Month ten of our year long series. This month, I'm going to talk about patterns; how to create your own and how to use the pattern fill tool.

The advantage of patterns is that they can be used to quickly cover an entire area with a repeating image without needing to create duplicate layers and fiddling with spacing.

Click here for class PDF including instructions and photos.

Challenge: Upload a layout that includes a pattern fill - either a preset pattern included in your program or one you've created yourself.