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You
have a scanned image or perhaps some other raster
file. Start by importing the image to Illustrator.
Choose File > Place and be sure to check the Link
box in the resulting dialog. This way your SymmetryWorks pattern will
be automatically updated if you edit your image in Photoshop later.
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Select
the imported image and click the Make
button in the SymmetryWorks palette. You can
use any symmetry type you like, but for this
pattern we choose Simple shift  .
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Increase
the repeat size to give yourself
room to work. You can do that by editing the
control path. While you are at it, make the
pattern into half-drop by dragging the right
side of the control path down half-way.
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Add
a few replicas of the original flower image.
Rotate, reflect, and move the replicas around to
create an organic look. Notice that the pattern
changes as you work with replicas so you see
your design in repeat at all steps.
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