Create Seamless Background Patterns with Adobe Illustrator CC

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[@DarkPheonixOne]

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[@danielquilantan2636]

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[@rachelmisc]

Great tutorial / practice exercise for beginners. Thanks! 🙏🏻 😎

[@ZCCanvas]

Your Illustrator techniques are top-notch! Thanks for making complex designs look so easy. 🎉🎉❤❤

[@wiseguytr]

I totally adore the way you explain every move. Very educating, thank you.

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[@mosalama4311]

I am brand new to DAW and soft soft - these tutorials are excellent an very helpful to get soone like up and running. Appreciate

[@siomaiethan]

fast, detailed, well explained. Great tutorial my guy.

[@satyasrikar709]

4:37 I cant intersect using pathfinder, i end up with a quarter of the circle(the intersection) but it has fill black and no stripes

[@AlexisP_Art]

I tried tis out and really and fun experimenting other designs using the circle tiles.

[@meherunnesha-x6g]

you're just incredible in explaining 👏👏

[@zackyputra9828]

Very cool tutorial bro!! Thanks a bunch!!!!!!

[@renardraymundo160]

Ima download it thanks for sharing!!

[@BarryFossella]

This is a great tutorial. I had about a pixel off on some of the edges which was avoided by using the Transform > Reflect to get the desired direction. I don't know if this was due to the size I made my graphic but in case you run into that issue as well this worked to fix it.

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[@djwerd831]

Awesome! Thank you for your help! Best

[@tze-ho1721]

Very nice, for a beginner here I now have a good grasp of how to maneuver illustrator with efficiency.

[@bayuvector]

thank you for the tutorial, love it

[@hevaslan]

Amazing art and great, objective explanation. At the beginning, it was kinda weird to see you create circles or semi-circles, select and keep deleting almost all that you had created, but at the end we can see why. Props, dude! 😉👏

[@kevingrennan3989]

You go soooo fast! As a beginner i had to pause this evry 3-4 sec to catch up. Thanks, I will keep doing this until I understand it.

[@physicswithsidra5973]

It's really awesome. . Lovvee from Pakistan 🇵🇰❤

[@sxlman_143]

Thanks for the video, very helpful and well explained. Off to make so soft

[@Мандарион]

Hi bro, Its very beautiful pattern. But I have a question just for educating.....Why you turn on a smart guides whats that action doing and what allows to you ?

[@billyeast6819]

Great tutorial! to the point !

[@triniricanvegan]

you are a born teacher...thanks so much for the help!

[@mikeymoo71]

Many thanks - great tutorial!

[@Bromoteknada]

Thanks for your content, it's great. However, repeating your steps for this specific pattern is quite easy. It doesn't teach us how to create seamless patternS, in general, though.

[@EMEMES93]

Perfect and very mesmerizing to look at

[@ScenicNsanity]

it's easier to snap objects to each other with smart guides turned on or use the alignment tool.

[@tellibrown6754]

I'm trying to use the intersect tool and I've followed each step but get an error message. After selecting the object, a message appears that says, "the filter produced no results. Please select two overlapping paths."

[@sebastianzander87]

Why didn't you just use the Divide operation on your original circle at 4:36 with the help of two compound lines going through the vertical and horizontal centers of the circle? You would have saved on copy+paste+rotate+align for each quadrant - except for the rotate part of the last quadrant :)

[@nicolatranchino655]

can you explain please?

[@sebastianzander87]

​@@nicolatranchino655 You create two lines, one going through the vertical center of the shape you want to divide and the other going through the horizontal center. They ideally should overlap the shape. Then you select both lines and create a compound path of them (press Ctrl+8 on Windows), make sure they are in front of the shape. Select both the shape (if multiple single shapes create a compound path as well) and the two crossing lines and choose Divide from the Pathfinder window. In the more recent versions of Illustrator you have to click the 3-dot button to expand the menu to see all ten Pathfinder operations. After that you have to un-group the product of the Divide operation and maybe delete possible in-between shapes. The Divide operation somehow creates shapes for the areas that were previously empty. That is the only drawback in my opinion. It is similar to the Shape Builder tool in that regard.

[@WizInsight108]

Wow! this is so cool. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@minikeglence8464]

When I first got soft soft it was Japanese to (I don’t know Japanese) but I got the hang of it and now I’m working on an e.p so thx

[@jamainedobson2582]

I want to hear the full version of that intro.

