Making a Repeated Wallpaper:

Wallpaper created using Illustrator and Photoshop

Creating Symbols: 

To create the symbols I used in my wallpaper I thought of some objects I could include in my wallpaper. I thought of some items I couldn't live without. I then began to create the items using simple shapes. The items are not detailed as they are symbols and are supposed to be recognised from the simple shapes and colours. 

Putting the symbols into the symbol library:

I saved all of my symbols and then they were available to use for my wallpaper. I then closed my Illustrator file and opened another Illustrator file which was 300 x 300 pix. I renamed the file and selected the png24 preset. I made sure that Clip to artboard was selected before saving. Then I closed Illustrator and opened Photoshop. I opened the file that I had recently saved and did cmd A. I then selected 'edit'  and 'define pattern'. I then created a new web file which was 1280 x 1024. Afterthat I selected the fill tool and changed the foreground preset to pattern. I then dragged my pattern onto the canvas to get my final result. 

What I like about my wallpaper: 

1) I like how some objects are reflected and give a cool look to the wallpaper. I chose to do this so that the wallpaper looked different and so that objects wern't all facing the same way. 

2) Recurring Pattern of the dogs paws and the Samsung phone creates a line effect which I like. This makes the items stand out and the viewer will see them first when they look at the image. 

3) I like how shapes are all over the page and some have been resized to fit into small spaces. This makes the viewer look closely at the wallpaper as there Is small items near to the bigger items.

What could have been improved?

1) Including more symbols - this would have filled up my canvas on Illustrator and would have made a busier wallpaper. If I was to create another wallpaper I would probably create some more symbols to add to the final wallpaper.
2) Adding a background colour - My current background colour is white, but to make an improvement to my wallpaper I could add a colour to the background. I'm not sure what colour would look best but I would view different colours form the swatches.
3) Lose the grid - I have a Samsung phone symbol included in my wallpaper and it is currently defining a grid. It looks ok as it is but I could move the phone symbols around in Illustrator to loose the grid and make the wallpaper look like one mass of symbols.