How to make a seamless pattern in Adobe Illustrator

[@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.

[@_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!

[@baileybirtchet6040]

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

[@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

[@PuffleBuns]

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

[@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 :)

[@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.

[@DanyaleLeRoy]

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

[@math1mom]

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

[@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 :)

[@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 🙌

[@AforArt786]

You are a wonderful teacher.. ❤

[@javiermalisa3186]

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

[@nutnichakaraplook6931]

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

[@kimse750]

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

[@BeHappyNoMatterWhat]

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

[@soniacasciano8700]

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

[@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!

[@granny-nyan]

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

[@CreativityBucketlist]

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

[@wawawawa51]

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

[@kenz8659]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@lindavanas6275]

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

[@materialgirlfriendspattern4612]

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

[@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

[@patchworkbreeze9861]

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

[@SakamiMura]

In love with Your voice and vibe..

[@Fabio-uw3sv]

Thanks for the lesson. Just brought soft soft

[@user-lf7mm5xu9k]

Thanks for explaining everything so thoroughly.

[@stellasiodmok7106]

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

[@katieelizabeth11]

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

[@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!

[@hauc9129]

what a hearty video for all beginners!

[@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

[@JustBuen]

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

[@harjith.d.bubber]

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

[@md.mohiuddin8698]

Your voice is just wow!

[@infogo5966]

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

[@dominikajelonek8075]

GREAT TUTORIAL ! THANK YOU AND GREETING FROM POLAND : )

[@DaftRebel]

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

[@architarudra2610]

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

[@Krutikaraorane]

Wow great and simplest tutorial I have ever watched 👌thanks

[@davidmoore7115]

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

[@AwaparaArt]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This was great tutorial

[@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.

[@MalkiaMmoja]

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

[@daCUTE187]

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

[@paulalc5673]

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

[@deboraandrada4925]

Love your stuff! Big help!

[@zainabalhejji8691]

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

[@sharonhiley2212]

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

[@lubnashoaib6099]

Really amazing and perfect tutorial for seamless pattern design great job

[@toyeen2247]

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

[@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.

[@nesealuc2456]

good work king, love you

[@Villio.]

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

[@Jaadesmiles]

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

[@Arlysatsun]

thank you it very very easy to understand

[@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!

[@442273gaju]

the biggest legends in the rap industry, biggy. You just need to creative and know your way around the software imo

[@siamsunee]

Thank you so much. It is very useful.

[@artephoebe5070]

Thank you, Cristina! This video was very 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

[@sundasnadeem8727]

This was extremely helpful

[@bycristinasilvia]

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

[@richarddawson2912]

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

[@himeldesigner]

This video is very helpful. Good luck to you.

[@ingenieurgougue1617]

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

[@daynawhite6474]

THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL :D

[@muhammadyusufanseri7816]

to! Can’t wait to buy it, and getting startet!

[@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!

[@bycristinasilvia]

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[@kikikipunk]

so helpful,thank you!

[@matiascruz1373]

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[@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

[@mrhristv]

Your tutorials are awesome!

[@stefaniharris5473]

Fantastic tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@natalianowak5568]

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

[@DediDores]

amazing, you make it easy to understand. thankyou

[@HerrySis48]

You're so helpful

[@Ace96Ventura]

Great tutorial! I feel more confident in my ability to make great custom patterns. Thank you so much!

[@simmikishore6905]

Thank you for sharing this! It helped alot

[@julfiyasheerin9638]

Clear explanation!tq mam

[@DetonatorDestroyer]

really really thank you so much, really help me out, especially about move base on artboard size, really simple but helpfull

[@ofconsciousness]

Thank you so much for this!!

[@TebzTv]

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

[@aqimaQazi]

GREAT video - simple and easy. Thank youuu

[@benjaminlehmann]

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

[@bycristinasilvia]

Thank you so much, Benjamin 😊

[@bijalrajani7294]

Wow very talented! Thanks for this video! Could you please also teach how did you draw the pots or the patterns before making them seamlessly repeat. Thanks

[@bycristinasilvia]

Thanks, Bijal! Most of these graphics are drawn by hand. I will show you soon how I make them.

[@bijalrajani7294]

Elan Creative Co thank you so much! 💟 I'm new to this software and hence trying to learn from scratch. Personally, I love creating such pieces and patterns, just learning how to. Thanks again. So much love!

[@aldhizak]

thank you, i didnt know it would be this easy!

[@fredcarv2581]

Very perfect tutorial ! Thanks a lot

[@anfiscka]

That was really helpful. Thanks so much

[@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!

[@shaimaaelsabbagh1519]

just amazing ..thanks alot

[@alenomada3222]

The bounding box is genius! Thank you so much! This is, by far, the easiest seamless pattern tutorial

[@bycristinasilvia]

Thanks for the comment :) Glad you like it!

[@bobotube76]

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

[@bycristinasilvia]

Thank you

[@ashauniverse2244]

Thank you! It was really helpful!