An Introduction to Working with Patterns in Illustrator

The ability to fill a shape with a pattern goes back to Illustrator’s earliest days. Patterns consist of artwork that repeats in a tiled arrangement, filling an area of any size. Picture a grid pattern printed on paper or cloth. The lines extend to all edges of the material in every direction. Yet the tile making up the pattern is just a simple square. You can easily create and edit repeating patterns in Illustrator. Let’s jump right in and do that!

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Ari M. Weinstein is a brand development coach who uses Adobe Illustrator extensively for client work including infographics, logos and merchandise artwork. Ari has been using Illustrator for over 30 years since it was “Illustrator 88” (version 1.5) and is a contributor to the Illustrator Wow! Book series. Learn more about Ari on his website at https://ariw.com
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