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1. MAIN INTRODUCTION: Hi. My name's Kerri. I'm an independent
artist who creates illustrations and
service pattern designs. In this class, we're going
to keep it simple by using basic shapes
such as circles and rectangles and
triangles to create cute art like snowmen and
pizzas and ice cream. By the end of the class,
you'll be able to create a pattern using one of your designs for
your own projects. Can't wait to see
you in the class.
2. Starting our first Project File: In this lesson, you
will learn how to create a new project
in Adobe Illustrator. Starting here on this screen, go ahead and click on the
New File button right here. This will bring up a window with different document
presets that you can choose from.
We'll click on web. Then we'll choose web
Large 1920 by 1080 pixels. You see here width
1920 height 1080. Come down here to
color mode, RGB, and your Raster Effects, you can set that
to high 300 PPI. And click Create. Next, we will create a background
for our Artboard.
3. Setting up our Workspace and creating our background: This lesson, we'll set
up our workspace and create a simple background
for our artboard. First, I'm going to go up to the top menu and
we'll select window. Then choose workspace and make sure that you
have a checkmark on Essentials Classic. This just makes a layout a
little easier to follow, especially if you're a beginner. Next, we want to go
to the toolbar on the left and click on
our Rectangle Tool. Come over to our Artboard
and double click. We want our width to be 1920
and our height to be 1080, the same as our artboard. Then we click Okay. Now we want to center
this onto the artboard, so you can come up
here to the line here or you can go
up to Windows and a line and you can align your objects horizontal
align center and vertical line center. Then you can move
this out of the way, or you can press the X to
get rid of it altogether. Now, if you look over here
to the left at the bottom, you'll see you have a fill and a stroke on this background. We want to get rid
of the black stroke, so we click on that, and then we click this button
right here that says none. Now we have no stroke
on our background. Next, we want to change
the color of our fill, so we'll double
click on the fill. Come over here to the
slider and we can slide up to pick a
color that we like. I want a blue color, and then I'll press this
little dot here and move it over till I get a blue color that I like, and then
I'll press Okay. Next, we want to
lock our background. So what we can do is we
come over here to object. And lock selection. This locks the background to our artboard so it can't move. And on the right here where
you see it says layers, you can click there or
you can come back up here to the window and
go down to layers. Click this button,
this little icon here. Then you can see
right here where we've created our
background, it's locked. You can click it to unlock it, and click it again to lock it. Next, we will
create our Snowman.
4. Creating the Snowman Body: Creating this snowman's
body is super fun. First, we come over to
the toolbar on the left, find a rectangle tool, and instead, we want to
change it to the lips tool. Come over to our artboard. We can press the Shift
key on our keyboard and click and drag to make
our first circle. You can see in the
toolbar here on the left that you
have no stroke, and you have a blue fill.
So let's change that. Double click on the fill,
and we want to move this over until we get to a color that we
prefer and click Okay. Next, we want to go over to the selection tool
on the toolbar on the left. We'll click our first circle. Then we'll press Option or Alt. If you have a PC, click and drag and click and
drag one more time. Next, we want to change the shape of each
circle just a little. So as you can see, you can hover your mouse
over these squares, and it's letting you know that
you can modify the circle. So we'll make this
one just a little bit bigger and maybe a
little bit wider there. Put it in place, and then we'll get
the second one here. We'll do the same thing, giving them a little bit
different shape. We'll keep this one the same. Next, we want to turn all three of these circles
into one shape. So with your selection
tool still selected, click on your artboard
and click and drag over the three circles. Then you can come over here to the right where it
says Pathfinder, you can click Unite there, or you can come up to window. Go to Pathfinder and Unite. Now, all three circles
are in one shape. Next, let's give our
Snowman some eyes.
