So if you’re creating beautiful watercolour designs, then if you take it into illustrator and vectorize it, you’ve really going to completely change the look and feel and you’ll lose that beautiful watercolour feel that you’ve created. And I know when you’re starting out that that is a huge undertaking so I would just pick one to begin with and the way I would choose which program to start with is by choosing the program that best suits the sort of artwork that you create. Now the first thing I would say is that ultimately I would recommend learning both programs. So I wanted to talk a little bit about the pros and cons of using Photoshop and Illustrator and what my advice is when picking which program to use.

This means that they will usually vectorize their artwork which can result in the look and feel of their design being changed. One of the things I’ve noticed is that there is a common misconception that people feel that in order to create successful designs that they have to use Illustrator. So the big question is… Should you use Illustrator or Photoshop for your designs? The two industry standard programs for creating pattern designs are Illustrator and Photoshop.

Illustrator making patterns