Want to learn how to make repetitive graphics in Illustrator? It’s quite simple. I’ll use a honeycomb effect as our example.

1. Create your initial graphic by choosing the Polygon tool from your toolbar:




2. Once you’ve drawn your Polygon shape rotate it 45 degrees so it looks like the following:



3. Next you’re going to want to Offset the path by going to Object > Path > Offset Path:



4. Depending on how close you want your honeycomb effect is how much path offset you will choose. Play around with it.



5. To continue this action, just choose the outermost Polygon shape and follow the above steps.

A note: If you want to go from the outside to the inside, you will follow the exact same steps as above but use a negative value for your offset. For example instead 4px (or your prefered unit of measure) it would be -4px.