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- [Instructor] We're

going to wrap things up



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with a really great use for a hex pattern.



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And so, even though Illustrator ultimately



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renders out every single

pattern as a rectangular tile,



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having the option to

work with hex patterns



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is really super useful,

especially if you're working



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with a hexagonal object

like this orthogonal cube.



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In other words, by orthogonal



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I mean there is no perspective.



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And so, we're going to take this cube



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and turn it into this pattern right here.



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First thing you want to do is select



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the contents of the top two layers



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by clicking in the top right corner



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of the first layer here

inside of the Layers panel



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and then shift-clicking

in the top right corner



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of the next layer down.



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And now, just to get a sense

for how large this object is,



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go to the Window menu and

choose the Info command,



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and that will tell you

the width and height.



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And you might want to

write these numbers down,



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especially since the width

value is so detailed.



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So we have a width of 561.184 points



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and then we have a height of 576 points.



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And so, just jot those numbers down.



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They'll come in handy in a moment.



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All right, now go up to the Object menu,



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choose Pattern and choose Make



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in order to enter the pattern editing mode



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and this time we're going

to switch the tile type



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from grid to the icon that

looks like our orthogonal cube,



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which is going to be hex by row.



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Notice that it has

vertical edges on the left



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and right side just as our cube does.



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So I'll go ahead and choose that option.



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Now notice that things

are looking pretty tight



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so I'm going to go ahead

and change this width value



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from 567.1845, so, we have



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an extra decimal there, to 561 like so.



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And then, I'll tab to the height value



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and I'll change it to 576, which

doesn't quite do the trick.



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So, what I'm going to do

here is just zoom on in



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so that I can see things pretty tight



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and I'll click on the height value



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because, obviously, we've

got a gap at the top,



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and I'll press the down arrow key until



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everything comes into alignment,



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which happens for me at

a height value of 552.



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Now, in truth, I do want

to have a little bit of gap



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between each one of the cubes,



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so I'll click after the width

value and I'll enter plus 24



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and then I'll do the same

with the height value.



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I'll enter plus 24 for it as well



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and I end up with this effect right here.



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At which point we don't have

to worry about the overlaps



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because there are none,

so all I need to do



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is name this thing, let's say Cube Pattern



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and then press the Enter

key followed the Escape key



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in order to exit the Pattern Editor.



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All right, now I'm going to

zoom out actually by pressing



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Control + Zero or Command

+ Zero on the Mac.



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And, assuming that your

Smart Guides are turned on,



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go ahead and select the Rectangle tool



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and then drag from one corner to the other



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of the rectangular bleed boundary



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in order to create a big

rectangle as we're seeing here.



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Now, I don't want a stroke,



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so I'll go ahead and change it to none.



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And then I'll click on the fill swatch



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and I'll select Cube Pattern in order



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to fill the rectangle with those cubes.



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All right, now, I don't really want



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this rectangle to be

in front of everything,



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so I'm going to go ahead

and drag this red square



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down the layers stack

until it becomes purple



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when it hits that back layer.



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And then I'll right click

inside the document window,



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choose a range and choose Send to Back,



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or you have that keyboard shortcut



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of Control + Shift + Left Bracket



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that's Command + Shift +

Left Bracket on the Mac.



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All right, now I want

to colorize this artwork



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and so I'm going to switch

to the Appearance Panel



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and I'm going to add a fill by clicking on



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the Add New Fill icon,



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or, of course, you can

just press Control + Slash



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or Command + Slash on a Mac.



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And, I'm going to put this

new fill behind the pattern



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and I'm going to change it

to a light shade of brown



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so it's just this one that begins R = 198.



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All right, now I want to mix

the pattern with that color



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and so I'll go ahead

and select the pattern,



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click on the word

Opacity and either choose



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the Luminosity mode or

if you loaded D keys,



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you can just press Shift + eight.



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And notice that we're now seeing



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the word luminosity

associated with that pattern.



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And that's a little strong as well,



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so I think I'll click on

the word Opacity again



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and take that value down to 33%



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in order to produce this effect here.



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And, you know what, I think actually



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this shade of brown is wrong.



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I'm looking for this

one that begins R = 199.



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All right, that looks better to me.



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Now we have a bigger problem,



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which is that the cubes

don't align properly.



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And so, I'm going to go ahead

and click on that pattern fill



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and then I'll go up to the Effects menu,



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choose Distort & Transform

and choose Transform



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or, if you loaded D keys,



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you have that keyboard

shortcut of Control + E



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here on a PC or Command + E on a Mac.



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And now I'm going to turn

on the Preview check box



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and I'll click on the horizontal value



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and I'll press Shift + down arrow



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in order to move the

pattern over to the left.



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And as you can see here,

I'm running out of cubes



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and that's because I've got



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the Transform Objects check box turned on



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and so I'll just go ahead

and turn that off like so



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and then I'll click

inside that value again



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and continue to press Shift + down arrow



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until it looks like things

are aligning pretty well.



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And now I need to scoot the cubes up



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so I'll click on the vertical value



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and press not Shift + up arrow,



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but Shift + down arrow in order

to move the cubes like so.



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All right, I don't think

we're aligned exactly right,



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but this is pretty close,

so I'll go ahead click OK



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and then I'll zoom in by

Control + space bar clicking,



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that's a Command + space

bar click on a Mac,



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until we can see things very nicely.



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Notice our alignment is indeed off,



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so I'll just go ahead and

click on the word Transform



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in order to revisit my settings.



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I'll turn on the Preview check box



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and I'll take that vertical

value up in order to nudge



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those background cubes

downward a little bit.



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And then I'll click in

the horizontal value.



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And, of course, you want the

Preview check box to be on.



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And I'll go ahead and

press the down arrow key



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in order to scoot things over to the left.



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And so, if you're following along with me,



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and you want some specific values,



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I have a horizontal value of negative 374



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and a vertical value of negative 96.



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At which point, I'll just

go ahead and click OK



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and now I'll press Control + Shift + A



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or Command + Shift + A on

Mac to deselect my artwork,



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press the F key a couple of times



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to switch to full screen mode,



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then I'll press Control + zero



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or Command + zero on a

Mac to center my zoom,



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and I'm nudging this zoom value down here



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in the bottom left corner of the screen,



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by the way, in order to

zoom in as far as I can.



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And that, folks, is at least one way



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to take advantage of a hexagonal tile type



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here inside Illustrator CC.