Illustrator help
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- IanHalliday
I am a newb when it comes to illustrator so can anyone tell me whats the best way to draw a graphic of the sun with little rays coming off. I want the base of the ray to follow the circumfrence of the sun, effectively creating a segmented doughnut ...thats the best way i can think to describe it.
Any takers?
- k770
draw a circle with the elipse and then draw youtool. hold down shift to make it a circle. then draw your little segments with the line tool. and rotate each little segment to the right angle dangle.
- IanHalliday0
thanks, didn't quite follow but i used the pattern feature instead!
Can anyone recommend any good references for learning advanced drawing skills in illustrator?Cheers,
Ian
- doesnotexist0
practice makes perfect!
- elms0
use Polar Grid tool
- IanHalliday0
indeed practice does make perfect must just be lazy, or used to the likes of autocad/proEngineer's precise drawing tools. Think i am expecting a bit too much of the allready fantastique illustrator!
- Luckypp0
Darw your circle, then use the line tool and draw a line with a height greater than your circle. Then align both vertically and horizontally the circle and the line, then select the line and double click the rotate icon on the toolbar, select the amount of rotation, and click the copy button, and then Command D to duplicate the line rotation. Then select all lines and circle, and using the Pathfinder pallette select the Divide tool.
Boom, all done
- IanHalliday0
Cheers for the help, finally figured out the pathfinder commands, and the magic begins!
Cheers again