How to make a seamless pattern in Adobe Illustrator

[@LisaParkes-fo1fi]

This is the best "how to make a pattern in Illustrator" tutorial by far, and I have done a lot of searching! Thanks Cristina :)

[@mariovargasjr9406]

This was so helpful, I started at university and was a week late due to having covid. So I was behind and I didn't want to have to sit through 2 hours worth of a recorded lecture just to do what you did in 12 minutes. Our assignment was to of course to make a pattern so this has been a life saver

[@renzovalenzuela9940]

Greetings, I would like to add something to this because although this was a magnificent tutorial, I had some difficulties having the pattern show up on my actual swatches- every time I would drag it, it would not show there. I would like to add that this process will not work if the items you have in your pattern are are not embed it. In other words, If you are bringing in a file from a different artboard, make sure you embed that one and expanded. I had a hard time figuring out why it wouldn't work. Thank you very much for this wonderful and helpful tutorial. I hope this serves for help to some people.

[@valerijoy1]

I still haven't finished it out and it's highly frustrating

[@edwardnagacholie7337]

ive already expand the files, and it still not working

[@lilirose7547]

Renzo, thank you very much for your comment, it helped me a lot :)

[@anujavekhande1477]

Also, clear out any grid lines before you drag to swatches panel

[@marjory62]

I embeded them all still not working I wanna cry

[@raudelenrique]

When you think there is nothing else in illustrator that can impress you, jeeez! Great video.

[@flipx6240]

Thanks for starting from the beginning and even mentioning the document size. So many people on here just go right into what to do and dont even say the most important part which is what size to make my document lol

[@baileybirtchet6040]

This was the first time I was able to successfully make a pattern! Great tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@DanyaleLeRoy]

This is the best pattern tutorial I've ever seen. Well done!

[@_jasssmine_]

THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO! I've watched almost 10 videos on this subject, but yours is the most effective. You helped me to solve my problem!

[@nutnichakaraplook6931]

It's so pleasing. The setuping and mastering softs amazing.

[@math1mom]

Best video to help make a repeating pattern without the dreader white line! Thank you!

[@kirahh9958]

only trouble I'm having is, that I cant add this to my swatches. any tips ? I'd like to see it all laid out if possible!

[@kristinavanbommel1843]

Thank you!! I'm an absolute newbie to pattern design and had some issues at first. But after going back and carefully following every single step this worked out great for me.

[@bycristinasilvia]

Glad you like it :)

[@soniacasciano8700]

I finally understand what embed means and figured out what I needed to do - thank you!!

[@LezBob]

This video is great! I was using Photoshop and it took forever. Alot of trial and error and it was hard to get it perfect. This is a time saver. Thanks.

[@affable.pebble]

Ah this worked like a charm, so easy! I've tried making seamless patterns many times but they never quite worked properly, this time however everything turned out great! Thanks so much for the tutorial I love it 🙌

[@granny-nyan]

I've successfully created my first patterns thanks to your videos!!! I'm super happy with it, thank you so much!!

[@LoremIpsumPeach]

You explained this so well! I was able to do my own pattern just like I wanted. Thank you :)

[@PoisonousRakun]

PERFECT! Simplest tutorial for patterns! I appreciate the "no-cutting" as it deemed very difficult to edit the vectors. That bounding box is also genius. Thank you so much for this.

[@shaneyofcourse]

I agree with the bounding box! Eliminates the clipping mask confusion!

[@livlauryn]

I don't understand the 'bounding box' part. I followed all the steps but it didn't cut out anything from outside the bounding box? help

[@PoisonousRakun]

@@livlauryn It is like the create clipping mask function. You can do either of the 2 to achieve the same result. I said it was perfect for when you dont want to work woth a clipping mask layer. 3 years after, I now prefer the clipping mask over the crop using pathfinder. It is less destructive.

[@livlauryn]

@@PoisonousRakun Hi, thank you for responding but I mean I tried following the instructions but it didn't work. I'm new to illustrator so I don't know either method, nor do I know how to use a clipping mask in anything but photoshop.

[@PoisonousRakun]

@@livlauryn It works like this. Group your elements. Add a shape that serves as your mask layer... place it on top of the grouped layer. Select both the shape and the group. Select Pathfinder on the Window dropdown menu. Click crop. So anything outside the shape will be cropped out. Anything inside will stay.

[@CreativityBucketlist]

Have always thought this was such a hard thing to do. Thank you so much! Great tutorial!

[@patchworkbreeze9861]

Your tutorial is the best one I have viewed to make the process very easy. Thank you.

[@lindavanas6275]

This is the best instruction video I've seen on the subject and now I think I can do it too! Excellent instructor!

[@Juan-Sierra]

I confess I have watched many many tutorials that "explain" this in another ways to try pattern, but it never works, just with this explanation I could do it perfectly..thank you so much Cris!!

