This document provides a 17 step tutorial for creating a seamless geometric pattern in Adobe Illustrator. It describes how to create a repeating shape, arrange it into a pattern using the smart guides, convert it to a pattern style, and then use and modify that pattern by changing its color, scaling it, or applying it to other objects. The overall process involves drawing basic shapes, duplicating and rotating them, unifying the shapes, aligning them into a repeating grid, and saving the arrangement as an Illustrator pattern that can be reused and customized.
This document provides a 17 step tutorial for creating a seamless geometric pattern in Adobe Illustrator. It describes how to create a repeating shape, arrange it into a pattern using the smart guides, convert it to a pattern style, and then use and modify that pattern by changing its color, scaling it, or applying it to other objects. The overall process involves drawing basic shapes, duplicating and rotating them, unifying the shapes, aligning them into a repeating grid, and saving the arrangement as an Illustrator pattern that can be reused and customized.
This document provides a 17 step tutorial for creating a seamless geometric pattern in Adobe Illustrator. It describes how to create a repeating shape, arrange it into a pattern using the smart guides, convert it to a pattern style, and then use and modify that pattern by changing its color, scaling it, or applying it to other objects. The overall process involves drawing basic shapes, duplicating and rotating them, unifying the shapes, aligning them into a repeating grid, and saving the arrangement as an Illustrator pattern that can be reused and customized.
This document provides a 17 step tutorial for creating a seamless geometric pattern in Adobe Illustrator. It describes how to create a repeating shape, arrange it into a pattern using the smart guides, convert it to a pattern style, and then use and modify that pattern by changing its color, scaling it, or applying it to other objects. The overall process involves drawing basic shapes, duplicating and rotating them, unifying the shapes, aligning them into a repeating grid, and saving the arrangement as an Illustrator pattern that can be reused and customized.
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HOW TO MAKE A SEAMLESS PATTERN IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to create a simple yet trending geometric pattern in Illustrator. First we will create a repeating shape and then we will move it using the Smart Guides . Finally, we have a modern pattern that we can easily recolor. Using this technique, you can create many patterns in Adobe Illustrator. РЕКЛАМА|18+
Step 1. create the background
Let's start by creating a background for our pattern. Use the Rectangle Tool (M) and click on the artboard. In the window that opens, set the size of the rectangle to 100 px by Width and 100 px by Height . After that, click OK . I chose mint color, but the rectangle can be any color. Step 2. Create the shape Now let's create a repeating shape for our pattern. Set the Stroke color to black, and remove the Fill color . Select the Ellipse Tool (L) in the toolbar, then click on the workspace with the left mouse button. In the dialog box that appears, set the size of the circle, 20 px in Width and 20px in Height, then click OK . Then hold down the Alt (creates a copy) and Shift (moves exactly along the line) and move the circle. Now there should be two of them. With both circles selected, select the Rotate Tool (R) and hit the Enter button . In the dialog box that appears, set the rotation angle to 90 degrees and click Copy . We are almost done with creating the shape, all that remains is to merge the objects into one shape. Go to the Pathfinder panel and click the Unite button . The figure is now ready.
Step 3. Create the shape
Place the shape over the background we made in the last step. Change the stroke color from black to white. You can also experiment with the Weight of the stroke in the Stroke panel . After that, convert the stroke to a vector shape by clicking Object> Expand in the top panel . Now let's align our object to the rectangle. Let's go to the Align panel . Make sure that both objects are selected (the square background and the shape of the future pattern) and click the Horizontal Align Center and Vertical Align Center buttons . Step 4. Create a pattern (pattern) Now we will need to move the shape, but we need to do it precisely, so we need to activate the Smart Guides , for this, click in the top panel View> Smart Guides - View> Smart Guides (Ctrl + U) . Now, holding down the Alt button , I move our shape up, so that its center is exactly in the middle (I hold down Alt in order to get a copy immediately when moving). Thanks to the "Quick" guides, Illustrator itself precisely places the shape in the right place.
Step 5. Create a pattern (pattern)
I do the same by holding down the Alt button , only moving the shape down. Step 6. Create a pattern (pattern) Now, also copy the shape to the left.
Step 7. Create a pattern (pattern)
Now, also copy the shape to the right. Step 8. Create a pattern (pattern) Now I make copies of the figures diagonally. But I take the original shape, for the copy not from the center, because it is difficult to precisely move it diagonally, but I take the piece on the left and move it up.
Step 9. Create a pattern (pattern)
I repeat the action by pressing the Alt key , move and copy the right shape to the top. Step 10. Create a pattern (pattern) I repeat the same thing, copying the shapes down.
Do not forget to hold down the Alt button while moving.
Step 11. Grouping the pattern (pattern) Select all of our 9 shape objects, no square and group (right mouse button> Group) . This grouping will help us later and save time.
Step 12. Creating a pattern (pattern)
Now let's select the grouped objects and the square. We proceed to the panel processing circuits and there press the button Minus Origin (Crop) . Note that the grouped shapes must lie higher than the square object. The result should look like this:
Step 13. Creating a pattern (pattern)
To create a Pattern (pattern) , you need to open the Graphics Styles panel (Swatches) , then just take our pattern (pattern) and transfer it to this panel.
Step 14. Using a pattern (pattern)
After we have created the pattern as a style, now we can safely delete everything from our working document.
Now take the Rectangle Tool (M) and create a square in height and width of 600 px . Now go back to the Swatches panel and select the pattern we created. Step 15. Using a pattern (pattern) Now let's see how you can change the color of this pattern. To do this, select our square, which is filled with the pattern and go to Editing> Edit Colors> Recolor Artwork (Edit> Edit Colors> Recolor Artwork) . In the window that opens, select the Edit section . After that, click on the Link harmony colors chain , located in the center and slightly to the right. Now you can move the circles and with this simple movement the color of our pattern will change.
I settled on blue for an example.
Step 16. Scaling the pattern (pattern) If we need to change the scale of the pattern itself, and not its outline, right-click , then select Transform> Scale . We set the desired scale as a percentage. Step 17. Final image Congratulations, you have completed this tutorial. And now you can create, using this algorithm, any patterns and patterns in Adobe Illustrator. You also learned how to recolor and scale a pattern in Illustrator. I hope this knowledge will help you in your future design projects.
