How to Create Seamless Pattern in Adobe Illustrator

In today’s tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a seamless pattern in Adobe Illustrator. You can use such seamless texture as a fill in your design.

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Create an ornament

Create new document Ctrl+N with dimensions 500x500 px. Take the Ellipse Tool (L) and draw the circle. Turn off the Fill.

Then go to menu Effect > Distort & Transform > Pucker & Bloat. Set Bloat 30%.

Next go to the Object > Expand Appearance.

And again Object > Expand.

Now right click to the figure and Transform > Rotate.

Set 30 degrees and click the Copy button.

Press Ctrl+D hotkeys to repeat rotation.

Select all Ctrl+A and click the Unite button in the PathFinder panel.

Create seamless pattern

Copy the original ornament Ctrl+C and paste it to the same place Ctrl+F. Then reduce the size.

Use copy and paste to create different ornaments.

Now you can create the seamless pattern by the Magic Pattern Pro Illustrator script

You can use the menu Object > Pattern > Make also.

If you need to trim the protruding parts use the Super Magic Eraser Illustrator script. Also you can use the clipping mask Ctrl+7.

Working with colors

Draw the rectangle 500x500 px and send it to back.

Select all Ctrl+A and click the Divide button in the PathFinder panel. Don't forget to ungroup the result.

Now use the Vary Hues Illustrator script to randomize colors.

As a result we got the source of the seamless texture on the artboard.

Select all Ctrl+A and drag and drop it to the Swatches panel. Now you have the New Pattern Swatch. Draw any shape and fill by this texture.

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