[@jaynine82]

I've been using illustrator for years but never really delved into all the features... this was amazing 👏 I've totally been doing things the LONG WAY ROUND smh!

[@PRODUCT5]

Simply cool.

[@quinlanfletcher650]

This was fantastic, thank you!!

[@CartmanMthrFckr]

Really good tutorial dude! First Video i see from you, but instant sub! I really appreciate that you are showing the menu settings in the beginning 😄

[@DesignMadeSimple]

Thanks for the sub!

[@bradwells6305]

Cool video and great tutorial. Thank you.

[@sakerlyfri5182]

I am struggling with the measurements, they don't seem to work when I change then, could I just copy and paste then adjust them by myself?

[@vikazhay4701]

Hello! I can't even connect the edges of the form. How to make a smooth seam?

[@SteveMK]

Thanks for the tutorial. But i think the shortcut from 8:30 was to drag the shape to swatches, then draw a rectangle and fill it with the pattern from swatches. Then Object-expand. Then right click to release clipping mask if necessary.

[@skfarid4208]

It was really helpful. thanks a lot!

[@azizdogan6903]

Really nice and helpful... Thanks!

[@didnt_ask_for_handle]

Hey, just to let you know, in illustrator you can give simple math equations for sizes. So when you have a 300 sized circle, and want to add 400 you can just write 300+400 and it'll make it 700. You should mention it in a tutorial because it can be really helpful. EDIT: Don't forget, you can also multiply: 400*3 -> 1200 and divide 300/6 -> 50

[@DesignMadeSimple]

Thanks for the input

[@didnt_ask_for_handle]

@@DesignMadeSimple My pleasure

[@blvdes]

I had no idea you had a separate channel for Illustrator haha I watched your InkScape videos all through high school and now that college gave me Illustrator for free I wound up watching you here too 😅

[@blekdesign]

Thank you for the tutorial!!

[@narotama3412]

thank you for the tutorial, its easy to understand

[@Dampealx7]

Dude. That was sick

[@hizbimaulana4542]

can u give next step tutorial for colouring it?

[@ramzyabdul185]

This is super awesome.. the way U explain things, it's just crystal clear... I love it man

[@jay-b1223]

I have a question: what if you’ve made it and saved it as a pattern but you want to change the color for another project?

[@abehaarshad4723]

How the colors are changed at the end???

[@rfmh2081]

Increíble, but if I do in inches document × 8.5 document? How much in Width and Stroke?

[@dandominek7351]

Wow. Very simple. Thank you. Great job.

[@barbaraschoenenberger8721]

Super helpful Thank you!!

[@haydenedinger2837]

My effects options are not showing up at the top of the page like yours. How do I make that at happen?

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Another great one! I think I will watch aaaaaaall your video! Thanks!

[@USELECKSIONS]

Wow, brilliant

[@unorthodox1430]

Very clear and helpful video, thanks

[@thoughtfully]

How do I save it as a global swatch?

[@Shaffi212]

Thank you for the tutorial! Its really detailed

[@leilanipatrick111]

Awesome video, thanks!

[@MevludinShah]

You are a legend ! thanks! I'm hoping to use this is creating colouring pattern within shapes for children :-)

[@JoeBodego]

Dam, i didn;t see this coming, great tutorial

[@indigosay]

How to make it for web?

[@IrfanKhan-zt8mt]

Thanks man for sharing this simple strategy

[@farhanahmed-wl3vv]

Awesome, I was looking for this kind of a pattern, thanks.

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Are you freelancing?

[@farhanahmed-wl3vv]

@@beautyoflife1573 yes

[@beautyoflife1573]

I'm beginner🙂

[@farhanahmed-wl3vv]

Really!, I don't believe it.

[@beautyoflife1573]

But why?? I'm taking courses of freelancing and doing Practice

[@claudioalvarez5627]

How do you color that in with a color gradient?

[@hassanghauri9844]

thanks so easy to learn from your videos thanks lots of love from Pakistan 🇵🇰 😍💖💥

[@x2xbrandtx2x]

I have a question. What is the purpose of the step where you did object - path -outline stroke, AND, object - compound path - make?

[@x2xbrandtx2x]

I kind of understand why you did it but as a beginner, i feel like more information in this moment would help me understand the process a little better.

[@DesignMadeSimple]

Outlining the stroke changes it from a stroke to a simplified object that's easier to work with. Compounding the path makes all of the individual parts function as if they're a unit, making it easier to slice and alter them.

