Convert any jpg pattern to vector using Adobe Illustrator

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⌚️ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:07 Export Procreate patterns
01:28 Set up your Illustrator doc
02:35 Add the pattern jpg
03:00 Vectorize
04:30 Use the Pattern Maker
06:00 Free Pattern Types cheat sheet
06:17 Test the pattern
07:14 Half brick example
08:30 Next steps
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[@feliciasamuels-br4gv]

I love, love, love everything about Every Tuesday. I can’t wait for your content. I just have one wish, please slow down. You speak very rapidly. This is an opinion of course but those do count. Again, you are my favorite in Procreate content though. 🥰

[@EveryTuesday]

Thank you so much! And grateful for the feedback 💕 It's tough to hit a middle ground with everyone's different skill levels (and please the algorithm), but I appreciate hearing what would work better for you! Thanks for watching!

[@DesignsbyJhenn]

Thank you so much for this! I have a WHOLE bunch of patterns I've created in ProCreate, I can't wait to vectorize them! I love the fact this tutorial was short and sweet! You are soooo AWESOME!

[@EveryTuesday]

I'm so glad it was helpful!! Thanks for watching! 💕

[@cathygigliotti2365]

Mind blowing, by far you are the best teacher I have hooked up with since I began my Surface Pattern Designing journey. Thank you.

[@EveryTuesday]

Aww thank you! ❤️ That means so much to me!

[@skarlipena3772]

me too, Teela is the best

[@msivyte]

thank you for making videos like this. great help! god bless!

[@wanderingcreativity]

Thank you for sharing these! Your drawings are pretty lovely :)

[@zeitGGeist]

I think have been subscribed to this channel for nearly a decade. Thanks for the quality content

[@EveryTuesday]

Aww thank you! Grateful you're here!

[@aparnasanthosh733]

Thank you so much. Really helpful❤

[@geoff521]

waaaaa, useful info that I need, thanks for uploading

[@158skylady]

I look forward to Every Tuesday and would like to thank you so much for sharing. Blown away every time! Thank you for the freebie too! Can't wait to try these.

[@EveryTuesday]

Thanks so much! ❤️

[@MeetKevon]

Great video Tella! And I'm here to say your chair looks big and comfy!

[@JulieEbersole]

Holy smokes! You are so awesome! Thank you for an excellent tutorial!

[@EveryTuesday]

Thanks for watching! 💕

[@MalikyeCox-du9bg]

Your welcome 🎉

[@CP-gq5fw]

Thank you Teela! I made several patterns from your course and now I can vectorize them! 🤯Super cool!

[@EveryTuesday]

Aww yay! 💕

[@mgaeddert1]

You are just the best of the best! Thank you sooo much for this tutorial. Your art talent and knowledge is a gem to all of us!

[@EveryTuesday]

Aww thank you! 🥰

[@CozybreadEndeavors]

this is such a valuable resource! thank you so much for making this video.

[@EveryTuesday]

Thanks for watching!

[@maried378]

So many helpful videos! You are a rockstar! Thank you so much. I don't have Illustrator anymore but I hope trying this in Affinity Designer won't be much different.

[@EveryTuesday]

Thanks for watching! 💕

[@rosarodriguez8984]

I’m afraid Designer doesn’t have the tracing tool…users have been asking for it but up to now I think they haven’t offered it yet 😢

[@maried378]

@@rosarodriguez8984That's true! I forgot about that. I did see that lettering artist Ian Barnard used an app called Vectornator (now called Linearity Curve. I haven't used it yet, so I don't know how well it works but it may be a work around.

[@patriciasmith3495]

Thank you so much for this tutorial!!

[@radokirilov7801]

Looks really nice ,but when Im trying to convert my raster pattern to vector they never tile. I've tried different patterns and trace options ,but it doesn't tile in the end. Can you suggest a way around this problem (if you had faced it yourself) ?

[@MsSleeplessFreak]

That looked easier than I thought, thank you for the tutorial Teela. :) If you want to fix some parts of your designs once you converted it in Illustrator, how can you do that? Thank you so much!

[@EveryTuesday]

Thanks for watching! I typically clean things up using the pencil tool to keep that hand drawn feel. Very similar to this process, even though this is an older vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5u6nndqntF8bMk

[@keliza8627]

Thank you so much Teela!

[@IrynaBoehland]

Thank you so much, Teela! Could you please share what specs do you have on your computer and if you are satisficed with it? Thank you

[@EveryTuesday]

So sorry for the late reply on your last comment! Just posted my info on that one - feel free to send me an email if anything is unclear!

[@itsallhushhush]

When I try to turn a pattern into a vector I follow your steps exactly but my vectorized pattern edges no longer match up. It's as if trace image changes the image too much at the edges. Advice?

[@israrmalik4336]

Amazing

[@loomonda18]

Awesome video, thank you!! Quick question, if we are creating a pattern for a client, we save the illustrator swatch pattern, and give them that file - but what if they don't have Illustrator? What are the correct dimensions to create a pattern for them and export that pattern as a PDF to send that file off to the client? Thanks so much!!

[@EveryTuesday]

Final pattern files really shouldn't be delivered as pdfs. If that's what they're asking for, it would be your pattern square (so in the video, it would be either the 2000px square artboard or 3600px one). If a client commissions a pattern, they should want an ai or eps file (eps is vector based and can be used in other vector editing software outside of Illustrator). I hope that helps!

[@loomonda18]

Thank you that does help!!@@EveryTuesday

[@sbracall]

Love this! also: PC users can install iCloud for windows for easily moving things between ipad and PC.

[@IrynaBoehland]

I actually turned it off (cuz it was constantly running in the background and slowing down my laptop) and use Google Drive instead, since I am paying for it )))

[@EveryTuesday]

Thanks for the tip!

[@Stitchingforthesewl]

Thank you!!!

[@pickyama911]

Thank you

[@delehadecker1285]

Did you use your own brushes for the floral pattern? If so, are they available for purchase or in the course? If not, if you don’t mind me asking which ones were they?

[@EveryTuesday]

I did, thanks for asking! The daisies were made using the streaky semi transparent brush from my Gouache Lovers Set: every-tuesday.com/gouache-lovers and the other pattern was made using various brushes from my Ink Lovers set: every-tuesday.com/ink-lovers

[@delehadecker1285]

@@EveryTuesday awesome thanks!! I have the ink lovers, and will definitely check out the gouache!! Thank you so much 🤗