Pattern

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January 30, 2020
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Hi,

I need to create in Illustrator that kind of pattern effect: I can not find a solution to blend the pattern from the center to the sides. Does anybody has an idea ????

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Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

"Ray, you are providing an impressive example that demonstrates how powerful blends can be when using them with a creative strategy."

Absolutely, I was trying with Transform each a certain distance and scale, but I gave up whe I saw Ray's approach with symbols.

rcraighead

Legend

I realized my pattern did not faithfully match your sample. I missed a crossbar. Fortunately this was remedied by adding a line in each of the Dynamic Symbols. Here is the update: Blend_Symbols2.ai

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

Ray, you are providing an impressive example that demonstrates how powerful blends can be when using them with a creative strategy.

rcraighead

Legend

Thanks guys. Illustrator is my "video game" 🙂

rcraighead

Legend

Here's a poor-man's solution blending two Dynamic Symbols, then using Envelope Distort:

Blend_Symbols.ai

christianee13896314Author

Participant

Cool - I will try this. Thanks. Do you even have a solution for a freeform shape ? For example an oval as base shape and inside the pattern fades to all sides regular...

rcraighead

Legend

Not sure what you're after, but this was created by changing only the two Dynamic symbols the pattern is based on.
You could create your own variations.