[@psclip3309]

Why not expand the strokes?

[@Mill-Yun]

how do you import an existing pattern though?

[@nacoleon18]

can you do this in photoshop?

[@howtodraw2820]

Amazing, you Can get this in the ikscape?

[@keziaisrael]

Thank you for this tutu. Always wanted to make this pattern

[@indigoharvest]

Thanks for this great tutorial please can you tell me how do I get to your Inkscape channel

[@DesignMadeSimple]

The channel name is Logos By Nick

[@indigoharvest]

@@DesignMadeSimple Thank you!

[@Qamre_Alam]

Thanks for the tutorials...

[@sharonhurt5352]

Hi question 👋 I have exported my file but noticed that theres white lines in between the pattern, can you please help me resolve this. Great work btw, super thanks!

[@DesignMadeSimple]

This is an unfortunate effect of working with vectors. A good workaround for this would be to duplicate the pattern several times (copy and paste) to stack them on top of each other. That usually helps get rid of those seems.

[@sharonhurt5352]

Thank you!! 💞 I tried many ways, hope this works, It took me all day to figure a way 😅 I never thought this simple pattern can be hard too, super thanks tho ☺

[@JachoSux]

I got a question. Why did you turn off inteligent guides? Wasn't it easier using them?

[@dewanmail4749]

Just Amazing

[@f7lthy_977]

I'm new to this got it done in no time thanks to you. Really appreciate your content. 👌🏽👌🏽👍🏽

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In The setup If the master channel is located in the top, next to the counter, then no - IT stays witNice tutorialn acceptable limits, when I play so of

[@CathyPackler]

Can’t you add that to the swatch panel?

[@brendanwho]

Great tutorial! Was able to keep along the entire way. Anyone know how to change the color of the white lines inside of the black strokes?

[@nitinjaybhaye3977]

there are no white lines, it is a background, you can make a square underlayer (or create a square and send it to back) and fill in the color you want

[@DarkPheonixOne]

In your videos can you explain for us beginners why you choose what you do, i.e., outline stroke, compound path, make, etc.

[@danielcrompton7818]

7:24 tip: you can just hold shift and drag over the whole thing

[@patriciaashleigh235]

Great Tutorial, thank you! I have a follow up question however. How do I create this design with different colors? I start with changing the rings to the color I want but once I do Object > Path > Outline Stroke + Object > Compound Path > Make it changes them all to the same color. What's the trick? Thanks in advance for the help!

[@clairewei7963]

It is a beautiful and classic pattern. Thanks for sharing. I have one question. When you get a single tile and duplicate them via "create pattern", there is always a line between each tile. Is it common? Is there a way to remove it pls? Cheers.

[@jerrychan1471]

Excellent tutorial, thanks for including all the keyboard shortcuts, they really help to speed things up. One of the shortcuts doesn't seem to work well though (holding the control key down continuously to reveal and drag anchor points). I have to release the control key or else it only moves the single anchor point that I've clicked on, perhaps Adobe made changes in the current version of Illustrator?

[@madzoroyal]

nice design, great explanations... I do exactly what you did but using a square rather than a circle and it was dope 🔥 thanks a lot 👏🙏

[@AspiresDesign]

Brilliant Design. Cheers.

[@hsuan-weilin2511]

Amazing!!

[@rogerbreton6412]

I wonder how creating this pattern would be "simpler" using the new Pattern Editor?

[@lessons-lecciones3723]

But is good to know how to do things from scratch.

[@UnknownUser-re6yg]

How did you even think that following these sequence steps would result in this design? I can't even in million years

[@axisrose067]

really cool design and detailed tutorial although I feel you could have saved a lot of time by a) keep pasting in place without copying and b) using the rotate and reflect tools (or just snapping graphics directly while you’re making copies)

[@Aumi777]

Why do you manually connect shapes? Use smart guides to intersect

[@Serena_CK]

How do you create a pattern that can be made into a swatch that contains overlapping artwork with gradients. Illustrator keeps altering/destroying my artwork when I try to crop it and add it to the swatches palette.

[@simplydezigned5911]

Love this idea as I'm learning to create patterns for fabric. I do have a question though what if I wanted to change the color on one of the designs or circles to give it a different look? How would I do that because you changed the red to black and I want to maybe keep that color or some other color.