Creating Patterns with Hand Drawings in Illustrator

Grade 945 min

Learning Objective

I can create a repeating pattern in Adobe Illustrator using my own hand-drawn sketches.

Lesson Flow

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5 min

How to Design Seamless Patterns: An Adobe Illustrator Tutorial with Jess Miller!

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Practice

14 min

7 questions β€’ Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

β€œDescribe the steps you would take in Adobe Illustrator to create a repeating pattern from your own hand-drawn sketches, starting from importing the sketches into the program. Explain how you would ensure that a hand-drawn element that extends beyond the edge of your artboard on the left side seamlessly connects to the right side when creating a repeating pattern in Adobe Illustrator. After arranging your hand-drawn sketches in Adobe Illustrator, what are the steps to use the "Object > Pattern > Make" feature to create a repeating pattern swatch?”

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