[@bycristinasilvia]

Thanks! I'm glad it helped :)

[@wawawawa51]

This is a FABULOUS video. I'm having to creating scarf patterns and now I know exactly how to do it. Thank you.

[@AlihazimAlsoudani]

Thanks for explaining everything so thoroughly.

[@AforArt786]

You are a wonderful teacher.. ❤

[@NashiaAli]

HIIII! I am an artist who's only just begun to learn Illustrator to digitize my doodles! Your tutorial's are absolutely the best for a newbie like me. Please, please, please make more Illustrator tutorials so that I can make my own designs!

[@javiermalisa3186]

BROTHER, YOU ARE THE BEST!!! You oooh really helped me!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[@AwaparaArt]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This was great tutorial

[@katieelizabeth11]

Thank you!! this is the only video that has helped me get my pattern to work properly

[@Wikibadi]

because in the intro for example I want to make an acoustic soft, but later I want to make a distortion or any other effects in that sa

[@kimse750]

Thank you, very productive 17mins of learning. TNice tutorials program is super intimidating from soone who doesn't even play an instrunt.

[@DaftRebel]

WOW! I didn't know you could make that!!! Big thanks

[@XiaoMingXing]

Whoever figured out the first seamless pattern was probably a genius.

[@DCM9361]

Around time stamp 7:12 you said u usually save it so u can edit, what type of file do u save it as and what settings?

[@AleenaAtWork]

I still come back to this video years later!

[@SakamiMura]

In love with Your voice and vibe..

[@Seshokarz]

make my first ever drum loop. I'm not and expert at soft yet but I have learnt a lot at producing and looking back at my journey, I just

[@daCUTE187]

This was EXACTLY what I needed, thank you so much for this great video! New Fan!!

[@MalkiaMmoja]

Thank you for this wonderful tutorial. I really like your explanations.

[@stellasiodmok7106]

This is the perfect tutorial for creating pattern swatches from scratch in Illustrator. Thanks so much!

[@Cookwithkrutika]

Wow great and simplest tutorial I have ever watched 👌thanks

[@materialgirlfriendspattern4612]

Thank you! I refer to this video so many times over the last few years!

[@lubnashoaib6099]

Really amazing and perfect tutorial for seamless pattern design great job

[@hauc9129]

what a hearty video for all beginners!

[@TebzTv]

Once the pattern is used to fill an object, how to break the pattern into individual objects? Thanks anyway

[@aphyngodiva2551]

Thank you so much! I tried another tutorial which wasn't working for me, yours did, and it has editing functionality to boot which is always a plus! Thanks again!

[@Jadouub]

thank you so much this was so easy and so much better than the pattern tool in my opinion !

[@deboraandrada4925]

Love your stuff! Big help!

[@kenz8659]

I feel 10x more confident in soft soft, thanks!

[@himeldesigner]

This video is very helpful. Good luck to you.

[@ankitaaggarwal246]

Very amazing...I am in lockdown and was trying to learn to learn more about illustrator and you have helped me a lot...going to recomend it to my friends....Thank you so much...It would be very helpful for my career.

[@architarudra2610]

It is very much helpful for me..thank you so much

[@artephoebe5070]

Thank you, Cristina! This video was very helpful.

[@nesealuc2456]

good work king, love you

[@JustBuen]

Thank you so much for this! You saved a fellow graphic designer today!

[@davidmoore7115]

Articulate, clear and well thought through process in all your tutorials Christina. Excellent! Much Appreciated!

[@dominikajelonek8075]

GREAT TUTORIAL ! THANK YOU AND GREETING FROM POLAND : )

[@elise3959]

This is an awesome tutorial! You're a great teacher and your explanations are super easy to follow. Thank you!

[@bycristinasilvia]

Thanks for the comment, Elise! I'm glad you like it.

[@daynawhite6474]

THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL :D

[@sharonhiley2212]

Thank you so much. I will have to watch this again next time I want to practise. Very grateful for your help! x

[@Fabio-uw3sv]

Thanks for the lesson. Just brought soft soft

[@harjith.d.bubber]

You’ve gone thru the tutorial so patiently. Thank you

[@momsartroom]

Hi!! Thank you so much for the kind and detail step by step tutorial to make the pattern in illustrator. And I have a question, 6:03 to expend the fill stroke you do Object-Expend Appearance, but I am not sure why you did this step. The explanation was not clear to understand for me. Also, my case Object-Expend Appearance is always not activate doesn’t matter my vector image has stroke or not. Can you please tell me why?

[@mrhristv]

Your tutorials are awesome!

[@ambersmith4105]

hi there, I love this video so much! you are great at what you do and teaching people!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge xx

[@gauravsinha7253]

Thank you for tNice tutorials! I've been trying to figure the software out on my own for a wNice tutorialle, and it's horribly confusing. TNice tutorials is the only guide video

[@natalianowak5568]

Thanks Elan - great tutorial - very informative and helpful :)

[@Nickyyyamil88]

Hi Christina! I am in love with your channel. You are so talented! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world. Greetings from Brazil.

