This is a quick class with a super fun project — creating a spontaneous, free-flowing scribble repeat pattern in Adobe Illustrator!  You'll learn how a seemingly complex pattern design can be made based on simple hand-drawn marks.
Rather than working with polished, illustrated motifs, you’ll explore a more abstract approach—building a textural, expressive pattern using pressure-sensitive brushes and loose vector strokes. It’s a refreshing process for surface designers who want to break out of that overly precise “perfect vector” mindset and create work that feels natural and full of personality.
You’ll learn how to:
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Build a seamless repeat pattern in Illustrator from simple hand-drawn elements.
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Use pressure-sensitive brushes to add variation and a human element to your strokes.
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Explore color variations to completely shift the tone of your design.
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Envision how scribble-style patterns can be applied to products like fabric, wallpaper, apparel, and more.
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Whether you design for licensing, digital products, or personal creative play, this method gives you a fresh new way to approach vector pattern design.
Who This Class Is For
This class is for surface designers, illustrators, and creatives who are comfortable using Illustrator and have some experience creating repeat patterns. If you've never made a repeat pattern in Adobe Illustrator before, you might want to start with "<a href="https://skl.sh/3xvVG21" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Learn Everything about Creating Repeat Patterns</a>" first.
If your patterns tend to feel a little too stiff or clean, this class will show you how to create work that feels more spontaneous, organic, and human.

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Fabulous Scribble Patterns! Create an Expressive Repeat Pattern in Illustrator

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