How to create a splatter background in Illustrator tutorial

You can create instant splatter background in Illustrator CC 2018 2017 2015 CS6 CS5 etc by using symbols.

Create splatter background

how to create instant splatter backgrounds in Illustrator

Create a path such as a circle (a small path compared to the size of the artboard) for the splatter background
Set the fill color and set the stroke to none
Drag to the symbols panel in Illustrator
Save as static
OK
Select the symbol in the panel
Go to the symbol sprayer tool
Apply and spray multiple times close together
Use the alt / option to decrease the size of some of the symbol instances
Select all the symbols sprayed and place that in the symbols panel (again, static)
Select the new symbol
Apply the symbols across the artboard
Fill the entire document
Go to the sizer tool and hold alt / option to resize some groups
Go to the spinner tool and rotate the paths (in the same group as the symbol sprayer tool)
You can then repeat this a number of times but you will have 100s of spots / paths / dots / stars (depending on the initial default path)

The key thing is to use the Illustrator static symbol and not the dynamic symbol as the application will keep the symbol for the background live and editable at all stages.

To create the background, you can start with a single symbol and then spray that and then use that as a new static symbol and then spray the new symbol and the combination will rapidly create 100s of artworks all across the image / artboard

stars You can alter the entire spray design simply by double clicking the original source symbol in the panel and editing that (such as changing the color or the path etc) and exiting out of the symbol edit. You can then create a filled document with stars instead of spots and dots etc. You could create an initial spot symbol with multiple colorful paths such as a red star and green star etc.

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