LearnKey Adobe Illustrator Course Practice Test

To create a repeating pattern from artwork, you enter Pattern editing mode using the Pattern Make command. This converts your selected artwork into a tile that repeats across a surface. In Pattern Options you control how the tiles repeat—you can pick how they line up (Grid, Brick by Row, or Hex by Column), adjust the tile size and spacing, and preview the result. When you’re happy, you click Done and Illustrator saves the artwork as a pattern swatch in the Swatches panel. You can then fill objects by applying that swatch, scaling or transforming the pattern as needed. The other options aren’t for making repeating patterns: one applies a distortion effect to existing artwork, another converts text to outlines, and another opens the brushes panel for brush-based artwork. The essential idea is turning artwork into a tile that can continuously repeat as a fill.