Creating a Floral Surface Pattern Design

I'm working now in Spring floral ideas, which is one of my favorite subjects. Here's a recent surface pattern design, showing some of the creation steps in Illustrator.

I always start my designs in black and white, it helps me focus on the shapes and placement.

Then choose a color palette.

After adding more details, this is the finished design. The beauty about Illustrator files is that they can be easily editable. The scale and colors can be adapted to the manufacture's need with a few clicks of the mouse.