5. Adding the Eyes for our Snowman: Let's create some
eyes for our Snowman. On the toolbar on the left, scroll over to your lips tool. Come over to your artboard. Press the shift key
on your keyboard, then click and drag to
make one of your eyes. You can see in the
toolbar that your eye has no stroke but
has a white fill, and we want to change
that so we double click. Then we select our
color dot here and we move it all the way
to the black and click Okay. Next, we want to
duplicate this circle. We come over here
to the toolbar on the left and we hit selection. Come over to our
circle and select it. Then press Option or Alt. If you have a PC, then click
and drag to make a second I. Then we can select both of these Is because we have the
selection tool still selected. Come over to artboard,
click and drag. That selects both of the eyes. Then you can click one of the Is to help you to
move it. In place. Next, let's give our
eyes some highlights. Come over to the
toolbar on the left and click your
Ellipse tool again. Con your artboard,
press the shift key, click and drag to make
a tiny little circle. Then this time,
we want to change the fill color to white,
so you double click. Move your color picker all the way over to the white
and click Okay. This circle is a little small, so we're going to
use our Zoom tool, which is on the toolbar on the left at the bottom
here, you can see it. Then you come over to where
you want to zoom in and you can click it a couple of
times so then you can see. Then come over to the
toolbar on the left and press your selection tool, select your new highlight. Then click Option or
Alt on your keyboard. Click and Drag, and that
makes a second highlight. Then we can zoom out by going to the toolbar on the left and
clicking on your Zoom tool. Now, if you hit Option or Alt, if you have a PC,
you can see how it changes it from a
plus to a minus. You can click a few times. So that you can see
your artboard better. Go over to the selection tool. Then come over to one of
your dots and click and then drag it over on top of your
eye where you would like it. Do the same thing
with the other one. Now we can move
them into place by pressing the Zoom tool and
the toolbar on the left, zooming in just a little more. Then on the toolbar on the left, click your selection tool, then you can come
and select your e, highlight and put it just
where you would like it.
6. Creating the Nose for our Snowman: Making the nose first,
Noman is super easy. On the toolbar on the left, where your Ellipse tool is, we want to change that
to the polygon tool. Then on your artboard,
you can double click, and you want to change the
sides to three so you can move up or down until you get to
three and then click Okay. This creates our triangle. Now you can see
on the toolbar on the left that you
have no stroke, but you have a white fill. We want to change that
fill, so we double click. Then we can change you can click the slider and move it to a
color that you would like. I want mine to be orange, and then we select our color that we would
like and press Okay. Now, if you come over here to your selection tool,
you can click it. And then if you hover your
mouse over these points, you can see how it
changes letting you know that you
are okay to rotate. So once you see that, you can rotate
where you want it. And then we can also
change its shape by going to the points and
then pulling, pushing, or dragging to get the perfect shape that you
would like for your snowman. And then you can move it onto your snowman
just like that.
7. Creating the Smile for our Snowman: Let's give our Snowman a smile. On the toolbar on the left, we want to click the Line
Segment tool. So click it. Come over to your Snowman about where you would
like your smile, and then press the shift key on your keyboard and
click and drag. About where you'd like
your smile to be. And as you can see, from
the toolbar on the left, our line has no
stroke and no fill. I want to add a stroke, so
I'm going to come up here to the top where it
says stroke right here. Press the up arrow
a few times until I get to two points,
just like that. Next, we want to come
over to our toolbar, and this time, we're going to click on the curvature tool. Then come back over to our line, and about in the
center, we click once, then we click it again
and then pull down, and that creates our smile. Next, we can click over here on the Zoom tool and
then zoom in so I can show you what the ends
of the smile look like, but I want to make those round. So to do that, I'm going
to come up here to window, then go to stroke. Here on the right, there's
these three lines, and if you click it, it says Show Options, so we
want to do that. Then for our cap, we want it to be
this middle one, the round cap and a corner,
we'll do it as well. And now you can
see that our smile has a rounded look
to it on each end. Next, we will work
on the cheeks.
