# Patterns in illustrator

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/patterns-in-illustrator/168187>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 4, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/patterns-in-illustrator/168187 "2005-11-04T16:46:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![AgentFitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@AgentFitz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AgentFitz)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/patterns-in-illustrator/168187/1 "2005-11-04T16:46:11Z")

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k…I must be making this WAY harder than it needs to be. I’m having a heck of a time creating a seamless pattern of dots in illustrator. everytime I define a pattern, it doesn’t “loop” correctly. anyone know how?

![](http://www.verseonedesign.com/images/dots_pattern.gif)

ewwwwwwwwwwww :huh:

![](http://www.verseonedesign.com/images/dots_pattern2.gif)