Making Tossed Repeats in Illustrator with Space Fill by Astute Graphics (plus a hack!)

Making tossed patterns in Adobe Illustrator that look effortlessly random takes a lot of time - unless you use the Space Fill plugin by Astute Graphics! In this video, I show you how to use Space Fill, and my hack for making it work for seamless repeating patterns with randomly tossed motifs. Use this to save time making ditsy patterns for your quilting collections.
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[@vincentferrari]

Great plugin and I would have happily purchased it but I think it's absolutely ridiculous to charge people a subscription of $149 a year for a bunch of plugins when I only want (and am willing to pay for) 1.

[@karinaecay9348]

Same thought!

[@LauraCoyle]

I get it! I use so many tools in that subscription that it's worth it to me.

[@vincentferrari]

@@LauraCoyle That's totally fair. I wouldn't even object to a stacked bundle that feels expensive if it was a one-off charge. A subscription for plugins just seems... I dunno.

[@marymirt3485]

Thank you for this. It is a shame that Illustrator does not have these sorts of capabilities built in, rather than having to subscribe for plugins. Just a thought. :)

[@LauraCoyle]

You're welcome, and I totally understand what you are saying! There are parts of Illustrator I hardly use - the perspective grid is just one example ;-). I want Adobe to spend more time on the tools I need (patterns!), but there are so many people using this program for so many different things, I'm sure there's a long list of things to be developed and improved.

[@marymirt3485]

@@LauraCoyle I totally agree. It is still such a wonderful program that I am absolutely obsessed with. Even after 20+ years of using it, there is always something new to learn. Thank you for being one of thr people I learn from.

[@Energyswordsunday]

im goin crazy, where is the space fill plugin? I own astute graphics, but can't find it in the windows...

[@justfluff6436]

It's under ColliderScribe

[@LauraCoyle]

Go to the Window menu, Astute Graphics, Space Fill (check Astute Manager to make sure it's installed).

[@IsItPossibleyes]

What a great solution😻 I love Astute plugins 🫶🏻 You are a great teacher! It amazes me how you find non-standard solutions... Your videos are so helpful! It's a pity that KZbin doesn't understand this :( I wish you millions of subscribers ❤, you deserve it 💯

[@LauraCoyle]

Thank you! That's so nice of you!