8. Creating the Cheeks for our Snowman: I like adding cheeks
to my Snowman. To do that on the
toolbar on the left, go ahead and change to
the Ellipse tool again. Come over to your Snowman, press Shift on your keyboard, then click and drag to create the size
check you would like. Here we have a black
stroke and no fill, so we'll go ahead and
remove the stroke, change it to none. Then we go over to the
fill, double click. I'm going to choose my slider to choose
a more pink color. Then I will select the color of the cheek
that I would like. I think I like that
one. I'll click Okay. Then we can create a
duplicate for the other side. So we come over to the
toolbar on the left and click our selection tool and
come select our circle, press Option or Alt on our
keyboard, click and drag. To create the second cheek. Next, we'll create some buttons.
9. Creating the buttons for our snowman: To make our buttons, first, I would like to zoom
out my Snowman. To do that, I'm
going to come over here to the toolbar on the left, come down to the Zoom tool. Then I'm going to
press Option or Alt, if you have a PC on
your keyboard and click a few times so I
can see my Snowman. Next, I want to come over here to the
toolbar on the left, and I'm going to click on
the lips tool, right there. Then come over to your artboard, press the Shift key,
then click and drag. To make a circle. We want to
make four smaller circles, we'll come over here
to the Lips tool again, make sure it's selected. Then press Shift
on your keyboard, click and drag to
make another circle. This circle, we want
it to be white, so we'll come over here to
the fill and double click. Then we'll go over here to
the white and click Okay. Next, we want to go over to
our selection tool so then we can make sure that we're
selecting our smaller circle. Then we want to
press Option or Alt. If you have a PC,
click and drag. Click and drag again and
click and drag again. Now we can move each one of these over to our bigger circle. So I'll just click
and drag it over, click and drag it over
and same with these. And then on my beer circle, I'll just kind of move it around till I get it exactly
where I want it. Mm. I think about right
there is good. Now we want to go up to the toolbar on the left and make sure we have
our selection tool. Then on the artboard,
we click and drag to select all
four of these. Then we go over here
to option and group. And that groups all of those together so you
can move them around. Now we want to make
a few more of these. So well, first, we can move this button where we
want it on our Snowman. Then we press Option or
Alt on our keyboard, then click and drag,
click and drag. And click and drag. There you have your buttons.
10. Creating the Arms for our snowman: To give our Snowman some arms, we want to come over to
the line segment tool here on the toolbar on the left. Come over to your Snowman, press shift on your
keyboard and click and drag up just a little
to create your arm. As you can see, this
creates the line, but if you look over
here on your toolbar, there's no stroke,
and there's no fill. To fix this, we want to go up
to stroke here at the top, and then click the up
arrow a few times. Let's go to two points. That creates the
beginning of your arm. We want to go ahead and
create two smaller lines, with your line segment tool
still selected, come over. You can press Shift on
your keyboard if you want. Click and Drag, and on the
other side, click and drag. And then what we want
to do is we want to with our selection tool selected over here on
the toolbar on the left, we want to go and select all of these objects right
there for our arm. Then come over to the top and
choose Object. And group. And that will group
that arm so that then what we can do
is we can select it, and then press Option or
Alt on your keyboard, click and drag, and then we can move the other
arm to the other side. Then you can hover your mouse close to the
points and then click and drag to turn your arm just as you would like
it on your snowman.
