Creating Patterns with Hand Drawings in Illustrator

Creating Patterns with Hand Drawings in Illustrator

Grade 9 · Technology · 45 min

What's Included

Learning Objective

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

Warm-Up Video

Unknown Channel · 5:00

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

Practice Questions

7 questions · Short answer

Exit Ticket

Quick comprehension check

Describe 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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