illy repeating pattern
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- rasko4
any scripting help or any links/info of use that may make creating tiing patterns in illy any easier/quicker?
thanks
- rasko40
and before I start, say, if I create the pattern and the edges are lets say circles chopped in half, assuming I have drawn everything precisely, will the result have any mismatching - ie; does illustrator fuck it up anyway regardless, little hairlines or anything, or should I aim to have a pattern that does not bleed as it were?
- radar0
if it's cropped properly it should align, your best bet is probaly create it as a symbol in the library - then you can fill selected objects with it
- horton0
just draw the tile art and place an unfilled square/ rectangle behind it to define tile edge.
no need to crop.
joins are spot on if you make your art accurately.
- horton0
also.. pattern fills can always be expanded if you feel the need to examine vectors at joins.
- rasko40
ok thanks chaps
- horton0
good way to learn is open up one of the AI stock pattern libraries and expand swatches to see how they're built.
just drag the swatch onto your art board and it will expand the tile.
- Haydesign0
Edit > Define Pattern then fill any square with what you selected.
- rasko40
ok so how come when I expand say the leopard print from illys swatches, there is a tan box which is inside the perimeters, ie; the spots bleed outside it, then when I define the pattern it 'knows' to crop the pattern to that box, but when I do seemingly the same thing with mine, it takes the outer boundary of my shapes as where to begin and end the pattern..
? hope that makes sense
- horton0
just draw the tile art and place an unfilled square/ rectangle behind it to define tile edge.
no need to crop.
horton
(Jan 23 07, 13:06)make sense?
- rasko40
ok sorry missed that, actually what I had done was duped the front edge appeared twice if thet makes sense, I'm dumb.
- horton0
... in other words, if you dig behind the tan leopard tile, there should be a duplicate box underneath it, same size and with no fill.
- horton0
actuallly sorry i lie - no dup box behind - but you get the idea...
bottom most rectangle defines tile edge.
- rasko40
hmm its not using the rectangle to define the tile, its just going from the outer most edge
- rasko40
this makes sense, i feel stupid.
thanks for your help so far tho
- rasko40
I mean 'makes no sense'
see whats happening.. its been a long day
- rasko40
yeah it works if I crop it like that, but I'm a perfectinist and I dont want the shapes to be cropped, as I fear white lines in printing, the illy patterns have 'bleed' to their defined area, when I expand and reconstruct it works fine, but for some reason with mine it just wants to use the outside edge as the defined area.. Am I drawing the wrong kind of rectangle wtf?!
aarggh
- rasko40
MOTHERFUCKING DAMN THING!!!
- rasko40
oh totally karmically weird, I tried again, this time naming the pattern 'this time bitch' - lo and behold it worked.
fucking ghosts in my machinezz
thx horton for your help :)
- horton0
i had to step away.. but sound like you got it sorted (?).
and yeah i'd agree.. better to not chop your tile as that demo describes.
you can also just drag the art onto your swatches and it'll define the tile.
& last tip.. hold teh tilde ~ to transform, nudge, rotate a pattern once filled.