11. Creating the scarf for our snowman: To create our scarf, we'll
want to come over to the toolbar on the left and
click the Line Segment tool. On your keyboard,
press the shift key. Then click and drag where
you want your scarf. Now we want to change our stroke because you can see here,
it's got a black stroke. We want to change that up
here to be about 20 points. Next, we want to go
over here where it says uniform and change this. Come down to where it
says Width Profile five. Now you can see
that this beginning of our scarf is a stroke only. We want to change that, so we
want to come up here and go to object expand appearance. Now, what that has done is
it's changed it so that now it has no stroke and
it's just got to fill. Next, we want to finish
our scarf by coming over here to the rectangle
tool, clicking on it. Then you can click and drag to create the
size that you want. Next, you can come over here to your curvature tool from
the toolbar on the left, then come back over
here to your scarf, and you can adjust your scarf by clicking and dragging
just as you would like. Next, we want to
come over here to the selection tool and
select that so that then we can come over here and
hover our mouse over by these points until we can get it so that
we can rotate it, and we're going to change
its direction just a little. Then I'm going to click here and just move it over just a little. Next, we want to
make a duplicate of this so we can
press Option or Alt on our keyboard and then click and drag to
make another one, and then you can hover
over the points and then click and drag to create
it just like that. Next, we want to take
these three objects that we just created this, this and this, and we want
to make it one object. To do that, you'll click on one and then you'll
press your **** key, click on the other
and the other. Oops. There we go. Then you want to
come over here to Window, Pathfinder and unite. Then you can X out
of the Pathfinder. Now what we can do
is we want to change this black fill to
a different color. So we have a different
colored scarf, so we'll come over here to fill. Double click. I want mine to be a blue color, so you can just select a blue
color that you would like. I think I want mine
to be I like that. And then we'll click Okay.
12. Creating the Pizza: Making a pizza is super easy. I'm going to show you
how to do it now. On the toolbar on the left, you'll want to come over
here to your polygon tool that's over by your
rectangle or your lips. Click on polygon. Then come over to your artboard
and double click. You want your sides to be
three so you can move up or down until you see
three, and then click Okay. Now this creates your triangle, and you want to come over here to the toolbar on the
left and find your stroke. We want to go ahead
and get rid of that stroke there
and click none. Then we want to go over to
the fill, double click here, and we want to change that
color so we will click on this here until we can get to a color
section that we like, and then we can click on
this dot and move it over until we find a color that
we want and click Okay. Then we come over
to the toolbar on the left and click
the selection tool. Come over to your triangle, and if you hover over the white square on where
your point is here, you can then see that your mouse changes so
that you can rotate. So once you see that rotation, then go ahead and
click and drag, and you can put your triangle
just where you want it. I want mine there for now. And next, we will
create the crest.
13. Creating our first Crust for our Pizza: I like to make my crust
a couple different ways. First, we'll come over here
to our rectangle tool, and we can come over
to the artboard, then click and drag. Next, we want to go over
here to our selection tool. Then we can hover our mouse over one of the
points so then we can rotate and rotate this onto pizza just as
we would want it. And then you can see
these dots right here. You can click those
and click in, and that creates rounded
edges for your crust. Next, you want to
come over here to the fill color, and
we will change that. You can click the slider up until you get to a color
that you would like. I like that one and click Okay. In our next lesson,
I'll show you how to make another fun crust.
14. Creating another fun crust for our Pizza: Here's another fun way
to make a pizza crust. On the tool bar on the left, this time, we're going to
click on your curvature tool. Come over to your pizza,
and about right here, go ahead and click. Then
you can click again. And then as you move your mouse up and around, you
can keep clicking, and you can see how it creates a fun curvy direction for you. And then you want to
make sure to click the last dot there. And so it creates
a cute, fun crest. Then you can come over here to where your pencil
tool usually is, and there's an option called
smooth and you can click it. And you can tell
it's ready to smooth by the little blue
squares there. Then you can click on this
here and this slider and you can slide it up and down to get the perfect
shape that you would like. I like mine just like that. And then I'm going to click on my selection tool again
on the toolbar on the left so that
then I can just move my crest right into place.
15. PIzza Toppings New: Let's give our pizza
some toppings. On the toolbar on the left, we'll click the lips tool. Come over to your pizza, press Shift on your keyboard, then click and drag to
create a pepperoni, but we want to change
the color here, so we go over to our
fill and double click. We want to change our
slider to go to the red, and then we can find a color
that we like and click Okay. Now we go back to the toolbar
on the left and we click our selection tool,
select our circle, press the option key or Alt if you have a PC
on your keyboard, click and drag,
and then click and drag again to make
three pepperonis. Next, we can make some cheese, so we come over here to
the toolbar on the left. We go to our rectangle tool. Then we come over to our pizza, and we click and drag. On this one, I want to
zoom in just a little, so we come over to the toolbar on the left and click our Zoom. Then we want to come over here to the toolbar on the left and click the direct selection tool. That creates those
little circles, and then we click one
and then click in, and then that creates the
rounded edges for us. Now we want to change
this to a yellow color, so we come over to the
fill and double click, and then you can change your
slider to go to the yellows, and then you can change this to a color that you
would like for you cheese. I think I like that one.
