Creat a Pattern Fashion in Illustrator Tutorial CS6

Creat a Pattern Fashion in Illustrator Tutorial CS6

Need to create a seamlessly repeating patterns in Illustrator CS6 or Illustrator CC 2014? Then you're in luck. Adobe has created a tool that will make the pattern creation process both fast and easy.

When creating patterns, you have a number of options. You can make use of the patterns installed with Illustrator, draw a pattern, select a pattern from a photo or scan one in.

Set up your workspace by going to Window-Workspace-Painting. To access patterns, there are several options. One is to go to the Swatches panel and once there, click on the Swatch Libraries Menu icon at the lower left.

The Swatches panel at top-left, options below in the menu and the Swatch Libraries Menu panel. You can edit the patterns in Illustrator or create one from scratch.

Here is an example of the various patterns that come with Illustrator.

When you are satisfied with your changes click on the Done heading at the top of your workspace. That's it.

In this tutorial we've barely scratched the surface of what you can do with patterns. There are endless possibilities, and you are only limited by your imagination.