Pattern Stroke Issue

[margaretc50243365]

Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong here? I'm trying to create a repeat pattern but 3/4 of the stroke of the dragonfly appears to be a different stroke to the rest. I have tried everything l can think of short of redrawing it (last resort, as it'll take forever)! I am moving/copying the dragonflies from the left to the right the same distance as the artboard/background square, so l don't understand why this is happening. I've created hundreds of patterns and this has me completely confused.

[Monika Gause]

This is in the pattern editor, right?

Does this alo happen when you apply the pattern to an actual object?

[margaretc50243365]

Yes, this is the pattern editor. I only ever apply it to a square, as that is how I save my patterns. However, I imagine that a square constitutes an object?

[Monika Gause]

I was thinking of the dimmed copies in the pattern editor. But I just noticed yours aren't dimmed.

Please show us the base objects. Are those pixels or vector objects? And of vector objects: exactly how did you make them?

[margaretc50243365]

It is a vector, created using the pen tool. 

[Monika Gause]

And then? You applied color to the strokes? Where does the background come from?

[margaretc50243365]

I create a square the same size as my artboard with no stroke and then place another square the same size, no stroke no fill at the back.

[margaretc50243365]

I fill the square with colour. 

[Ton Frederiks]

If you use the pattern editor, you don't need a no stroke no fill square at the back.

[margaretc50243365]

thank you.

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

What happens if you use a single dragonfly and choose the Brick by Column Tyle type in the Pattern editor?

[margaretc50243365]

I'll give that a try and let you know.

[margaretc50243365]

Success! Thank you Ton.

[Ton Frederiks]

Good to hear that helped.