I'm going to click Okay. Now we'll come over here
to our selection tool, so then we can
select our cheese. And then we press Option or Alt. If you have a PC,
click and drag. Then you can hover over the white point to show you
that it's okay to rotate, and then you can rotate
it just a little. Then we'll select it again and then press Option or
Alt on your keyboard. Click and Drag. Then we can rotate
make one more, click and drag and rotate. And I think there needs to
be one maybe over there, so we will select this one, Options or Alt on our keyboard. And then we can click and drag. I think I want one more
right here. I needs it. So we select this one, Option or Alt on our keyboard. Click and Drag and then rotate.
16. Creating the Cone for our Ice cream: Let's create the cone
for our ice cream. On the toolbar on the left, we come over here to the
polygon tool and click it. Then come over to our
artboard and we double click. This gives us our options, and we want our sides to
be three so you can click the up or the down until you get to three
and then click Okay. We want to rotate this
so you'll want to come over here to your selection
tool and then hover your mouse over by the
point and then click and drag to change the direction. Then I want to change the
size and the shape a little. So I'm going to click and
then drag in this point here. I'm going to do the
same thing here to make it a little shorter and
then click in here. And I think I like that. And so then we want
to change its color. So we'll click here on our fill, and I want to change
it to a brown color. I like that, and I'm
going to click Okay. Next, we'll give our
cone some design.
17. Creating the Design for our Ice Cream Cone: To create the design
for our cone, we want to come over here to the toolbar and click
the rectangle tool. Then come over to your
artboard and we want to make a fairly long thin rectangle. And we want to change its color. So we'll come over here to
the fill and double click. We can click this
little dot here and then move it till we
get a color that we like. I like that one, and
I'll click Okay. Next, we want to rotate this, we'll come over to
our selection tool on the toolbar on the left. Then come over to our rectangle, and then we hover and once you see that it's ready to rotate, you click and drag to rotate, and then you can click it
to move it onto our cone. Next, we want to
make a few copies of this so we can make sure
that this one's highlighted, then press the option
or Alt key on your PC. Click and Drag, click and drag. Click and Drag. One more time. Here we go. Now I want to select all of these rectangles
that we just created. So I'm going to
click the first one, press the shift key on my
keyboard, then press each one. So each one is highlighted. Then come up to the top
and we're going to go to object and group. That groups them all together
so you can move them all at once, just like that. Now we want to press Option
on our keyboard or Alt. If you have a PC, then click and drag to make a second one. Then we want to rotate this one, so we come over to
where the point is, and when it tells us it's ready, we can just click
it and drag it and then put it on top of
our cone just like that. Now we want to
highlight everything. And then we can come over
to the toolbar on the left, and this time we want to
select the Shape Builder tool. On the Shape Builder tool, we want to then press the
option key on our keyboard and it changes it from
a plus to a minus. Then you can click
and drag to remove any pieces that you do
not need for your cone. So I'm going to do that now. I'm clicking and dragging
down to remove each piece. But I don't want on
my cone on each side. And you want to
be really careful and look really close to make sure you get each piece and that you didn't
miss anything. There's a little
piece right there. I'm going to go ahead
and click that and same here. Click those. I think there might be one up here we can check by going over to the tool bar and clicking
our Zoom and zooming in. And yes, there is one there, so we will go ahead and head
our Shape Builder tool, press our option key again, so we get the little
minus and get rid of that. There's one right here. We will do the same. And
there's one right here. Next, we can group this
entire thing together. So we make sure that we have
the selection tool selected, and then we click and drag
over the entire cone. Come up to option and group. Next, we'll make our ice cream.
