How to make a seamless pattern in Adobe Illustrator

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Learn how to create a seamless vector pattern in Illustrator.
Read on the blog: www.elancreativeco.com/how-to...
This Adobe Illustrator tutorial is perfect for beginners. I'm using Adobe Illustrator CC 2017, but you can use the same technique with older versions of Illustrator.
The graphics used in this tutorial are from my Cacti and Succulents pattern collection: shop.elancreativeco.com/produ...
If you want to see more Illustrator and Photoshop tutorials, please check out my blog: www.elancreativeco.com/blog/
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:35 How to set up the artboard
1:00 Creating the pattern motif
3:46 How to make a seamless repeating pattern
6:00 How to add a background to your pattern
7:12 How to add the pattern to the Swatches panel
9:03 How to test the pattern
10:02 How to crop the pattern
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@mariovargasjr9406 2 жыл бұрын

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

@raudelenrique 4 жыл бұрын

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

@_jasssmine_ 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@BeHappyNoMatterWhat 5 жыл бұрын

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

@CreativityBucketlist 3 жыл бұрын

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

@baileybirtchet6040 2 жыл бұрын

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

@affable.pebble Жыл бұрын

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 🙌

@stellasiodmok7106 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lindavanas6275 4 жыл бұрын

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

@wawawawa51 4 жыл бұрын

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

@katieelizabeth11 5 жыл бұрын

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

@aphyngodiva2551 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@NashiaAli 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@nutnichakaraplook6931 Жыл бұрын

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

@Ace96Ventura 4 жыл бұрын

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

@kristinavanbommel1843 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it :)

@sharonhiley2212 5 жыл бұрын

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

@daCUTE187 2 жыл бұрын

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

@harjith.d.bubber 4 жыл бұрын

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

@toyeen2247 3 жыл бұрын

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

@deboraandrada4925 Жыл бұрын

Love your stuff! Big help!

@granny-nyan Жыл бұрын

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

@elise3959 6 жыл бұрын

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

@bycristinasilvia 6 жыл бұрын

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

@violetpaints 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@JustBuen 4 жыл бұрын

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

@mrhristv 5 жыл бұрын

Your tutorials are awesome!

@paulacangas3054 6 жыл бұрын

thank you Cristina! it has finally worked keep up these amazing tutorials

@bycristinasilvia 6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear that 😀

@paulalc5673 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BrianaWolf416 6 жыл бұрын

Just the tutorial I've been looking for. Thank you!!

@bycristinasilvia 6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Brie!

@ankitaaggarwal246 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@richarddawson2912 3 жыл бұрын

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

@natalianowak5568 4 жыл бұрын

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

@PoisonousRakun 5 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@livlauryn 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@ambersmith4105 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Juan-Sierra 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad it helped :)

@patchworkbreeze9861 3 жыл бұрын

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

@aqimaQazi 3 жыл бұрын

GREAT video - simple and easy. Thank youuu

@materialgirlfriendspattern4612 11 ай бұрын

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

@DanyaleLeRoy 3 ай бұрын

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

@artephoebe5070 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Cristina! This video was very helpful.

@nesealuc2456 Жыл бұрын

good work king, love you

@zainabalhejji8691 4 жыл бұрын

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

@lubnashoaib6099 3 жыл бұрын

Really amazing and perfect tutorial for seamless pattern design great job

@soniacasciano8700 2 жыл бұрын

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

@wipawareekulthai3076 5 жыл бұрын

thank you for your tutorials :)

@bratcave.studio 3 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful, thank you very much! :)

@ashgaal2320 5 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful! Thank you!!

@kirahh9958 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@mercedeslopezcharro967 5 жыл бұрын

wow thanks so much for sharing! that was a great tutorial. XX

@DinosaurWithAUkulele 3 жыл бұрын

this is such a simple solution :O thank you!

@stefaniharris5473 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic tutorial! Thank you so much!

@javiermalisa3186 Жыл бұрын

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

@lola_lollipop 6 жыл бұрын

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

@bycristinasilvia 6 жыл бұрын

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

@fredcarv2581 5 жыл бұрын

Very perfect tutorial ! Thanks a lot

@DetonatorDestroyer 5 жыл бұрын

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

@MalkiaMmoja 2 жыл бұрын

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

@kikikipunk Жыл бұрын

so helpful,thank you!

@ellemahoney 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, thank you for such a great tutorial! I have struggled with many before and yours is the first that actually works for me. I do have a question I hope you can help with, I am struggling to use the pathfinder as I my pattern is composed of an imported sketch from procreate so it doesn't have any paths. Is there an alternative method to crop the pattern when using imagery opposed to paths? Thank you!

@user-lf7mm5xu9k Жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining everything so thoroughly.

@DediDores 4 жыл бұрын

amazing, you make it easy to understand. thankyou

@math1mom 3 жыл бұрын

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

@ofconsciousness 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this!!

@Krutikaraorane 3 жыл бұрын

Wow great and simplest tutorial I have ever watched 👌thanks

@hauc9129 Жыл бұрын

what a hearty video for all beginners!

@xxxxxxxxx1652 6 жыл бұрын

I love your tutorials

@bycristinasilvia 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@benjaminlehmann 6 жыл бұрын

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

@bycristinasilvia 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Benjamin 😊

@flipx6240 2 жыл бұрын

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

@rosep.531 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you this was very helpful!

@simmikishore6905 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this! It helped alot

@DaftRebel 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Arsigill 5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! so informative

@asgadesigns 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!

@hastudio7104 3 жыл бұрын

Love it 💕.. thank u for ur tutorial

@siamsunee 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. It is very useful.

@AwaparaArt 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This was great tutorial

@whatagreatday4906 4 жыл бұрын

Great! This has helped me so much

@4GArt 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial!!

@holasofia 5 жыл бұрын

really useful! thank you so much

@felipeturriago4060 6 жыл бұрын

I love you're voice, and thank you for the tutorial

@bycristinasilvia 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Felipe!

@aldhizak 3 жыл бұрын

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

@anfiscka 3 жыл бұрын

That was really helpful. Thanks so much

@shamoonartist1948 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you it is very detailed and informative it save a lot of time,,,,

@lilfroggo9897 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial!

@laughandbelly 4 жыл бұрын

awesome tutorial! thank you so much.

@HerrySis48 Жыл бұрын

You're so helpful

@chewycreative914 2 жыл бұрын

This was great! Thank you :)

@shaimaaelsabbagh1519 Жыл бұрын

just amazing ..thanks alot

@daynawhite6474 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL :D

@fizzedupslade4082 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, everything I needed. You're lovely :D

@bycristinasilvia 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@Mintyygal 5 жыл бұрын

Now this was helpful !!

@bryonymossmandesigns 3 жыл бұрын

This really helped me thankyou so much xx

@architarudra2610 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jrozenecn5112 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for great VDO. :)

@bycristinasilvia 6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it!

@Jaadesmiles 3 жыл бұрын

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

@renzovalenzuela9940 5 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

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

@edwardnagacholie7337 4 жыл бұрын

ive already expand the files, and it still not working

@lilirose7547 3 жыл бұрын

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

@anujavekhande1477 3 жыл бұрын

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

@marjory62 3 жыл бұрын

I embeded them all still not working I wanna cry

@ladymanhwa 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much for the tutorial! That was really helpful for me. I just installed Adobe Illustrator, and I am confused with so many tools it has. Oh oh I wanna ask you something. So where did you get the cactus picture? Did you draw it yourself? If yes, could you please tell me how to create it? Thank you!