Actions For Pattern Design in Adobe Illustrator / Follow Along! Create a 3 x 3 Pattern Actions Set!

[@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign]

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[@sarajanim223]

Really helpful and informative tips and tricks. Thank you for great video 👍

[@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign]

You're welcome!!! I'm so glad you found it helpful!

[@unnidavidsen3699]

Very useful and interesting! You are a good teacher - easy to understand, and very inspiring! Thank you! Of course I will follow you 🙂

[@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign]

Thank you so much!!! That really means a lot to me, and I'm so glad you found it useful! Great- I'm very happy to have you here, and thank you so much for watching!

[@kemalyasar]

oh yes i did, and thank you for that. i use actions in flats drawing such as create 5 buttons and then evenly distribute them, or make double stitching... but never used it to create patterns.

[@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign]

Great- I’m so glad you did! Yes- actions can be really useful for both flat sketching and for creating patterns too. Thanks for sharing that, and thanks so much for watching!

[@anonichocolate]

out of interest, why not just use illustrator pattern tool with the blue bounding box to the edges of the artboard?

[@rebeccaartistryfashiondesign]

Hi there. I find that creating repeats using the manual method gives me more control over my print development overall than the pattern tool does. It’s fine to use either method- just depends on your preference.