18. Creating our Ice Cream: To create our ice cream, we'll go over to the
toolbar on the left, and we'll click on
the Ellipse Tool. Come over to our artboard, press the Shift key on your
keyboard and click and drag. Then come over to the
left toolbar again. Click the selection tool. Then move your ice
cream into place. Now we'll come over to the
fill and give it a new color. We'll select this circle
and move it all the way up till we get to the white
color and click Okay. Now we want to duplicate this, so making sure that you still have your selection
tool selected. Click on your circle,
then press Option, and then click and drag and then click and
drag one more time. To create your ice cream. These are three separate shapes, and we want to create
it into one shape, so you'll click the first one, then press the shift key, click the second,
and then the third. Then come over to
the Pathfinder tool and click Unite or come up to Windows, Pathfinder and unite. Then you can click the X to
remove the Pathfinder tool. Then we want the ice cream to be behind your cone,
click on your cone. Right click arrange to front. Now you can select
both of these. Go up to object and group, and now you can adjust the size. You can press the shift key on your keyboard and select
one of the corner points, click and drag just like that. Next, we'll create our candy.
19. Creating Candy for our Ice cream: To make some candies
for our ice cream, we'll come over to the
toolbar on the left. And we want to select the lips tool then come
over to our artboard. We'll press Shift
on our keyboard, then we'll click and
drag to make a circle. We want to change
its fill color, so we'll double
click on our fill, and then we'll move
our color picker up, and then we will move our circle till we find a
color that we like. I like that one, and
then we'll click Okay. We'll go back up to our
selection tool so that we can select this and put it right where we want
it on our ice cream. Now let's create some
or some other candies. So we'll come over here to
the toolbar on the left, and we're going to
pick our rectangle. Then we'll come over
and we'll click and drag to make a small rectangle. Then we'll want to zoom in, so we'll go to the toolbar
on the left, click the Zoom. Then we'll come over
and click a few times. So we can see our rectangle. Then go back to the
toolbar on the left and click our direct selection tool. It will create these circles, and we just click one
and then pull in, and then it will create
those rounded edges. Go back to the selection tool. Then you can select
one of your candies, and then you can press Option
or Alt on your keyboard, click and drag, and
then you can rotate it. Just like we've learned
in the other lessons, you can go back over
to your Zoom tool, and this time, press
the option key so you can zoom out a little. So you can see your
whole ice cream, then you can go back
to your selection. Then we come over and grab
another one of our candies. Press the option
key, click and drag, change its direction,
click it again, click and drag, so we can
change its direction. Then we click and drag, change its direction.
And one more. Click and drag.
Change its direction. Now let's give it
one more candy, so we'll come over here to
the toolbar on the left, and we're going to click
our Ellipse Tool again. Then we will press
our shift key on our keyboard and
then click and drag. Make a smaller candy, then we want to
change its color. So we come over here
to the tool bar on the left and we click
on our fail color. And I think I want this
one to be a yellow color. So we'll click the yellows and find a cute yellow
color and click Okay. Then we want to go to the
toolbar on the left and click our selection tool so that we can come and
select this circle, press Option on our
keyboard, click and drag, we'll do that several
more times so we can create little candies
on our ice cream, where we want them.
Just like that.
