Custom amount and colour dots

Since 65 is only divisible by 5 (and 1, of course) is there some special arrangement of the dots that you have in mind?

lewisgodwincox  wrote to begin with im not even sure im using the right adobe app but who knows.

Hi Lewis,

If you are not sure you are using the right app and if you have Illustrator, I would do it this way:

• In Illustrator, create one yellow dot, drag it into the Symbols panel, and name it.
• Use the Symbol sprayer tool to spray the symbols across the artboard. This will show up as a Symbol Set in the Layers panel
• Use the other symbolism tools to move them, scale them,spread them apart, pull them closer, apply a tint, apply a layer style, etc. Option (Alt) does the opposite: for example, if you scaled one bigger, Option + click would make it smaller. If you need to change the size of the target area (the brush), use the square brackets [  ] just as you would in PS.

Here is the link to Help:

Symbolism tools and symbol sets in Illustrator

Jane

Create a dot pattern and fill a selection.  Use a Pattern fill script to scale, space, position, color, light and rotate the Pattern.