Adobe Illustrator provides the ability to fill an object with patterns you select from its Swatches Libraries. Swatches enable you to select a color or pattern to apply to an object in Illustrator.

How to Fill in Texture in Illustrator. Illustrator may be a vector program, but that doesn't mean you're limited to solid colors and gradients when it comes to shape fills.

Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNET Generate vector patterns using text prompts Finally, we'll take a look at Illustrator's new tool that generates perfectly repeating patterns.