Tiles are rectangular in shape, and arranged in columns. Centers of tiles in columns are vertically aligned. Centers of tiles in alternate columns are horizontally aligned. Hex by column. Tiles are hexagonal in shape, and arranged in columns. Centers of tiles in the columns are vertically aligned. Hex by row. Tiles are hexagonal in shape, and arranged in rows. Centers of tiles in the rows are horizontally aligned. Centers of tiles in alternate rows are vertically aligned.
Apply to: Brick by Row. Determines by how much tile width the centers of tiles in adjacent rows are out of vertical alignment. Brick by Column. Determines by how much tile height the centers of tiles in adjacent columns are out of horizontal alignment.
Now you need some vector shapes to create your pattern. I arranged some vector flowers I created in Illustrator. While still holding down the Option key , hold down the Shift key — this will help you line up your selection perfectly with the edge of the square.
Now, do the same with the flowers that overlap the bottom edge of the square. Select those flowers and the green square, press Option then Shift , and drag the selection up until it lines up with the top edge of the square.
First, we are going to copy the green square and make it a new layer under all the other layers. It might look like nothing happened but it did. When we generate the swatch, Illustrator will read this invisible box as the boundries of your pattern, and it will keep your pattern within the boundries of the box.
In my example below, I placed the 2nd green square on its own layer underneath the original square. However, if you want to keep the squares on the same layer, then expand the square layer by clicking on the arrow in the Layers Panel — you will notice there is the main layer and 2 path layers. Now select all and drag everything into the Swatches Panel.
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A dialogue window will appear requesting a name for the new pattern - give it a name of your choice. Click OK. You can now delete the original group of objects. What I really want to do though is create a seamless, repeating pattern - like the one at the top of the page. All Illustrator repeating patterns are made up of tiles. The simplest way to create a pattern is to have the tiles square or rectangular in shape, so that they can butt up against each other without leaving any space or gaps inbetween each other.
When we created the random pattern above, there was space around each instance of the tile - because the pattern generator was creating its own squares to render the pattern. In order to create a new pattern, the first step is to create a design. The second step is to identify a square or rectangular area that will be repeated - and crop everything else out.
The third step will be to define the pattern swatch itself. The pattern I created for this article was fairly simple to put together.
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