20. Creating our first Pattern with our Ice cream design: Or we create a pattern
for our ice cream, Let's go ahead and
make a few changes. First, we want to go to the selection tool on
the toolbar on the left, and then come over to your
artboard and click and drag to select our
entire ice cream. Then come over to
object and group. That allows us to move the entire ice cream
wherever we want. Next, I want to introduce
you to the Swatches panel. That's over here on the right,
or you can come to window and then go down
to your swatches. This brings up different
colors that you can use that you can see. It's also where they
put the patterns. So as you can see, there's a lot of details here that we
may or may not need. And so I like to remove
most of them so that I have a clear view of everything that I'm doing
when I create a pattern. Do that. I'll come over to the three lines right
here on the right, and I'll click on Select
All unused right here. That selects all of them, except for the black
and the white, and then I'll press my trash can right here to delete
all the swatches. It's going to ask me if I'm
sure, and I'll say yes. Another thing I like
to do is come back to the three lines here to
go to my option here, and I want to make my thumbnail
view a little larger. That just helps me
to see everything. Next, we're going to
create our pattern. So to do that, we make sure we have our
selection tool selected. Then click and drag
over the ice cream, what we want to
create as a pattern. We come over here to object, and then we go down
to pattern and make. You'll get this message coming
up and just click Okay. Come over here to
your title type, tile type, and then change that. You have options
of Brick by Row, brick by column, hex by
column, and Hex by Row. We're going to choose
brick by column. I just how that's set up, so then I'll click Done. Then we have our first
pattern right here. You can see it in your swatches. Now what we can do with our selection tool
still selected, we can take the
one ice cream that we created and move it
off of the artboard. That way, we can now come
over to our rectangle tool, come into our artboard
and double click. We want to make our rectangle the same size as our artboard. So that was 1920 by 1080.
And then we press Okay. And then we come
over to a window and line so that we can do a horizontal align center and
a vertical aligned center. This rectangle has a fill on
it that's white right now, and what we want to do is
create the pattern in here. Now, on your swatches, if you come over here to
where your pattern is, you can click it and it
creates your pattern. We just made our first pattern.
21. Creating a second pattern with our Ice cream and Pizza design: For our next pattern,
I wanted to take both our ice cream and our pizza and make a pattern out of both. So I've created a new project
with a brand new artboard. Before we begin, I want
to make a few changes. First, in our Swatches panel, if you remember from
the last video, it's over here on the right, where you can go to
Windows and then go down to your
swatches panel there. We come over to the
three lines over here, and then we choose
Select All unused, and then we can click on the
trash can to remove them. And then now I want to make my ice cream and my
pizza a little smaller. So with the selection
tool still selected, I click and drag both my items. And then I press the
shift key on my keyboard, and I come over to the point, and I click and drag to make
them both a little smaller. Next, we want to
create our background, so we come over here to
the toolbar on the left, and we click on the
rectangle tool. Come over to the artboard
and double click. We want our width to be 1920
and our height to be 1080, same as our artboard,
and we click Okay. Then we can come over here
up at the top to our line and click horizontal line Center and Vertical
Align Center. Now we want to make a
duplicate of this artboard. So what we can do is
we can come over here to the left and click
the Selection tool. Come and click our Artboard, press the Options key
on our keyboard and click up just a little
to create a second. Rectangle. Now we can
click this rectangle. Come over to horizontal
align center and Vertical Align Center. Now if we come over
here to the right on our layers panel and click in, you can see that we now
have two rectangles. On this bottom rectangle, we want to change its color, so we will select it you click right here and then
make sure it's highlighted. Then you can come over here
to your fill, double click. We can choose our color picker. I think this time I'm going
to do a light purple, something like that,
and click Okay. And you can see right here
that it's changed the color. You can't see it
because the other white rectangle is
right on top of it, but you can go to the white rectangle and
click on to select it. And then if you press
on this eyeball, it will remove it, and then you can click on the eyeball again
and it will appear, and that will show
you that that other rectangle is right
underneath it. Now we want to go ahead and select our ice cream
and our pizza. So making sure we have our
selection tool selected, we come over here to
our ice cream and our pizza and select both. Then we come up here to
object pattern make. On this message, you can say don't show
again or click Okay. You can see the
tile type is grid. You can change that to brick
by row, brick by column. Hex by column or hex by row. I like brick by
row for this one, but the settings are
just a little off. There's a few things you can do. First, I don't want my pizza crust to be so
close to my ice cream. So what you can do is come
over here to your width and your height.
