Click the Illustrator icon to open Illustrator. Click New on the title page. Select Web, Mobile, or Print. Enter the height and width of your project artboard. You can adjust the size of the artboard at any time using the artboard tool. Click Create.
Click the Illustrator icon to open Illustrator. Click New on the title page. Select Web, Mobile, or Print. Enter the height and width of your project artboard. You can adjust the size of the artboard at any time using the artboard tool. Click Create.
Click the Illustrator icon to open Illustrator. Click New on the title page. Select Web, Mobile, or Print. Enter the height and width of your project artboard. You can adjust the size of the artboard at any time using the artboard tool. Click Create.
Adobe Illustrator is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite. You can download, and install Adobe Illustrator using the Creative Cloud desktop application, or using the Adobe website.
If you want to create space in between the repeating pattern elements, add a square, rectangle, or hexagon with no fill color around the pattern. [1] X Research source
If you want to create space in between the repeating pattern elements, add a square, rectangle, or hexagon with no fill color around the pattern. [1] X Research source
Drag and drop your pattern selection into the swatch library window. Click Edit followed by Define Pattern. Click Object followed by Pattern. Then click Make.
Grid: This option creates square-shaped types that are aligned in the center. Brick by row: This option creates a repeating pattern where each vertical row is offset in a brick-like pattern. Brick by column: This option creates a repeating pattern where each horizontal column is offset in a brick-like pattern. Hex by row: This option creates hexagon-shaped tiles where each horizontal row is offset and staggered. Hex by column: This option creates hexagon-shaped tiles where each vertical column is offset and staggered.
Click the checkbox next to “Size Tile to Art” to automatically set the height and width of your tile to match the size of your artwork. Click the checkbox next to “Move tile with Art” to be able to move the tile if you move your artwork tile on your artboard.
Additionally you can enter negative numbers (i. e, “-20”) to bring the tiles closer together.
Copies: Use the drop-box next to copies to select how many copies of your tile are previewed and how they are arranged. Dim copies to: Click the checkbox next to “Dim copies to” to dim all copies except for the original tile. Then you can use the box next to this option to enter how much you want to dim them by. Uncheck this option to view all copies in full color. Show tile edge: Click the checkbox next to his option to show a blue bounding box around the edge of your original tile. Show swatch bounds: Click the checkbox next to his option to show a unit portion of the repeating pattern. [3] X Research source
You can apply a pattern swatch in your swatch library by clicking and dragging it onto your artboard to create a single tile, or you can create a shape on your artboard and click and drag a pattern swatch into the shape to apply the pattern to the entire shape. To adjust the pattern options of a saved pattern swatch, double-click the pattern swatch in the swatch library window. To display the swatch library window, click the icon that resembles 6 swatches with different shades of grey in the panel to the right. If you don’t see this option, click Window in the menu bar at the top and then click Swatches. You can also click + Save a Copy to save the pattern as a new swatch in the swatch library. This is a great way to create multiple versions of the same pattern.
If you do see the icon for the swatches library, click Window in the menu bar at the top and then click Swatches to open the swatch library window.
If you do see the icon for the swatches library, click Window in the menu bar at the top and then click Swatches to open the swatch library window.
