Honeycomb Background with the Pattern Maker
This tutorial builds a colourful honeycomb background in Adobe Illustrator using Object > Pattern > Make, as an alternative to the Repeat Grid method shown a few days earlier on this channel. The result is a pattern swatch, so the honeycomb can fill any shape and be edited later by double-clicking the swatch.
What the video covers
A hexagon is turned into a pattern tile, the tile type and spacing are set so the hexagons lock together with no gaps, and colours are varied across the cells so the finished background has depth. Because the pattern is a swatch, changing the colours or the cell size updates the whole background at once.
The automatic captions for this video were generated in the wrong language and are not usable, so this summary is based on the video’s description and the on-screen steps. For the same background made with Repeat Grid, with a full written walkthrough, see “Vector Background Design with Repeat Grid in Illustrator” on this site.
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