This right here. If you click it, then you can adjust the width and
the height separately. Or if you click it again like this and it
looks like this, then you can change both the width and the
height at the same time. So we'll go ahead and we'll
just click into the width. Then on your keyboard, you can press the up arrow a few times, and that will adjust it, and you can see now
that my width between my ice cream and my pizza
looks a little better. My ice cream is still off. It's a little too
close to my pizza, but I can adjust
that by clicking the ice cream and then just moving it down just like that. Now we click Done. And if you look over here
in your swatches panel, you'll see your pattern. Now we want to come over to our our rectangle
here and click on it. And now we can come back
to our pattern and click. And it's made our new pattern.
22. Bonus Video Pattern for Spoonflower: This is a bonus video for
anyone who is interested in knowing how I create my
patterns for spoon flower. Usually, when I create a
pattern for spoon flower, I use an artboard size of
400 pixels by 400 pixels. I set my color
mode still to RGB, and I still set my raster
effects to 300 PPI. For us to get started
making a pattern, I will start by going over
here to the Swatches panel. And if you remember,
there were all of these other patterns
that come with Adobe, and I don't want to see those. So I'm going to come over
here to the three lines, and I'm going to click
Select All Unused, and then press my trash can. It says, Delete this
watch selection. I say, and that cleans
that up for us. Now I can come over here
to my ice cream cone, and we'll select
the entire cone. And then I want to make
it a little smaller. So on my keyboard, I'll press the shift key, and then I'll click and drag down to make a
smaller ice cream. And then I want to
make a duplicate of this ice cream so we can then press the option on our
keyboard and click and drag. To create a second ice cream. Now, since this is
still selected, if we come over
here to the right and we go to our layers panel, you can see which ice cream this is because it's
got the blue highlight. And then we click on that. We can come down to where
our ice cream is right here. Click that. And I always
make sure it's highlighted. Then we can come over
here to the fill color, and we can change the fill
color to something that we like something about like
that and click Okay. Next, we will
create our pattern, so we can select both of these. We come up to option
and pattern and make. If you get this
message, you can say don't show again or click Okay. Here is showing as
a grid pattern. You can also change
it to brick by row or brick by column. Those are usually the
ones that I stick with for spin flower designs. And as you can see here,
everything's pretty close. I might try to adjust
that just a little. So we have our width
and our height here. This button here, if
it looks like this, it will adjust the width and
the height at the same time. You can turn it off and only adjust the width or
only adjust the height. I'm going to go
ahead and leave it on come over here to my
width and click in there. I'm going to use the up arrow on my keyboard to go
up just a little. I think I like that.
We'll come over here at the top and press done. Next, you can see the
pattern is over here. So for spoon flour, what I
usually do is I click and I drag it right onto the artboard,
and it looks like this. Then I come back over to my layers panel here on the right. And I'm going to click
in here in my pattern, come to the very
last one of these. That will select that
triangle that it has there. And then I go over to
object and then down to Artboard and fit
to selected Artboard. Now we want to give our
pattern a background so we come over here to
our rectangle tool. Then we can click and drag. This doesn't have any fill yet, so we can go ahead and
double click on the fill, and then we can change
our colors till we get a color that we
like and click Okay. Now, we want this background
to be in the back. You have a couple
ways of doing that. You can click it here in
your layers panel and click and drag, and
that puts it behind. Or you can right click
and choose a range back. Next to send it to Spinflower, you will want to
create it as a JPEG, so we'll go to File Export, Export As, give it a name. And then change your
format here to JPEG. And you want to make sure to use Artboards when you export
and then click on Export.
23. Class project: For your class project,
make one design using Adobe Illustrator,
using basic shapes. You can follow along using the designs that we've
created in this video, or you can create
your own designs using the same techniques. Don't forget to check out the resources
section where I have a helpful guide and some color sheets to help you come up with your own designs. Once you've finished,
you can upload your project to
the class gallery.
Kerrie Hensley, Surface Pattern Design
