I look forward to trying out Blender for tiling and tessellations in the future.
Here are some doodles I made learning along the way.