[@bycristinasilvia]

Hey, Nicole! Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm so happy to hear that you like my tutorials :-)

[@manilalchaudhary2]

wow what a thought amezing i love u from india..realy cristina is great

[@renataalana9632]

This is soo great. Just a question. At the beginning says that you should start with a box same 3x3 inch. What happened if I used not a square like 11.5 and 8 inch? does it changes something or what is the difference when you do and see the all pattern? thanks

[@fatememirjalili3205]

It was perfect. Tnx 👌👌👌

[@zainabalhejji8691]

I took this as my second lesson on illustrator very clear and helpful Thank you very much

[@ManuelaFiori]

Great tutorial Elan! Thank you!

[@paulalc5673]

So easy and straight to the point! Thanks so much 🙏

[@deannepostmapostma9811]

Thank you for such clear and simple instructions. I have been doing these steps in layers and having a crazy difficult time! Sometimes it would work and others it wouldn't. You have saved me time and frustration! Now I can have fun!

[@natalierobbyianto482]

Hi there! thank you for this tutorial ✨ but I can't do the cropping with the pathfinder, I don't know why :') can you tell me what could be the problem? Thank youu

[@PRODUCT5]

Mam thank you for this video.from where you have downloaded the images ?

[@stefaniharris5473]

Fantastic tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@ashleypickard7759]

hi there i’m having trouble at the “expand appearance” stage. the function is greyed out i have started from the beguinning three times and each time hit a wall at this point

[@OToYeen]

Thank you for this tutorial, it was clear and so makes it easy to follow.

[@md.mohiuddin8698]

Your voice is just wow!

[@lola_lollipop]

hi Cristina - you made my day. It worked just perfectly, so glad to learn something new.

[@bycristinasilvia]

I'm so happy you like it, Kristina! Thanks for watching!

[@meermohamad4707]

just beca a subscriber keep up the good work Sir.

[@richarddawson2912]

Very helpful, and the bounding box was a nice trick too, thank you very much!

[@mshiblee1617]

Thanks, perfect tutorial, please tell me is bounding box necessary ? after creating pattern tile 10:57 saving file eps format , now can i sell my pattern file online or any other steps before sell?

[@bycristinasilvia]

The bounding box is what actually makes the pattern tile. Yes, you can sell it like this.

[@mshiblee1617]

@@bycristinasilvia thank u

[@karenfredericks8474]

This is the best demo in how to create seamless patterns I ever watched! One question - what is the reason or logic for expanding the fill and stroke? What advantage does that give you? Many thanks!

[@DediDores]

amazing, you make it easy to understand. thankyou

[@siamsunee]

Thank you so much. It is very useful.

[@aniaphotouk]

Im doing something wrong as my backdrop looks like separate squares when I test pattern. Elements repeat ok but the the background is not, what do I do wrong? I tried many times and pulling my hair out 😿

[@bycristinasilvia]

You need to make sure that you have an empty background/bonding box underneath the background. Both of them have to be the same size as your artboard and aligned to it.

[@aniaphotouk]

@@bycristinasilvia thank you so much for replying,I am very greatful . thats what I thought after I went away from computer. I will try again ,♥️

[@aniaphotouk]

Cristina / Elan Creative Co I did it yeeey😻 i put that bounding box at the bottom and then it worked, thank you so much, your tutorials are massive help ❤️

[@bobotube76]

You have a very good tutorial and a very good voice.

[@bycristinasilvia]

Thank you

[@Ghimikero]

how do you add a sample in that you have on your mac already

[@rotnederasajib5505]

When I add the GMS, it was giving differend soft in spead of yours

[@benjaminlehmann]

Great video. I'd be really interested in seeing more of your tutorials.

[@bycristinasilvia]

Thank you so much, Benjamin 😊

[@cesarclosanta5423]

muchas gracias tu video me ayudo a hacer mi primer patron ♥

[@ingenieurgougue1617]

damn calling out right now. Hey, when you're passionate about sotNice tutorialng it makes you actually want to study it!

[@sundasnadeem8727]

This was extremely helpful

[@bycristinasilvia]

You're welcome, Sundas! I'm glad to hear that :-)

[@aqimaQazi]

GREAT video - simple and easy. Thank youuu

[@Villio.]

Just saying ...first time voice is more soothing than music awesome tutorial btw

[@andzelikaniklewicz1621]

PLEASE HELP! If I want to use my pattern in a new document, it is invisible in the Swatches panel. I have read that in order to do this, I have to embed images. I do not know how to do this exactly. In other words, I want all my patterns to always be visible in the swatches panel every time I open a new document. Please provide a step by step tutorial.

[@Meikung]

thank you it very very easy to understand

[@raven_jpg5100]

What is the best way to save a pattern (or bundle) as? For commercial purposes or commissions