Pattern

[christianee13896314]

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 ????

I need to

[Monika Gause]

Maybe with the plugin Phantasm, would need a lot more fiddling:

Custom symbol

Setup on object

[rcraighead]

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

Blend_Symbols.ai

[christianee13896314]

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]

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.

[christianee13896314]

Hi, how did you make this fading ? To the sides I do understand- but both to the side and down I don´t know.

Thank you**

[rcraighead]

Here's a video documenting the process:

[christianee13896314]

Wow - thanks so much! That´s really great and helpful - will try this today 🙂

[Kurt Gold]

That's a very good and clean approach, Ray.

Not poor-man-like at all.

[rcraighead]

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]

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

[rcraighead]

Thanks guys. Illustrator is my "video game" 🙂

[christianee13896314]

Yes it was more important for me to find out how it works in general, so I can dreate similar Patterns like this. Great to see what is possible 🙂

[kphotopage]

Ray, that was absolutely stellar.

I was particularly impressed by use of Symbols.

Thank you for sharing.

I have a deep passion for patterns.

I did similar.

I random recolor as I work. (basically to keep my sanity)

My approached was first using Effects>Transform.

Create a Hex patterns with Strokes.

Then Blends.

K

[rcraighead]

Thanks, kphotopage

Thanks for sharing your example! That is very cool! 

[Ton Frederiks]

"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.