While nature journaling can be a mindful exercise, that combines an artist’s sketchbook, a poet’s notebook and a scientist’s logbook, seamless surface pattern design can be considered as an outcome of nature journaling as a process to start with, finally bringing out a utilitarian design solution.
Olga Korneeva can be considered as an exemplar of this kind of artistic journey. There is a lot to learn, from her portfolio of nature-inspired surface pattern design on Adobe Stock.