Teardrop in Illustrator...

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  • Nairn0

    I may be just hungover and stupid, but that didn't make any sense to me, Rand!

    Um, Rusty - yeah, it is a little tricky, isn't it? Having had a fiddle, I can make a symbolic, uniform drop quite easily from a circle, but making a 'correct' looking illustrative one, with tapered top descending lines is a bit harder. Hmm.

    The trick to making a simple drop is in aligning the starting circle to a grid, so that when you move the top-most point up you have a reference when using the Convert Anchor Point Tool.

    To compensate for the difficulty in making the 'top descenders' taper, you can select the two side-most points and move them down slightly.

    Christ, I hope that makes sense - I really am feeling stupid.

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