: How to randomly distribute a group of icons / graphics in a canvas? I want to design something like this: It has been established in previous answers that these are doodle graphics. Some

@Chiappetta793

I've actually paid several hundred dollars to a developer who tied to get this to work. We faced a number of issues the biggest was getting symbols outline through JavaScript for Illustrator. Moreover, even if this algorithm was to be done, the pattern may not be so beautiful as there is no way for the script to "understand" the intricacy of individual symbols and the conceptual relationships of the composition.

I would however be very curious to see if anyone is able to make this work.

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@Chiappetta793

I've been doing similar work semi-manually in Illustrator


Create a small pattern from the doodles you'd like to use (Make sure all 4 edges match up perfectly)
Add your pattern as a new swatch in the Swatches palette.
Fill any object of any size with the new swatch.


Hope this helps.

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@Karen819

I have a solution that works very well for one icon at a time. Create a Photoshop brush preset.

Start with one doodled icon. Turn it into a Photoshop brush and set the brush options to scatter (spacing) and rotate (orientation) the icon to taste.

Click and drag across the screen to leave a trail of scattered 'graphics'. If you need a second set of doodle icons feel free to create and brush with as many custom brushes as you want.

This technique can be used to create things like snowflake trees by creating a path with the pen tool, turning on pressure (tapers the ends of the brush strokes), and tracing the path.

This tutorial explains EVERY technique required to do this.

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@Phylliss782

Doodle Graphic is correct, what you need to do however is get the graphic you wish to pattern up and then do this in Adobe Photoshop (or Illustrator... or an alternative program) to achieve a pattern file. Here's a good place to start: How to create a Doodle Pattern in Photoshop.
Good luck!

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@Phylliss782

The term that comes to mind is "doodle graphic". I'm not sure what you mean by how to make these because they're just doodles, so I'm assuming you mean what program would be best for making these? Photoshop or Illustrator would be fine.

If you don't have those and you're looking to make these without paying money, you can use the Sketchpad app for Google Chrome. If you're not using Google Chrome as your browser, I recommend you try it, but as for the app, there is another online version but it isn't as good.

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