- Choose Select > All On Active Artboard to select the artwork.
Note
A pattern can be composed of shapes, symbols, or embedded raster images, among
other objects that you can add in Pattern Editing mode. For instance, to create a flannel
pattern for a shirt, you can create three overlapping rectangles or lines, each with
varying appearance options.
- Press Command and + (macOS) or Ctrl and + (Windows) to zoom in.
The series of lighter-colored objects around the artwork in the center are the repetition of the
pattern. They are there for a preview and are a little dimmed to let you focus on the original.
The blue box around the original group of objects is the pattern tile (the area that repeats).
- In the Pattern Options panel, change Name to Cake Top, and try choosing different options
from the Tile Type menu to see the effect on the pattern. Before continuing, make sure Grid is
selected.
The name in the Pattern Options panel becomes the name of the swatch saved in the Swatches
panel and can be useful to distinguish multiple versions of a pattern swatch, for instance. Tile
Type determines how the pattern is tiled. You have three main Tile Type choices: the default
grid pattern, a brick-style pattern, or the hex pattern.
- Choose 1 x 1 from the Copies menu at the bottom of the Pattern Options panel. This will
