Mood board development using Pattern and Repeat for background fills

For this section, we will work through a possible scenario that you might come across. When preparing a brand guide or mood board for a current or potential client, it is often nice to reiterate the appearance of their brand as a watermarked pattern in the background. If this process does not directly relate to what you do within Illustrator, it may still connect to an unrelated situation where you could still benefit from the building of patterns, such as a character's clothing, or wrapping paper on a package.

We will review several methods and options for creating patterns within Illustrator and look at what Astute Graphics can offer you for pattern creation through their MirrorMe plugin.

Pattern

You can easily create patterns of several types within Illustrator. You can build a pattern out of any part of your art, but you must remember to select it before using any of the pattern tools. The original...